Review: short and sweet!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
The same formula and storyline in every book but still engaging and always entertaining.  Every book is about a different vampires within VAL (The Vampire Assassin League) who stumbles upon their mate.  Suddenly, an endless existence of nothingness ends and they are reborn to a super heightened experience of life that is filled with meaning and most significantly... overwhelming love.  And it is earth shattering.  Ground moving.  Mates are also figuratively and in most cases literally taken by their vampire but are faced with the choice of leaving everything behind for love which means transitioning into a vampire who is fully loved by their mate but just as fiercely hunted by an organization as old as the vampires themselves; The Hunters.  The Hunter's  main objective is to kill vampires and they have designed ingenious ways to do just that throughout the centuries awarded a special badge of honor for killing mates.  VAL's Director is Akron; an illusive figure and Maker of the assassin league who knows all and is always there to support and assist his community of vampires and newfound mates.  He is also a closet romantic who believes his mate has already walked the earth and he was unable find her.  And so he and the reader wait for Akron's mate.  The VAL novellas are great for a short, witty and fun read.  It's also great when former character leads make a cameo appearance giving you a peek into their lives further down the road.  More of this would be great as it establishes more sense of community and in the vampire world.