(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
Over the years, I’ve read a range of books with vampires in. Some of them have been really good to read, while others have put me off completely. (Interestingly enough, L.J. Smith’s Night World books fall into the first category, while the Vampire Diaries ended up in the second category).
This book also fell into the first category. When I began reading it, I was surprised at just how easily I was pulled into the book. The blurb did promise that this wasn’t a vampire lite book and I was pleased to see it didn’t lie.
This was one of the only books that I felt the love triangle actually worked, made sense and didn’t make me roll my eyes.
I felt the author did a really good job of showing Holly’s struggle against her nature and how things developed between her and Jarvis. I could really connect with both of the main characters in this book.
There were some moments that were creepy and others that were downright heartbreaking. More of the vampire characteristics were kept in this book and it was nice to see the vampires had some of the same weaknesses. I also noticed that this book actually had blood drunk by the vampires work in a realistic way – causing blood pumping through the vampire’s veins and actually warming up. Unlike the myriad of vampires who are somehow able to have sex, despite being pale and cold.
It was also good to see that there was a reason – and one that actually made sense – for why Holly came across as different to other vampires.
Towards the end of the book, I was really eager to find out what was going to happen. By the end of the book, I could believe in the relationship between the two characters.
All told, this was a really well-written, darker paranormal moments with some very sweet moments that were a nice change to the tension. I would be interested in reading more books set in this world in the future and would be interested in checking out other books by this author.
Ink of Blood 