Review: AN EMOTIONAL AND COMPLEX STORY. UNPUTDOWNABLE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2012
Leah Buchanan's family have been associated for over five hundred years with vampires. Leah had always known that one day she would receive an invitation for selection, so since she had been twenty years old she had made sure that she was always in a relationship, invitations we're not issued if you were. Having broken up a few weeks before with her latest boyfriend another in a long line of jerks. The thing she dreaded had happened. Leah is taken to the selection by her Mother, who is thrilled that the family tradition is going to continue with Leah.Lucien is one of the most feared and respected vampires, he has been watching Leah for decades waiting his chance to have her attend a selection. What he does not realise is that he has totally underestimated the feelings that Leah arouses in him. He is not used to having his orders or word questioned, in all his many centuries he has never had a mortal like Leah, who marches to her own drum.This is the first in a trilogy from KA, I was really looking forward to this, being a fan of her work already I thought I knew what to expect, little did I realise what a treat was in store for me. KA has excelled herself here. Lucien is a vampire but he is also the usual bossy but gentle alpha male we have all come to expect. Leah is beautiful and stubborn even when faced with a six foot five powerful vampire. So much happens in this story it is impossible to review without giving everything away. But I will say that KA's take on vampires is so new and fresh, okay so they still need blood, but the set up of how they live amongst humans, and their association with a few chosen families is very clever and innovative. There are also strict rules that affect vampires, enforced by the vampire dominion. This is full of action and romance. The passion and emotion between Lucien and Leah jumps off the page and the reader is drawn in and totally involved with the story as it unfolds. A truly wonderful read.