Review: I liked the book, it has great characters. However, I never got to feel the story or the characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
Written by Dolce AmoreOriginally posted on confessionsfromromaholics dot comARC provided kindly by publisher for reviewing purposesThere is a surge in the number of Death Euphoria-addicted vamps, DE-addicted vampires, or DEADs, who up end raping and draining dry human women. Kenric St. James is sure that his maker, Marguerite, is connected to everything, especially because she visited his dreams trying to lure him to her side. However, after she killed the woman Kendric loved and turned him three hundred years ago, that's the last thing he is going to do.Now, to explain what DE means: when a vampire continues to feed until the death of the donor, he/she becomes addicted to it ... and becomes a DE addict too. The only thing that can compete with DE is the blood of an ancient or master vampire, and it is as addictive as DE, meaning that the ancient or master vampire can control vampires once they are addicted to his/her blood.And Marguerite is an ancient vampire.One night, while fighting several vampires, Kendric is badly hurt and close to dying. That is, until Emily Ross finds him and saves his live.Unable to wipe Emily's memories of him from her mind, Kendric decides to take Emily with him, just after he bites her. He convinces her that he is telling the truth about being a vampire and she ends up accepting to help him erase his walking thru hospital.After kidnapping Marcus, one of Kendric's warriors, and addicting him to her blood, Marguerite discovers about Emily and Kendric's feelings for her in another of her visits to his dreams. Deciding to have him as her mate, she orders Markus to kill Emily. She is sure that with the help of the orb filled with the blood of the heart of a powerful and ancient vampire, she will get Kendric.When Markus organizes Emily's death, he doesn't stay to see its end. With a DEAD biting her she is a sure thing, but Kendric feels her distress and comes to rescue her, turning her into a vampire after she agrees to it. With Markus betraying the compound and kidnapping Emily, Kendric has had enough. Marguerite is a dead vampire.I liked the book, it has great characters and a bit of humor like these lines:Guerin placed his elbows on the table. "So, this nurse, how's she handling the news that she was bitten by a vampire, and that those fangs belonged to you?"God, how she would love to talk to her one more time. But what would she say? "Hey, Mom. Guess what? I met a man who stopped my heart in more ways than one."However, I never got to feel the story or the characters, and just couldn't connect with them.4 couples