Review: 3.75 stars-of heartbreak and romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
TAKEN BY THE VAMPIRE KING is the third novella in Laura Kaye's paranormal Vampire Warrior Kings series focusing on the remaining seven vampire kings and their need to find a mate. Vampire Kings must feed from the `proffered virgins' and without a suitable `donor' Henrick Magnusson is dying.  But the night he stumbles upon Kaira Sorenson he knows he must control his blood lust or lose the only woman capable of bringing him back from the brink of extermination.Laura Kaye takes the reader on a fast paced journey as King Henrik quickly discovers that the woman he saved from an attack may be the `one'.  When Henrik begins to feed from Kaira, her blood begins to heal the dying king, but there is something wrong with Kaira.  When the mating mark appears, Kaira has three days to decide if Henrik is the man she wants for an eternity.Taken by the Vampire King is a short story where the relationship between Kaira and Henrik develops quickly; Kaira accepts the vampire's existence without question and is willing to sacrifice herself for the vampire king.  There is some heartache and sorrow as Henrik learns about the plight of one of his fellow vampire kings; and the discovery of Kaira's bloodline presupposes any storyline revelation about the history of the `proffered and their relationship with the kings'.The Vampire Warrior Kings series was my first foray into the world of Laura Kaye and I loved the premise surrounding the `proffered ` and survival of the king.  Laura pulls the reader into the storyline with an emotional tale of survival against the odds. My only complaint-the novel was too short and in doing so, I felt there was something missing in the overall telling of the story. Again, it presupposes the background information into the `proffered and the kings.'