Review: I found the book very engaging
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2013
Written by AvidscribeOriginally posted on boookup dot blogspot dot com (former site run by Confessions From Romaholics) (NOT FULL REVIEW)This series is a compulsive read. While erotic, there is a strong storyline at its base. Earth is under attack from an enemy called the Scourge and were it not for the Kindred warriors, who have come to the planet's aid, the human population would have been enslaved. The Kindred ask for one thing in return--Earth females to mate and marry, as their own genetic pool is 95% male.Book one, Claimed, is the story of Olivia Waterhouse who is claimed by a Beast Warrior named Baird. The Kindred 'claim' their brides as part of the alliance pact they've created with Earth to continue to keep it safe. She goes very unwillingly (she's just graduated from nursing school and doesn't want to be separated from her twin sister Sophia or best friend Kat) and his fight to seduce her is the core of the story.Book two, Hunted, picks up when Olivia's sister, Sophia, attends the wedding of her sister to Baird and finds herself forced into a ceremonial kiss with Baird's brother Sylvan, a Tranq Kindred. Tranqs (or Blood Kindreds) have fangs that drop down in sexual excitement. Unfortunately for Sophia, who is attracted to the tall blond warrior, she's phobic about needles and wants nothing to do with him or his vampiric teeth even though she feels an undeniable pull of sexual attraction between them.I found the book very engaging. It's longer than the first and filled with wry moments as Sophia is equal parts surprised, frustrated and embarrassed discovering how different the Kindred and their technology are to an earthbound girl who never thought she'd step off terra firma.