Nearly the end of the week already but i haven't forgotten you, in hope to stay motivated into reading despite all the problems happening lately i decided to stay on safe ground with an author i've come to love and a series quite addictive
Happy reading!
Publisher: Berkley
Publication: 2011
ISBN: 0425243915
Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal
romance
Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: strong
Public: 18+
Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: strong
Public: 18+
Source: gifted
The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case, but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control. There is something twisted about this death, something that whispers of centuries long past...but Dmitri's need to discover the truth is nothing to the vicious strength of his response to the hunter assigned to decipher the tattoo.
Savaged in a brutal attack that almost killed her, Honor is nowhere near ready to come face to face with the seductive vampire who is an archangel's right hand, and who wears his cruelty as boldly as his lethal sensuality...the same vampire who has been her secret obsession since the day she was old enough to understand the inexplicable, violent emotions he aroused in her.
As desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that might destroy them both, it becomes clear the past will not stay buried. Something is hunting...and it will not stop until it brings a blood-soaked nightmare to life once more...
My opinion:
DIMITRI! Oh my he just got a helluva amount of bonus point with this
novel…. Until this point he was really dark, mysterious and we could feel it
had more to his story but his attitude with Elena had me not liking him a lot.
Now that we learn, part of, his past we can understand him a lot more, his
reaction makes sense but we also discover another side of him I knew him,
loyal, stubborn, vicious and cruel but protective ( for someone else than
Raphael I mean) and attentive….. that’s new and he is so romantic as well….. I
really felt his pain.
This story focuses on him and his past via
his meeting with Honor, a guild member that was abducted and tortured not too
long ago. Honor is loving character but she has been hurt so deeply that he
partially changed her, she is terrified and hiding but as an expert in language
her talent are needed when a tattoo need to be identified… she doesn’t go
happily to say the least but it shows how loyal and courageous she is. The
meeting with Dimitri doesn’t start really well as her terror affect her to the
point she acts by instinct alone… however Dimitri is able to recognize that
situation and he acts accordingly…. . He is surprised to be attracted so
strongly to this woman and he doesn’t want to open its heart but her pain
remind him of his own and he helps her .. with him we quickly discover the real
Honor, the courageous, determined and compassionate one.
The investigation about the severed head is
done while in the meantime Dimitri goes on a search for the culprit on Honor’s
case….it’s something deep rooted in him, he want to makes them pay… and since
Honor is a fighter that investigation won’t be done without her, same as the
first one… Dimitri perhaps wants to protect her but she wants to be active. I
really loved their interactions and how it taught us about their respective
past. The fact we get to see some others characters ( illium, Elena but also
Ash and Vivek)is something is absolutely love in this series…it help to quick
the action moving at adequate rhythm.
This is not my favourite book in the
series but it gave me a totally new insights on several characters and just
make me want for more. Definitively a fantastic series to be recommended.
Score: 4/5
Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and
no compensation was received in exchange for this review
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