Review: Hard to put down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2012
This convoluted, humorous tale kept me completely engrossed through each segment as the story progressed. In the beginning, two young archaeological students stumble into a cave and find a tomb. They open it to discover a creature so ugly and vile they fear to touch it. Until she opens her eyes and steals their hearts. She needs her elixir to heal and resume her earlier beauty and so they find some for her...pig's blood. Seems their young friend has strange tastes, which is all explained away when they read the journal left beside her in the coffin.This part of the story takes us back to 1382 and the day she was born, the day her mother became a vampire and passed the malady onto her child. Her early life as a beloved daughter of Lord Alric is written in such a way as we can see clearly that she's unaware of her affliction. And that drinking blood provided by her father's henchmen, what she calls her elixir, has kept her the same age while they all grew older.Then we return to present time and the ongoing problems our two young heroes face once they decide that she's theirs to look after. My sympathy for Chloe is now firmly engaged as they begin to battle against the world's most vicious, evil vampire who desperately wants her blood. Thankfully, a strong, handsome vampire slayer joins in the fight and adds the element of romance that makes this a beautiful love story.Incredible plotting, constant conflict, and wonderful humor made it very hard for me to put the book down.