Blue-Blooded Vamp (Sabina Kane, Book 5) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jaye Wells (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2012

The epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series by USA Today bestseller Jaye Wells.

Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too.

The one man who holds the key to defeating Cain is, of course, Abel. A mage with secrets to spare and, hopefully, the power to match it. Unfortunately, for Sabina, he's in Rome and may not want to be found.

Sabina sets out for Italy with her friends, Giguhl and Adam Lazarus, to track down the only man who can get her the revenge she hungers for. But will he help her or oppose her? And just who is Abel, really? Worst of all, when Sabina figures out the goddess Lilith has a plan for her-she realizes this trip is getting deadlier by the minute. As they say: when in Rome-SURVIVE.

Editorial Reviews

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"Jaye Wells is the next coming of Laurell K. Hamilton and Kim Harrison." --- Paul Goat Allen, bn.com, on Green-Eyed Demon

"Red-Headed Stepchild is action-packed suspense at its best. And urban fantasy doesn't get much better than this. Steeped in mystery, intrigue, and magic, this debut is one of the best I've read in months." --- scifichick.com

About the Author

Raised in Texas, USA Today bestseller Jaye Wells grew up reading everything she could get her hands on. Her penchant for daydreaming was often noted by frustrated teachers. She embarked on a series of random career paths, including stints working for a motivational speaker and at an art museum. Jaye eventually realized that while she loved writing, she found facts boring. So, she left all that behind to indulge her overactive imagination and make stuff up for a living. Besides writing, she enjoys travel, art, history, and researching weird and arcane subjects. She lives in Texas with her saintly husband and devilish son. Find out more about Jaye Wells at www.jayewells.com.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 460 pages
• Publisher: Orbit (June 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316178454
• ISBN-13: 978-0316178457
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.2 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

USA Today-bestseller Jaye Wells is the author of several award-winning urban fantasy and speculative crime fiction novels. Raised by booksellers, she loved stories from a very young age. Eventually, the gateway drug of reading grew into a full-blown writing addiction.

When she's not chasing the word dragon, she loves to travel, drink good bourbon and do things that scare her so she can put them in her books. Jaye lives in Texas with her husband and son.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Intense June 5, 2012

By A Book Obsession.. TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Kindle Edition

After the harrowing events of the last installment, Sabina has only one goal in mind. Revenge against Cain, for destroying everything she holds dear. She's bound and determined to kill him, even if it is the last thing she ever does. Problem is that doing so comes with the steep price of the deaths of the seven people closest to her, a sacrifice she isn't willing to make. But a powerful mage that goes by the name of Abel may just know of another way to defeat Cain. Problem is, he has his own agenda and secrets that will forever change everything Sabina has ever known. It will be a fight to the bitter end with everything and everyone on the line.

As I think back to where this series started, I cannot believe just how much Sabina has grown. Don't get me wrong, she is still the same Sabina at the core, stubborn, obstinate, and one heck of a fighter. But the past few months have really shown her so much that she been able to finally let go of a great deal of her anger to become who she was really meant to be. In fact, she's grown so much that everyone else is finally taking her seriously and giving her the respect she deserves. But, more importantly she has finally started to accept herself, both the good and the bad, and she is so much stronger for it. In addition to her own self-acceptance, she has also learned some very hard lessons, including how to trust others and knowing when to ask and accept help.

Everything in this series to date has been leading up to the final showdown with Cain. I especially enjoyed the pacing of the build up to that final battle and then the aftermath was handled.... In many final installments, 3/4 of the story will preparation leading into an extremely intense ending that a lot of time ends rather abruptly, not leaving the reader much of a cool down before everything is said and done. In Blue-Blooded Vamp, the pacing was much more even as the action was incredibly intense throughout the entire book rather than just the ending. Then one the final showdown was completed, the story continued for a while in resolution, giving that much needed break from the action while still continuing on. What was even better was the inclusion of the epilogue. I am a huge huge fan of these, as I love the chance to see where the characters end up in the future after their troubles are finally behind them. I'm a sucker for a happy ever after, no matter what form it takes.

