This book started off a bit slow but I was quickly engulfed in the story. Great writing and good characters. I was a little put off by the main character at first but he quickly grew on me as he worked to confront his past. The world building in this book was phenomenal. Overall I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to dive into the next one.
This audiobook is a little on the long side (15 hours!) but don’t let that scare you away from the incredible world that C.L. Schneider has created. The action is well written and easily visualized and the interpersonal relationships are wonderfully realistic and thoughtfully cultivated. I look forward to seeing where the characters end up in the next book and how it affects the professional, platonic, and romantic relationships of everyone involved.
I wasn’t very sure about this book as bikers have never been my forte but I was pleasantly surprised with the characters in this book. The main female character had a lot of trauma to deal with due to her accident but the male hero was surprisingly understanding and supportive, in his own way, about it. I think the way that the author wrote the female character was heartbreakingly realistic to what people likely go through in a situation like hers. The things she had to deal with throughout the story and her growth as a character were very well written. The male Hero had depth to him as well and the way he handled things was unconventional to say the least but still had a personal touch to it that made the character feel cohesive and real. The writing itself was easy to follow and the storyline didn’t drag and was full of action so it kept me entertained throughout.
I really loved this book’s take on the paranormal genre. There were of course vampires and werewolves because where would any paranormal story be without them? But the two main characters were neither and that was refreshing.
The main female protagonist is written so astonishingly well, I’m sad she isn’t someone I can meet because she is so very relatable. I loved her personality and the quirky way she thinks and speaks.
The main male protagonist was written very well also, I loved the inner thoughts we got to see from him. I love that he isn’t just a generic vampire, werewolf, witch, etc. Not that I don’t love those as well because I do but it was very interesting to see this new species I’d never really read about before be birthed onto the page here. Kudos to the author for her imagination and inventiveness.
My only real complaint here is that the story was so short! I hope we get to see more of them in future books.
I was very impressed with the characters in this book. Often times adult authors forget what it was like to be a kid and child characters can come off a bit too mature for their age but these characters were spot on with their attitudes and the things that seem like the end of the world when you’re that age as well as the healthy dose of respect for adults even when you don’t want to listen to them that you still have at that age before you hit the rebellious phase. I thoroughly enjoyed this and would absolutely read this with my daughter when she is older. I think kids around 12 or 13 will love this story and find the characters very relatable. The magic style in the story sounds corny in the synopsis but the way it was written felt very organic to the storyline and I never felt like it was over the top or pushing past what is believably realistic in a fantasy novel. All in all I was impressed with the writing and I hope we get to see more of Cat’s journey.
This book is packed full of such amazing writing. I was thoroughly impressed with this first book in the series. It managed to balance introducing quite a few side characters and giving them depth and backstory while not overwhelming the reader with too much to keep track of. The main characters in particular are written with so much intricacy that you immediately feel connected to them and invested in their story.
Deva, our main heroine has been hiding from a past that she is terrified of returning to but an obligation to pay off a debt pushes her to confront her past and in doing so she meets Aleksei, a fighter with an story of his own full of twists and turns. He has a sexy alpha personality but is there more to his story than meets the eye? And will Deva let herself fall for someone who reminds her so much of the past she left behind?
This is book 2 in the Jaded Vamp series and the action in this one takes place 50 years after the events of the 1st book. This is definitely a fast paced book, if you enjoy fast paced stories, this is for you! I personally would have liked to see more in each scene as these characters are written with such great intricacy that I’d like to see more of their thoughts and emotions.
I particularly loved Kaysee. Her character felt very real and raw to me. She wasn’t written to make every correct decision but she also didn’t fall into any of the normal tropes of female characters who make bad decisions. She generally made good and logical decisions but we got to see the why behind them and really experience the dark thoughts that make us all human even though we’d never admit it.
Then there was Dom. As a character he reminded me a lot of a high school jock who grew up to be a biker. Not that he was either of those things being an immortal vampire, but the personality was there. At different phases of the book I wavered between despising him and empathizing with him while agreeing with the decisions he made even though I didn’t necessarily like them. It’s rare that I find a character who elicits such complex emotional feelings in a book and I really hope that in the next one we get to see more of the inner turmoil of all of our characters.
There were of course several other characters in the book including our bad guys and with the head hopping writing style, we get a glimpse into all of them which affords us a unique perspective of not just the good but also the bad characters and what fuels them as well. It brings a unique perspective of humanity to the villains rather than just painting them as evil and writing their feelings off.
All in all, I quite enjoyed the writing style of this book; my only complaint was that there wasn’t more of it!
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