Review: Buy the whole omnibus- you won't regret it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
***(JUST WANTED TO MENTION: Hence the title I gave to this review, I am in NO way, shape, or form a distributor, promoter, or have any sort of financial contribution to The Nightlife Omnibus series.  I purchased it as a whole for $6.99 and found it to be money VERY well spent; hence the reasoning for the title I gave this review.  That is all.)***I haven't read the third book in this series; The Nightlife: Paris, but it is on my TBR list in the very near future. I liked this book much more then the first one (New York). I felt that the characters were more defined, the storyline was more compelling, and it had a stronger plot. At first I was unsure of what the plot actually was. Was it Ana's unconditional love for them? Was it the controversy with Demarco, Oso, and the rest of the gang? But when I continued reading I started to understand a little bit better.Books like these make me SO PROUD of indie authors. Luedke's series isn't on the "topsellers" list yet I find it to be much more enjoyable then some that I have read which have made it on the famous list. With that said, it shows that you really can't judge a book by it's rating/popularity/cover/etc.Of course, the erotica/romance in this book was ADDICTING! Boy oh boy does Luedke do an amazing job with it, too! What kind of a sex life does this man have? (Just kidding)... but oh em gee! I really liked how he tied Ana into the story. Michelle made it New York (the first book) what the risks are of having a blood slave. I thought there would be more issues with Ana and Michelle, given Aaron made the decision on his own (without her knowledge or permission) to make Ana his bloodslave. I figured there would be a great deal of jealousy and some arguments/fights over Aaron- but that wasn't the case here, maybe it would've made the book more interesting. BUT to say the least, I couldn't pry my face away from my tablet.I was bothered thinking about what in the hell they were going to do with Ana... forever. She's obviously going to get in the way and be a burden at some point. Where they going to change her into a vampire? Were they going to let them stay with her forever as their third wheel? Were they going to cut her loose? I found myself bothered by it! However, at the end of the book my question was answered. It was quite romantic how much love and passion Aaron had for Ana, and the way that Michelle was so accepting of her- clearly loving her, too.I've read negative reviews about the heroin epidemic that Luedke tied into this story. Honestly, I'm glad he did. Although this is clearly a paranormal romance book and not non-fictional, it still goes without saying - heroin is an epidemic in this world! Day by day the problem gets worse and worse. Luedke shows that even vampires with their special powers, ungodly strength, ability to make others lust and crave them, etc- DO NOT have control over such a terrible, potent, addicting, deathly drug. For people to judge based on him putting drugs into his story is totally irrational. Michelle did not voluntarily shoot the heroin herself, the first time (neither did Aaron). It goes to show that it only takes ONCE and you are hooked! Before getting injected, she probably would've never been interested in doing anything of the sort... and she ends up hooked and going back for more. It always shows how heroin affects a person. Granted, Michelle in a vampire with unhuman strengths/powers, but she LOVED the heroin. It made her lusty, crazy, forgiving, insane, erotic, sad, forgetful, etc, etc, etc.Overall I was very pleased with this story in the series. I really hope Paris is as good. I thought this book was well written, well thought out, enticing, HOT, and possibly even 5 star worthy (hadn't things gone just a tad bit differently). Luedke has a natural talent and does very well with his writing. I can tell he takes it very seriously. I would recommend this series to anyone how is interested in paranormal romance/erotica. You won't regret it. I got mine on amazon.com for 6.99$ for the whole omnibus.