Review: Disappointing - Juvenile Heroine Alert
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
If you want great books about vampires try Jeaniene Frost or J.R. Ward.If you haven`t read any books by Kristen Ashley, start with the Rock Chick series.The first time I started this book, I stopped at 20%.  The premise was great -- a fabulous love story between the most powerful vampire and his concubine for whom he has waited 20 years.  After a two month delay, I decided to start again.The 20 years of waiting actually becomes the central problem in the book.  Lucien first spotted Leah when she was 20.  As a member of the elite Buchanan line of concubines,he was totally enthralled by her.  We are led to believe that this powerful vampire male waited while Leah went through a series of relationships with human males in order to delay the time when she would have to attend a selection.  (In this vampire world, a human female may not be chosen if she is in a relationship.)Enter Leah, who at 40 years of age has the emotional intelligence and vocabulary of a 13 year old.  If she were a 40 year old vampire, her immaturity might make sense.  She is described as someone who was able to hold down a responsible job, yet once introduced into the vampire world is kicked out of training classes for texting and tossing spit balls.  Really??All I could think of was a rock chick gone bad.  Lucien is a very interesting character with a lot of emotional depth and a very interesting background story.  It would have been a great story if he had been paired with a heroine who was a better match.  The fact that he thinks her immaturity is ADORABLE (overused) makes him much less appealing.Quirkiness is great.  Junior high behavior not so much.