<This is
the third novel in a tetralogy.>
The battle for Belle Morte has been fought and won, but
at a steep price. Deaths amongst vampires, staff and donors have occurred, and
the fight isn’t over. Vampirekind is facing a tenuous future with enemy
vampires on the run. Ludovic de Vauban volunteers to go beyond the mansion’s
walls to track down the Five, but he can’t go it alone. Reclusive and without
any idea of the modern world, he needs a street-savvy human. Enter donor Roux
Hayes. With makeup, she’ll not only make him look human, she’ll help him
navigate a world that’s long since left him stuck in the past. Together with Detective
Chief Inspector (DCI) Ray Walsh, who loathes vampires, finding the Five becomes
graver still when it turns out the missing children in the area are linked to a
vampire using another name. Roux is determined to preserve the future for her
vampire and human friends, and she’ll also admit (at least to herself) that she’d
enjoy seeing Ludovic ... without clothes. Ludovic will find that Roux awakens a
passion in him that he thought long diffused. If the renegades can’t be
neutralized, not only will the vampires of Belle Morte be affected, but
vampirekind worldwide, and their newfound love will be snuffed out.
These vampires don’t sparkle,
but they are gorgeous, as are their human donors (most of whom have been sent
home since what transpired in the second installment). I can see that Higgin
added in the missing children plot to up the ante and make the search all the
more urgent, but I also thought it added too much. With one rogue vampire
abducting children, two more trying to leave, two clueless as to the vampire
they’re really standing by, a human group who hates vampires, and then, of all
things, four other vampires totally unaccounted for, the storylines are
sometimes all over the place. I read this novel because I’ve read the first
two, and I’m sure I’ll read the final one, but honestly, it’s a vampire story
in a vampire series. Unless you’re a vampire super fan, I wouldn’t recommend
it. Additionally, there are intimate scenes, so to the parents out there, no
young/younger teenagers should be reading this, no matter how worldly they are
(or think they are).
Book 1:
Belle Morte
Book 2:
Revelations
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