Another recommendation by Kobo.
I read a crazy negative review which said this is a
ridiculously terrible novel and so I almost didn't bother with it. From the
first page I realized why I do bother with these free Kobo writes - they are
often entertaining and fun, and for some reason the characters hold my
interest.
This one is about a vampire and a witch, and focuses on why
they hate each other and shouldn’t be together.
Vampire Nikolaus was a neurosurgeon before becoming a vampire, and he wants to kill the witch because she "killed" him. She tried to kill him because she watched his kind rape a woman, and something to do with her parents. Ravin Crosse, a witch for centuries, lives in an apartment and makes spells in her kitchen. She has made some kind of deal with the devil (who is made of brimstone). Her job is to destroy vampires. However, to be the light, she's required to kill less and make more potions instead.
So anyway, Nikolaus breaks into her apartment to kill her and her love potion gets spilled all over them (this was funny). Ravin decides there and then she won't bemoan (this was the word used I think) her safety, regardless of how great this one thinks he is. But he's stronger and does his vampire thing and then they fall in love, reluctantly, because of the potion. They go on a love adventure. It's amusing.
But then...the wolves, witches, and a clan of vampires are
in a turf war, partaking in mindless destruction for their own gain. By the
last few chapters I raced through because I was getting bored with the whole “I’m
a vampire I can’t love a witch routine.” In chapter 1 it was cute, by chapter 24 it was
like - haven’t you dealt with that yet??
But Nikolaus is not really unsure; it’s just that he’s under the control
of a dictator who wishes to control the world to meet his own objective and security. But the devil has planned all of this and how things will turn out, and when
Ravin is about to be burned at the stake, Nikolaus has to decide what to do.
I won’t give away the whole purpose of vampire and witch
being together – or else the story will be ruined - but it has to do with forgiving
past enemies and the unions and creations which ensue.
What I liked:
Lots of brain ranting: parietal lobe, cerebral cortex, love brain (ventral tegmental area in the brain stem), occipital - vampire showing off his knowledge.
Ravin uses cream rinse-I haven't heard that term in a long time.
There's swearing (worse than Fifty Shades).
What I liked:
Lots of brain ranting: parietal lobe, cerebral cortex, love brain (ventral tegmental area in the brain stem), occipital - vampire showing off his knowledge.
Ravin uses cream rinse-I haven't heard that term in a long time.
There's swearing (worse than Fifty Shades).
What I didn’t like:
The title, cover picture, and the long hair (really??).
I don’t know about all this vampire, werewolf, and witch
stuff. I think I am getting more confused as time goes on. I might try another by this author - lots of novels to
choose from.
2 comments:
Thanks for the review, and glad you liked the book. I usually don't go randomly posting on people's blogs when they've read my book. That would just be weird. But I had to write something after one of your picks was the long hair on the cover. Ha! You know the hero was originally bald with a scalp full of tattoos? I loved that image of him, and wrote the whole story that way. Editing decided that a bald hero was not cool, and insisted I give him hair. So in protest, I gave him lots of long hair. Though, I did get him bald for those last few pages. Hee.
If you're interested in the son of Nikolaus and Raven, check out THE DEVIL TO PAY.
And again, thanks for the kind words!
Michele
Thank you for your post. I never receive comments on my blog, let alone from authors :)
I was wondering about the hair thing. I just had to picture him differently.
Thanks for the suggestion! I was looking at Moonspun, but maybe I will read this one first.
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