Review: soulless
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
written for [...]: I have to warn you this is not for the faint of heart.Nicholas is a broken man. A man of science. He was injured four years ago, left crippled, impotent and bitter, to make matters worse his wife ran off with the doctor. He had decided to sell his manor to Bancroft but on first meeting something unusual happens. His grandmother comes in as Ban is about to kiss him and he subconsciously knows to use fire to protect them. The next night at the bonfire he meets Ban again as he is seducing his favorite servant girl and student to feed from, things go out of control and he offers the land and himself in trade for Martha's life.Oh boy where to start. This book has so many twists and turns, is so fast paced and so good it will have you on pins and needles. I have to say this leaped to the top of my favorite vampire list. There are no real words to do it proper justice. It is absolutely amazing!The story is set in the past and has an awesome historical flavor, even delving farther in the past to Brans past. The characters are so well written. I felt for them all; Nicholas is bitter but you can't help feel for him and Bran is evil yet I loved him. Sebastian is pure evil incarnate and you can't help but fear him. I would have loved more on Stephan Lark and his uncle Dr. Flowers.I will warn you there is violence since this is a vampire book where they are evil creatures, and there is even a scene of rape. There is a touch of romance and some hot sex also.I am not sure how I felt about the ending. I'm not saying it's bad or anything just very unexpected and different, though looking back I guess I should have seen it coming. You will have to read the book to see what I mean .I highly recommend this if you like a good old fashioned vampire story where they are evil creatures of the night, a unique take on the supernatural, a historical setting, lots of twists and turns and rough sex and strange  endings.