Review: "Nothing in life is ever as it seems"
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
Damn, I am disappointed I did not know about the first three books before I read this!I received the arc to read and review for the blog tour and I was blown away by theintense storyline.We have Ingrid Jansen an investigator for Scotland Yard who is working on a counterfeitcase involving Lord Rupert Hauville. Ingrid has her own way of investigating the facts somealmost criminal, breaking the law to get at the truth!An underworld of vampires help set the stage for an exciting and almost believabletale as Ingrid discovers the hierarchy the vampires have in the world she lives in.We meet Orpheus a vampire who branded Ingrid to keep her safe, when she wears themark of a Gothica, the brand of a vampire's servant and find she is deeply in lovewith Jadeon, Dominion head of vampires. She stumbled upon the lair of vampiresin the previous books and the branding is sign she is "taken" and not to be harmed.The author has done an excellent job in bringing to life the nightwalkers (vampires)from missing persons, to the secret society of vampires, deceit with a remarkabletwist to the ending. It all felt real, I could imagine bumping into one of the beautiful creaturesand falling in love myself. I must go back and read the first three books, I need to know theirbeginnings and live their story, to know more about each one.The secondary characters Sebastian, Anais, Beatrice, Alex, Jadeon's brother to Paradoma winged vamp that hangs from chandeliers and eats cat food make for one incrediblestory you will not want to miss. This is not your usual vampire bites your neck and turns you,rather a mystery as the immortals work with mortals to keep their existence a secret andsociety balanced, moving forward in all their glory.