Review: Mikkel and Manon
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2012
The year is 2020, and just 4 yrs prior the vampires were given their civil rights. There is an International Vampire Council and 20 of the oldest and most powerful vamps make up the council. The vamps have managed to take over the pharmaceutical industry and many more. They have provided cures from every thing from the common cold to cancer.Manon is a card dealer on the Let It Ride table at the Transylvania Hotel, Spa, and Casino. One night she has to go into work on her day off because the owner Mikkel Damgaard is visiting the casino and has specifically asked for Manon and her BF Eva for the evening. This night she finds out that her friend is engaged and to be turned into a vampire and that she is also Mikkel Damgaard's daughter. Getting bored with the game Mr. Damgaard asks Manon to his companion for the night.They get to talking and Manon finds out that Mikkel has been waiting for her since her conception and wants to take her as his bride. He informs her that her mother who was a witch and necromancer had managed to get impregnated by a vampire. Making Manon a half-breed, which in turn may make her capable to be a day walker and Mikkel possibly too by turning her. She is given until the next night to make her decision.I was delighted with the novel. There is romance between Manon and Mikkel, however you know something's up. The vampires aren't human lovers and see them only as a food source, which I think is how they really would be if they existed. I can't wait to get my hands on the next book Better Off Dead.