Review: A WONDERFUL SERIES
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
This is the second book in the series and when we left off in book one Lexi was just given "The Gift" by her best friend Katelyn.  Lexi had the choice to be turned into a vampire or go with her doctor's death sentence.  With only a matter of weeks to live Lexi chose a new life free of illness and death.  Now James and Katelyn are not only her best friends but her immortal mother and father.It is Christmas Eve and James has fulfilled Katelyn's desire for a Christmas filled with lights and a huge Christmas tree and the presence of her family, James, Katelyn and Dale and Charlotte Ann.  Charlotte Ann was James' maker and Dale was kidnapped and changed by a rogue vampire seeking companionship. When his maker chose to end his existence Dale found himself alone and seeking to end his as well until Charlotte Ann, James and Katelyn made him one of their family, filled with love and the knowledge of what he really was and was really capable of.  Now finally happy and in love with Charlotte Ann the family at Whitehall is content, or is it?The one thing that Lexi wants is a mate, someone to share eternity with like her family, but she has no idea how to go about finding one.  Does she look for an immortal or does she find a human to turn.  She learns that it is not an easy decision to just turn a human, it is a choice that will last for an eternity.  She can't turn someone against their will or she will do to them what was done to Dale.In this book Lexi tells her story, her life before "The Gift" and her life learning to embrace it.  With Charlotte Ann's help she is learning what she needs to know to survive as a vampire.  How to hunt, when to kill and how to use her powers.  She knows that she is loved so it makes it easier for her to grow.  But when she finally does find the "one" will she finally get what she has been looking for?I have to commend the author for doing an amazing job of giving the reader a refresher on what transpired previously.  During the Christmas party Katelyn reminisces about what happened over the past year, Lexi's turning, Dale and Charlotte Ann finding each other and Lexi's human death and funeral.  Although I read the first book I needed to be caught up a little and I am so grateful for an author who understands that and has such a unique way of doing it.  This is all told in Lexi's words, her feelings, thoughts and desires and it is definitely a "How to Book on being a Vampire".  Loved it.Reviewed by:  Linda TonisMember of the Paranormal Romance Review Team