Review: Alpha Male Vampires meet Alpha Fae
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
The 1st 3 books in the Blood and Absinthe series are a wonderful opening for the later books. As riveting as the story line was, the humor of three seriously alpha vampires males reacting to the three Fae women they fall in love with is a riot.Jack falls for Liz, a Green Fae warrior who pretty much knocks him silly at the first meeting - in a dark alley where both are destroying demons. Jack is immediately attracted and thinks he is certifiably nuts to want a one-sixteenth Fae warrior. There is a powerful demon on the loose, killing humans and the vampires allied to the Fae warriors can't find it. Jack of course doesn't want Liz anywhere near the danger but it turns out only Liz can actually bring the monster down, and it's going to take a really weird merging to accomplish it.Celia is a Fae seer and spell caster. She has found out that the absinthe the Fae drink for power is weakening the walls between the earth and the dark realm. Demons are coming through at a much more alarming rate because of it. Her solution gets a hit put on her and she goes to Evan, the vampire/owner of the Blood and Whiskey Bar. She knows he has wards and spells that protect his place. She offers him mounds of money to protect her. He refuses. He is attracted - but he convinces himself that his way of life (looking out for number one) is not  up for alteration - even if all he can think about is getting Celia in his bed. He sends her away, has panicked second thoughts and the rest you have to read yourself.Jessica is the Fae princess, also a trained warrior like Liz,  and she meets Hawk when the people after Celia converge. Hawk is a paid assassin. His idea of a relationship is love 'em and leave 'em. Jessica blows that plan and doesn't even realize it. Hawk is obsessed. She wants to save her world. Hawk wants in her pants.There were a few typos, verb tense confusion, hence the four star review. However, I found the three stories that flow together to a tense and exciting conclusion, a compelling read and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Way to go Chloe.