Review: Dissension Review
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
This dystopian fantasy is a riveting and intriguing future of humans and vampires that keeps readers on the edge of their seats.  Vampires have become slaves to humans and fight in the arena as gladiators and Mira is undefeated, uncompromising and seemingly unbreakable. Lucian is Regent of the arena finds Mira intriguing and becomes her patron and his life has become expendable and they are both on the run.This fast paced and smooth flowing plot keeps the reader on their toes with action, suspense and drama. The author brings this futuristic world to life with great details and descriptions that provide vivid images that captures the imagination.  The fight scenes are well orchestrated and believable and with each scene the reader gets drawn more into the story.  The strong compelling characters are easily related to and keep the reader’s attention from beginning to end.There is no time to get bored with the non-stop action that takes place throughout the story with fights, escape attempts, snarky and humorous attitudes and intriguing twists that the reader doesn’t see coming.  There’s also no time for romance, though there is some hint of a romance blossoming between Mira and Lucian, of course they have to stay alive for that to happen. The series is obviously going to continue with Mira and Lucian’s uprising and it ended on a spectacular scene, and though it does end with a cliff hanger, the author chose a good spot.The author has created a fascinating and thrilling futuristic world that has lots of future entertainment potential and possibilities and readers can’t help but get caught up in the captivating characters and their story.  I was totally engrossed in the story from beginning and the concept and characters inspire lots of curiosity and I can’t wait to read the next book, although I feel I must warn you that the story is very violent and bloody as while the author does inspire vivid images, she is not overly graphic.