Review: I was pulled from my "comfort zone"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2013
I am writing this review a little bit backwards…when I finished reading this book, I sent a message to Travis Luedke and told him that I don’t do vampire books. I think his response was not only a gentle little pat on the back to himself, but a profound thought for me. He simply said he was happy he could pull me from my comfort zone… I thought about that for hours.When I finished reading The Nightlife New York, I was sure that there was not going to be another book that could make glad I was reading about vampires. It was a stretch for me to actually want to read not only one, but three books about vampires. It was defiantly very out of my comfort zone. Through the entire first book I kept telling myself the same thing I told all of you through the review, I don’t do vampire books. After falling in love with The Nightlife New York, I really thought the books were going to be just ok after that, but I will always try to find something positive to say about a book. Reality hit me hard upside the head when I started reading The Nightlife Las Vegas. Not only was I willing to admit I liked these vampire books, I was almost willing to admit that I loved them.When I started reading this, I wasn’t sure how a storyline in Las Vegas could compete with all of the activity of the New York book, but Travis Luedke, Michelle and Aaron did not let me down in the least. In fact, I fell in love all over again and had a very hard time putting the second book down. The events of this book had me from the start. You already knew the main characters after reading New York, so a lot of background on their story was not needed, and because of that the action picked up the pace of this book at the very beginning. You are introduced to Michelle and Travis’s pet, Anastasia in this book. I have to say, I thought it was a little too perfect that she was so ready to be a part of their strange world of the night, but she was fabulous and it actually broke my heart in the end reading their sad goodbyes to their sweet pet. But I am not about to ruin the story for anyone.This book captured me into a wild ride like only Las Vegas could do. Michelle and Aaron must have a bad habit of letting drama find them because there was that times 10 in this book. The action was amazing and couldn’t have been written any better for these characters.Now I am going to admit, reading the erotic scenes in this book was like going back to a few other books I have read, but so much hotter. They weren’t creepy as I would have thought they would have been, but beautiful. The connection with these characters is just amazing not to mention the sex…holy hot tamale! I am in love.Travis Luedke did start to lose me a bit when the vampires starting taking drugs… I thought they were hot enough without adding that to the mix, but what happens in Vegas… I hope stays there. It wasn’t enough to make me want to put the book down; it just became a much clearer picture of how dangerous these vampires really are…I wasn’t sure if it was possible for me to like a vampire book more than New York, well Travis Luedke knocked himself off the top spot in my world, when New York was replaced by Vegas. So back to what I was saying about being out of my comfort zone… it’s true. I was so uncomfortable even opening these books, but I am glad I took the chance and read these vampire books that I am was so adamant reading. They say never judge a book by its cover, well; I think for me, it is never judge a book by its characters. They were part of the story but they did not run the story. There is a line that was drawn for me between it being “just a vampire book” and being a book I wanted to read. I really enjoyed The Nightlife Las Vegas and have a new appreciation for being pulled out of character and out of my comfort zone.