Review: 3.5 stars - If you're looking for a quicky steamy read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2012
I've read all the other stories in Eden's vamp/were romances but I somehow missed this first time around. In Bound in Darkness werewolf assassin Cade - tortured by vamps who slayed his whole pack when he was young - can't resist his consuming and immediate attraction for his target pureblood vamp Alyson - who doesn't know she's a vamp and who has every reason to fear them since they murdered her parents.  As much as I like enemies to lovers, in a short story that transition has to be well done for it to really work for me. However, Cade goes from kill to kiss-and-protect way too easily - and without a real trigger for his switch except for, I guess, the shapeshifter 'mate' thing - and Alyson accepts that shift easily as well - but then again she's so sweet that she fringes on TSTL and is terrible at choosing friends, so it's not too far fetched that judgment flaw extends to lovers as well.But knowing Eden's shorts I was able to let the scrimping on story go and while it wasn't my favorite of Eden's Bound series, it was a quick steamy short story romance that fit perfectly into my busy day. For those who like lots of steam packed in a short space, the time that should have been spent on the transition is put to that use, so there's plenty to keep you happy.