Review: Fantastic Series Opening - A Real Page Turner!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
What a wonderful first book for a series! The story centers around a young woman, Catherine, whose village has an agreement with their vampire protector, Count August Cornelius, where every hundred years, the village offers one of their young maidens to become his bride. Catherine is one of seven who may be chosen by the vampire, and she is understandably afraid that she will have to say goodbye to everything she knows and loves, leading her to desperately try  to find a way out. I found myself immediately sympathetic towards Catharine and her situation, and as the story develops, her questioning of her own deep held beliefs about the tradition of the century bride are well rendered and compelling. I also enjoyed her interactions with August, and I’m excited to read the next book in the series so I can find out what happens to these two great characters next! This one is a real page turner!