Review: Travis Luedke: Vampires will never be the same!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
Travis Luedke is a genius! How marvelous can one man be to take all three of his Nightlife series novels and put them all in one place with a gorgeous new cover? Now we know what Aaron and Michelle look like. What a treat!I hope you all forgive me, but I only got far as Books 1 and 2, my passport has expired and I will have to wait to go to Nightlife: Paris.However, here are my reviews for Book 1 and 2NIGHTLIFE: NEW YORKFirst, a warning. Travis Luedke The Nightlife series is not for the faint of heart who like their tales to revolve around lollypops, unicorns, prince and princesses.It is, however an intriguing, fast paced, fingers pressed tightly into your seat kind of story.Aaron is a shy, timid young man who works as a waiter at a family restaurant living an ordinary life when he witnesses two crooked cops attempt to assault a stunning blond.The blond is much more than her beauty though when she fights back against her attackers with the speed, the agility and strength of someone twice her size, in fact, her skill almost seems, inhuman.However, during the fight, Aaron accidentally gets shot and falls to the ground, his life bleeding onto the street.When the blond bombshell defeats her attackers and sees Aaron lying on the street, she is faced with a dilemma  Should she save his life or walk away and let him die?She choses to save his life and take him back to her home to wait out his recovery.Oh, did I mention that this beautiful woman is a vampire and she saved Aaron's life by turning him into one as well?Oops.The rest of the book is a fast paced tale of not only Aaron coping with being a vampire and adjusting to his new immorality and powers, but knowing how to be a slave to his new mistress.The vampire, Michelle, can hear his every thought and control his every move which Aaron finds, naturally, frustrating and violating but soon finds himself falling in love with Michelle and enjoying his new status.Both Aaron and Michelle have a deep connection that allows each other to know each other's thoughts, transmit memories between them and know when one is in trouble.Like in one edge of your seat scene when Michelle is tricked by the dirty cops that she injured earlier when they attacked her, and  her life becomes in grave danger.Aaron feels her distress and rushes to her aid, killing both crooked cops(this was a stand up and cheer moment for me!) while badly injuring the accomplice the cops were blackmailing.I became so enthralled in this story that I did not realize I was at the end until it came up and surprised me,  leaving me feel disappointed and anxious for Book #2.NIGHTLIFE: LAS VEGASI confess, I am obsessed with the world of vampires, so much so that I aspire to be one. I like them in all sorts of ways, including the sparkly ones! Travis Luedke immersed me in the world of sexy, blond and French Michelle and otherworldly beautiful and passionate Aaron, and hooked me from the start.I fell in love with the stunning, but damaged Ana who finally found peace, love and happiness with the vampire duo; who loved her so much that I did not mind that they fed of her and had toe curling, bone melting, wild animalistic threesome with her!The intrigue of the seedy backdoors of the Las Vegas Nightlife with drug dealers, high rolling gambling and wrestling in a kid favourite dessert kept my heart pounding and on the edge of my seat through each breathtaking page turn.In my opinion, the true test of a really great book is it involves all my emotions, allows me to dive into the world with the characters in such a way that they seem real and make me love them long after I close the cover, with tears in my eyes.I highly recommend this novel, this series from this highly talented Travis Luedke.P.S. This really, really should be a movie!