Review: Best of the best!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
I loved this novella much more than the first two full length books in the Dark Protector series or even other books in the vampire genre. The reason is Sarah, unlike Cara and Emma in the first two books recognized from nearly the start that she was in love and was loved and they were meant to be together instead of running from her feelings. She only questioned it at first but only for a very short period. Who wouldn't in such a few short hours? She realized their sexual attraction was because they were meant to be together.Most importantly she didn't do stupid things that put her life in danger running away from these feelings. She accepted, with only a little resistance at first, Max's help. I found Cara in the first book and especially Emma in the second to be totally unbelievable characters who, even knowing these dangerous, monstrous creatures existed and had a burning desire and goal to destroy the mating of the couples to take the mates for themselves, yet Cara and Emma constantly thought they could run away, out into the world on their own, thinking that even as humans they could take care of themselves and safely elude the Kurjans.  I don't interpret that as brave or courageous, just plan stupid.I also found Max so refreshing. He wasn't so ALL dominant to make sure the heroine knew she had no choice but to submit to his dominance. In most books of the vampire genre they practically rape their mates. It is only NOT rape because the heroine SO wants sex with them from the first few minutes of meeting them no matter what drama or violence is going on which they are right in the middle of.I do believe in the recognition of a soul mate and love at sight believable because it happened to me. When I was 16 I was at a dance sponsored by our local oil refinery facility, in their rather large clubhouse built for such community activities. The dance was for high school and college age kids.  I happened to notice a guy I didn't know dancing. My heart DID start thumping for no reason I could explain. After that I kept discretely watching him dancing and sitting at his table of friends on the other side of the dance floor. It wasn't very long before our eyes met. It made my heart thump even faster. When the next dance started he came and asked me to dance. After several dances together he said, "I think I'm going to have to marry you, Babe. I was 16 and he was 21.  Two months later we got married and lived a life as each other's soul mate for 37 years before he passed away.This novella could have been a very refreshing full length book. Why do authors always think a vampire has to use such total dominance over their mate instead of declaring their love?