Review: Short Story Teaser
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
I was intrigued by the blurb on this novella and mistakenly thought that I was reading a prequel to a series when really I was reading a book somewhere in the middle. My mistake didn't cost me thankfully as the story didn't reference anything, but the immediate character's pasts.The story begins when a lonely female vampire determines that a priest is her fated mate (granted she was high at the time). She visits his midnight mass for months and continues to like what she sees. The priest is torn between liking what he sees and following his calling. But in the work of one night, Angeline, enthralls her priest, Hadrian and makes him vampire thinking to make him her own, but Hadrian is more than he seems. He comes through the transformation not a bloodthirsty monster held in Angeline's control, but a sentient being with his own plans. Hadrian is determined to retain the good in himself even if Angeline's actions took his life and forced him to start anew.In truth this one is a prequel of sorts because it introduces the dark, tortured Angeline and the strong good Hadrian, but leaves things very open at the end for what is to come next. It has a gothic tone to it and is devoid of romance with just the physical attraction between Angeline and Hadrian. There is the presence of another being that will probably get her own story later too.This one should be thought of as a teaser or introduction more than a complete story. I'm intrigued enough to want to go back and begin at the beginning with this series and work my way through.