I got everything I could have wanted and more from this final installment in the Sabina Kane series. Everything about it just screams epic and intense making for a seriously thrilling roller coaster of a read. Yet in between the almost non-stop action there are still stolen moments of emotion that really pulled my heartstrings, and only dragged me further into the story. Blue-Blooded Vamp could not possibly have been any more perfect of a conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane series. Read more ›

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars awesome June 1, 2012

By Under The Covers Book Blog

Format:Kindle Edition

Blue-Blooded Vamp
Reviewed by Ann & posted at Under The Covers Book Blog

Jaye Wells delivers in the epic conclusion to the Sabina Kane series. The half-vampire, half-mage kickass heroine readers have come to know as Sabina has her hands full as she tries to hunt down her next prey. This time the man she is after is far more powerful than the last enemy she faced down. The biggest, baddest chick is hellbent on exacting revenge on the man who murdered her friends and family , Cain - the father of the vampire race. Nothing is ever easy for Sabina because it seems that Cain also has his sights set on getting rid of her too.

The only way Sabina and her awesome demon sidekick, Gighul and sexy hexy boy toy, Adam Lazarus can defeat Cain is by finding Abel. However, it seems that locating Abel is a task in of itself. So Sabina is en route to Italy where Rome holds the solution to all her problems. There, she runs into people whom she never expected to encounter.

As the final book in the Sabina Kane series, I was expecting something epic, something that would give readers that one last shebang before we say goodbye to Sabina and the gang. Wells delivers a perfectly paced story with that that refreshing bite of humor that I can never resist. I plowed through this book even though I knew it was the last one. I meant to savor it, but those plans were promptly thrown out the window once I opened this book and read the first line. There's just this ease to which Wells writes. It's effortless, fast-paced and a guaranteed a good time.

Sabina Kane was grown throughout the entire series. She's gone from a being a kickass tough girl with a chip on her shoulder to a daughter, a lover and a friend.... Finally, the biggest, baddest girl on the block has opened her heart and allowed people to touch her life in a way that leaves her vulnerable. Sabina still has her trigger-happy temper, but now she has people in her life like Adam and Gighul to tell her to slow her roll.

I also have to mention Wells stellar plotting. Everyone who has made a significant appearance in the series is back in some way. It was nice to be able to recall those moments as we met them again in this last book. Wells does a great job of closing out a great series that has captured many hearts and spellbound readers of urban fantasy. It's sad to say goodbye to the snarky Sabina, the horny demon and the sex hexy, but as the saying goes, "All good things come to an end." I just hope Wells has more up her sleeve to tide us over. I want more pitch-forked penises! Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars A Touch Too Perfectly August 11, 2012

By Rassendyl

Format:Mass Market Paperback

...That's how I felt everything turned out for Sabina Kane, the hard-assed yet somewhat sensitive heroine of this five-novel series. I did want her struggles to end up positively for the woman, as she's been through plenty of heartache, yet 'fixing everything up' from the past wasn't truly what I had in mind.

In spite of its fantasy/supernatural elements, this series has had an urban grittiness to it while occurring mostly in or around several major American cities, notably Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans. I didn't especially mind when Sabina and 'Team Awesome' were forced to move the action to Rome, but AFAIC everything became a touch too surreal when the final conflict occurred in the dark races' afterworld (Irkalla)--it certainly didn't lack for excitement, but the climax lacked the 'anchoring' to modern-day human life which the rest of the novels have had.

IMHO it was somewhat of a 'deux ex machina,' in terms of the deaths of Vanca, Maisie and (in this book) Tristan (Abel), that Sabina ended up as a demigoddess able to visit Irkalla anytime she wished to, hence not actually being separated from them by death. I also felt that Lilith and Asmodeus were 'humanized' a bit too much, into almost a pedestrian mother and father, at the end of the book--a demoness queen and her demon consort should appear to be more fearsome to deal with, I'd venture.

I've enjoyed this series of novels, but the final wrap-up--in which all of the 'good guy' characters ended up pretty much fulfilled and contented--left me with a syrupy taste which contrasted with the tough-minded, hard-edged rest of the series...