Review: Great to be back
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
Lou Harper makes me laugh with her off-beat, wacky, dysfunctional characters whom I can't help but love. Gabe and Harvey are two of those characters. Gabe is a vampire slayer and Harvey is his vegetarian vampire lover. I know, right? 'Temper Sanguine' is book two in the author's series 'Sanguine' and in my very honest opinion, these need to be read in order. There is way too much backstory missed if you haven't read the first installment. I jumped into reading this sequel because, frankly, I couldn't get enough the first time around.Gabe and Harvey are sent to New York to help (at their boss's behest) the new city boss handle some issues that have evolved since the former vampire city boss has been killed. Now, it doesn't take my guys long to figure out that Augustine has, more than likely, kept some pertinent information from them about this job. Their boss has a way of doing that. So, of course, surprise, surprise, it turns out that the feral vamps, the hospice, and the dirty blood are tied to the events in Las Vegas six months ago. But that's not all. Somehow or another, all of this is linked to Gabe and his family, and a very old and psychopathic Hungarian vampire, which leads him and Harvey to Eastern Europe for investigating and uncovering the truth. Gabe and Harvey are also trying to figure out these strange changes that are happening to the both of them, amidst Harvey's decision not to drink from Gabe anymore. They've got a lot on their plate. So to speak.I absolutely adored this second installment. Gabe and Harvey are wonderful, as always, and the secondary cast of Ellie, Augustine, Ray, and Dillon brought their own uniqueness to the book. The travels in Hungary and Budapest were fascinating and really brought that extra something to the story. Thank you, Lou, and I hope to see more of these guys in the future.NOTE: This book was provided by Samhain Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews