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Blood Legacy: The House of Alexander

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Blood Legacy is the follow up novel to The Story of Ryan. Ryan has been reunited with her father, Victor, and discovers that he has fallen prey to an unknown illness. Such an illness was thought impossible for their Kind as none of the eldest have ever died. Ryan calls on her human friend Dr. Susan Ryerson to unravel the mystery of his illness through Susan's knowledge of their unique anatomy. Meanwhile the Grand Council has been reconvened and they have chosen Ryan to conduct a Hunt. Not just any Hunt, this is a millennial purge to kill off the weaker offspring. Ryan must hunt and kill all of her kind that she can to strengthen the bloodlines.

Ryan begins to suspect that someone has betrayed her father and somehow infected him with the deadly illness. She will have to confront the most powerful of their Kind, including the darkly seductive Aeron who would like nothing better than to see her destroyed. Aeron is one scary guy who likes to seduce others of their Kind and consume their flesh. The other council members, Abigail and Marilyn, also want to possess her and set out to draw her in with their sensual charms. Ryan's vulnerability may turn out to be her greatest strength. As Ryan comes closer to the edge of death, giving in to her own desires may be the key to the survival of everyone she cares about.

This is another great book from Kerri Hawkins, her prose style brings the scenes to life with stunning visual imagery. Her vampires are a unique creation who insist that they are not vampires at all. They believe that vampire myth is actually based on their Kind. It will be interesting to see if Hawkins writes a book on Dr. Ryerson becoming one of their Kind. She also writes a comic book series called Blood Legacy that the novel is based on.

Not often is a second book in a series as good as the first, but "The House of Alexander" is just as good as "Story of Ryan". Great characters that you easily become invested in, well-paced, thoughtful and interesting story with an ending that leaves you "thirsty" for more. Very cool twist to the vampire mythos.

I really liked this book and the first one, The story of Ryan as well.

Fun, entertaining, I was so happy to find something fresh to read.

This book continues where its predecessor Blood Legacy: The Story of Ryan, left off. It will not make much sense to those that have not read the Story of Ryan. Both of these books are present an interesting blend of fantasy/horror, history, biology ,and politics. The House of Alexander even has some romance elements, of a sort. Both books, I highly recommend, but don't go looking for them at your local book store, because ,unfortunately, they probably will not carry them.

I have been waiting for this book to be published for quite some time. The original book, Blood Legacy: The Story of Ryan was wonderful, fast-paced, entertaining, and unique. I finished The House of Alexander yesterday and all I can say is WOW!! I can't wait until the 3rd installment is published. If you like vampires and are tired of the usual vampire story (pale skin, scared of garlic, running water, crosses and wooden stakes) and want something with some wit, intelligence, science (yes, there's some science involved that does very well in enhancing the story), passion, lust, politics, and good story-telling then pick this up as well as the original Blood Legacy story. You will not be disappointed!!

I think it will be a great book. It is the first book I have read by Author Kerri Hawkins. It arrived in a timely manner.
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I picked this up while wondering the racks and glad I did! This is a fabulous read --- It is the 2nd of 3, and I had not read the 1st, but had no problem following the story. I'm now going in search of number 1. Different from the Laurell Hamilton sex genre and the Anne Rice vampiric story lines --- (Love them both, BTW) --- but Kerri Hawkins offers something more contagious. Extremely interesting...

Susan
Kenai Alaska

I love this series..puts a whole New spin on immortality..it is engaging and often surprising this book picks up right where the first book left off..i would recommend this to any person who likes the vampire/mythical genre, but also a scientific possibility that it could be possible IRL

I FOUND THIS BOOK READ THE REVIEWS LOOKED AT THE COVER. I TOOK A CHANCE.THE BOOK IS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE READ. IF YOU LIKE INTREGE NEW TWIST ON OLD STORIES MODERN WITH ANCIENT AND {VAMPIRES} OLD ONES. GIVE IT A TRY.IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST BOOK I RECOMMEND IT JUST BECAUSE IT IS ENJOYABLE

This book makes you think of all the dark thoughts you sometimes shouldn't have. Ryan gives the tale the realism that is scary and moving. You are drawn into her world wondering who is going to betray her, but she still makes you want to protect her from all that is happening around as you see the plots and you are shouting for her to watch out. Brilliant book by Kerri Hawkins another to carry on the story would be marvelous.