As you have discovered during this month, i'm reading holiday romances. Today, like the past Friday, i'm concentrating on paranormal holiday romance including vampire. To be honest i didn't know they were so many of them so there will be a lot left for next year ^^ but since we are still in december 2012 i will offer you my opinion on two of them.
The first one "When Heral Angels Sing" written by Caridad Piñeiro is a novella part of the anthology "A vampire for Christmas"
Happy Reading!
Publisher: Harlequin
Publication: 2011
ISBN: 0373776446
Genre: paranormal erotic romance,
holiday romance
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: strong
Public: 18+
Source: wonsex: strong
Public: 18+
All they want for Christmas is you…
It's the time of year for twinkling lights on trees and kisses under the mistletoe. Yet the passing of another year means nothing to the stunning immortals who lurk in the shadows of the new-fallen snow.
And they don't care if you've been naughty or nice.
Let four fanged lovers open your eyes to a passion you never dared to imagine. After all, there's no place like home for the holidays—and these dazzling vampires can't wait for an invitation.
My opinion:
Carida Piñeiro offers us her own version of the “Christmas’ ghost” mixed
with vampires in her novella “When Herald Angels Sing”. Here it’s Damien, young
man who had a difficult life during which he was transformed, who is confronted
to his past actions to help him to chose his future. More than his future,
Damien receives an opportunity to save his soul. His good heart despite the
suffering he has endured caught the attention of the archangel Raphael, said
archangel would like Damien with the
good guys but as rules state he can’t do anything about it, free will and such
means that Damien must save his own soul however to guide him Raphael has
assigned a guardian angel to Damien.
The guardian angel in question is no
other than Angelina, young angel this is her first mission. While visiting the
past to learn about her charge and better understand him she broke one capital
rule: she fell in love. She came to him twice in the past always around
Christmas Eve, twice he has an opportunity but he failed her and she died. This
is their last chance and this time truth needs to be told and lessons must be
learned.
I liked this small story, a bit
Manichean with good and evil fighting for Damien’s soul, but also an enjoyable
romance between Damien and Angelina. I loved how he was waiting for her,
promising to save her but not guessing what she was at any moment. It was also
interesting to see how their love story progressed between each of their
meetings. Not a memorable, fantastic
story but a good one to enjoy at this time of the year when we want a little
twist on the more traditional tales.
Good short story, good addition to this
anthology. And I enjoys her writing‘s style so I would be happy to discover
more of Carida Piñeiro’s world and to give a try to her books
Score: 3/5
Score: 3/5
Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and
no compensation was received in exchange for this review
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Interesting! It's always neat to see new twists on classic tales!
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