We never know where the pearls are hidden before we found them. I saw a giveaway a little time ago about the first book of a new young author Bella Forrest and i was really happy to see it was open to international. I checked the summary and i found it intriguing. After a few echanges with Bella, she offered me a copy of her book to review and i'm really honored because for me this is a wonderful and promising debut.
I won't make you wait more so here is my opinion on A Shade of Vampire first book of a series whose is still unknow to this day.
Publisher: Bella Forrest
Publication: 2012
ISBN: 1481280767
Genre: paranormal romance, Ya,
Fantasy
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: mild
Public: 16+
Source: received in exchange for an honest
reviewViolence: strong
Language: normal
sex: mild
Public: 16+
On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.
A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.
She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine.
An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.
Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.
Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood,
Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?
My opinion:
Surprising excellent debut. A first book is always an exploit because
it’s harder that it seems to write a story and even more to manage to publish
it…now the author can always improve too so the first book is rarely the best.
Bella Forrest did surprise me because of the quality of her writing and story,
I could see all the work she put in it and the result is bluffing. This first
book is really excellent and such a promising start for a series.
Derek is a vampire, the prince of his
coven on who rest all their hopes. However before that he is a young man of
eighteen that was changed against his will. Before that he was a hunter and he
still doesn’t accept the situation well. A prophesy told the vampires he was
going to save them and he tried to save his family but deep down he hate what he is. To avoid
hurting someone and act on his hunger, he convinced a witch to help him by
putting him into a eternal sleep….for Cora, the witch, a reprieve he could get
but not an eternal one so after 400 years he wakes up to find himself in a new
world, bigger and with things he like even less than before. Then his sister
offers him young girls, all seventeen, for his “harem”. He knows he can’t let
them free but he don’t want to hurt them either…. Until one caught his interest
because even afraid she still thinks about others. Sofia becomes his
link to humanity and he decided to make her is personal slave, a status giving
her a little protection.
I really enjoyed seeing him try to
adjust and to come to be really deeply attached to Sofia . He has a big
heart and went against his wishes to try to protect his family and he suffered
from it, still do and he has so much on his shoulders; I was moved by his
personality. Sofia is really good for him however he will have to make some choices if he
wants a world where they are both protected.
The story is quite short, less than 200 pages,
but it condenses a lot. The author chooses to write it mostly from Sofia point of view
but we get a few chapters from Derek and it’s really good for the story. I appreciated
that it’s wasn’t one point of view after the other for each chapter, no we get
the point of view of the right character when his point of view is the more
appropriate. The romance is slowly building not instant and I love that. Sofia has to trust
Derek and he need to learn to trust her but also himself. The intrigue is also
present and some mysteries because we don’t know exactly what is expecting of
Derek, There are some twists that kept me focused on the book. Some secondary
characters like Ben and Corinne are interesting to watch and I would love to
get the point of view about some events.
The Setting is always
well thought and the descriptions quite vivid , I really appreciated to imagine
the building thanks to the descriptions well written and not too long.
It’s really a good story and I can only
say that I want more of it! I’m curious of what will happen, how Derek will
manage to keep Sofia safe etc. Really if you want a short, enjoyable, great paranormal
romance debut, this book is for you won’t regret it! (And if you look on the
author website you have a chance to win it too)
Disclaimer: Source: a copy in
exchange for an honest review, no other compensation was received.All
opinions are my own.
Score: 4,5/5
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Challenges:
Do you like to discover new authors? Read their debut?
How do you think you would react if abducted like Sofia? Would you be ready to do anything to survive?
I do like to discover new authors. :-) This book sounds like it is right up my alley. You and I have similiar tastes in books so if you liked it then I bet I will too! I added it to my TBR list.
RépondreSupprimerI would probably feel defeated if I was captured. Maybe I'd have a small pity party. I hope I never find out!
i think you would enjoy this quick reads yes^^
SupprimerI also hope to never find out because i'm not sure i would do good... panick attack and hysteric are more likely^^