Review: Thoroughly entertaining.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
Dissension is my introduction to Katie Salidas writings.  I've long grown tired of vampire books and not much for the fantastical.  So for me to give this vampire book five stars tells you it's not your typical vampire novel.  In the future after the apocalypse vampires and humans coexisted.  Then humans for a change gained the upper hand and being the hunters enslaved vampires.  As a throwback to ancient  Roman times, much of the enslavement dealt with forcing vampires to become gladiators fighting each other to the death.  Mira is a reluctant but superior fighter and apparently one of the few female gladiators.  My one critique as she fights only male gladiators. And the slaves also appease their human patrons other ways.  Mira leads a life of pain, degradation and torture.  Death seems welcome to her but her rebellious nature and dreams of freedom keep her undead spirit alive.  Ironic, right?  Full of action, yet surprisingly not a gore fest and refreshingly without much vulgarity this is a fast paced, enjoyable read.  Thank you, Katie Salidas for breathing fresh air into the vampire genre.