Bound By Blood [Mass Market Paperback]

Amanda Ashley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 27, 2011

Zack Ravenscroft loves women - all women - and they love him. The irresistibly seductive owner of the hottest casino in Nevada, Zack has tasted every wicked pleasure Sin City can offer. But never in his 600 years as a vampire has he seen a morsel as delectable as Kaitlyn Sherrad, the mysterious young newcomer in town. Zack knows nothing about her - except that he craves her. Kaitlyn is half vampire, half human - and all woman. As the cherished daughter of the Carpathian Coven's master, she has been given every luxury a girl could desire. Now her only need is for a prince. But though she's ready to gamble her heart on Zack, a powerful enemy stalks their every move...watches their every kiss...and waits to destroy their undying love.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Zebra Books; Original edition (September 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420121324
• ISBN-13: 978-1420121322
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you're looking for a fairytale paranormal romance, October 12, 2011

By 

Landra Graf (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bound By Blood (Kindle Edition)

Kaitlyn Sherrad is looking forward to a quiet summer spent in the mountains, following her college graduation. She's not sure what she wants to do with her life, except going back to her vampire father's stronghold in the Carpathians is not high on the list. When she forms a bond with a local Casino owner, she finds herself longing to fulfill her own passions instead of following the rules of the vampire coven she belongs to. Yet, danger awaits her.

Zach Ravenscroft is not the a-typical vampire. He runs a casino, doesn't believe in aimless killing, and has an affinity for beautiful women. When Kaitlyn enters his humble abode, he is immediately captivated and longs to know the woman in the most intimate of ways; even if getting to know her means continuously having to expose him to danger and death.

Alright, first off, I was not happy with the heroine. She's definitely got personality, but I felt let down. Kaitlyn doesn't get a lot of action and it seems that everyone is always coming to her rescue. There are a few moments when Kaitlyn holds her own, yet she's not allowed to do it completely. I just felt that Kaitlyn could have been so much more in the story and that she was not empowered enough.

On the other hand I loved Zach--his inner thoughts, his desire to protect against all cost, and his power. He was every bit the vampire hero I would adore. He's a knight in shining armor but not at all innocent or subdued, which made it incredibly difficult to believe that Kaitlyn was his one-all, be-all. There were times I honestly had trouble believing the romantic involvement. He doesn't seem the type to get involved with an heir to a vampire coven. Yet, that may be what the author was going for--opposites attract kind of thing. There were a few things that irked the romantic in me, but I let them go. These included Zach's feeding habits and his chivalry; I didn't want him to be chivalrous.

The villains were great villains; sacrificial with nothing to lose except their life, and for those who've read Ashley's previous novel, then you'll be happy to know that Kaitlyn's father and mother make an appearance. I enjoyed the world traveling in the story. Overall I thought Ashley had a ton of great ideas and options for this book. The problem is that she didn't convince me that this story was worth it nor that her heroine was worth more than acting as the damsel in distress. The conflicts and resolutions of said conflicts were too easy in my opinion. I wanted more of a challenge, deception, and yet it seems that those things may not have existed because Ashley was playing true to her characters. So, if you're looking for a paranormal romance that plays true to a fairytale with the beauty having to take little or no action, and easily resolved conflicts then this is a book for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Typical bad vampire romance, November 7, 2011

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Ellief - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bound By Blood (Mass Market Paperback)

Bound by Blood, Bound #2, by Amanda Ashley

Grade: D

"I'm always right, Katy darlin'. And now that that's settled, I think we should get down to some serious huggin' and kissin'."

As a half human, half vampire and the only daughter of the Romanian Carpathian Fortress, Kaitlyn Sherrad has lived a very sheltered life. Now at twenty one, she has finished college and convinced her parents to let her stay in America and try to make her own way in Nevada. Late one night Kaitlyn meets Zack Ravenscroft, a local casino owner, who immediately sweeps her off her feet. Little do they both know they have more in common then they think and their similarities just might make their romance forbidden.

As a six hundred year old vampire Zack Ravenscroft never thought he would find a woman to spend his life and as one of The Order, vampires who are made not born, his relationship with Kaitlyn is forbidden and her father is hell bent on keeping them apart. Zack must now fight for his relationship not only against the woman that he loves family but against an old enemy who has come back for revenge and has chosen Kaitlyn as their target. Zack and Kaitlyn must now prove to everyone that they deserve love and happiness together and they will do anything or fight anyone to attain it.

Bound by Blood is the second book in Amanda Ashley's Bound Series and it picks up twenty one years after Bound by Night leaves off which is the story of Kaitlyn's mother and father, Elena and Drake. This book was much better then the first in the series, which I previously reviewed, but I found it to be very boring and uneventful. I think that to really understand what is going on in this story you would need to read the first book or else you will be very confused as the two books have very interwoven plot lines.

I had a few problems with this book but I think the thing that bothers me the most is how fast Kaitlyn and Zack meet and fall in love. There is no big anticipation at all with their relationship and after the first hundred pages they are in love, going to get married and the book moves on to the person who is trying to get revenge on Kaitlyn's family. I disliked the Romeo and Juliet parallel a lot and found that the forbidden romance between the two to be an opening for Kaitlyn to whine and complain a lot.

Kaitlyn reminded me very much of her mother from the first book and this is not a compliment. I found her to be very spoiled, boring, a goody-goody, highly annoying and lacking any sort of backbone. I very much dislike weak female leads and Kaitlyn is the poster child for weak female leads. The only woman who had any sort of guts was portrayed as the villain while the meek, crawl into a corner and wait for the men to save them woman are the heroins. At one point a male character told a female that if she didn't do what he said he would "Lock her in her room." I'm sorry what? These two are supposed to be in love for years and are married and he's going to lock her in her room like a child? These are just not the sort of characters that I like reading about. The male characters are okay but nothing special.

I found most of this book to be very bad and I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. I think the action is very good but the romance is lacking and so are the characters. I was very excited to read this series and highly disappointed. Plain and simple, as far as paranormal romances go this isn't a very good one and I can't recommend it as a fan of the genre.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun romantic urban fantasy, October 5, 2011

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bound By Blood (Mass Market Paperback)

As her college graduation present, her dad gives Kaitlyn Sherrad a little place in the country that happens to overlook Lake Tahoe. Kaitlyn loves her father Drake the Master of the Carpathian Coven vampire and her once human mother Elena (see Bound by Night for their tale).

Her parents return to the Romanian Old Country on urgent clan business so she goes to her luxurious cabin alone. Kaitlyn meets and falls in love with casino owner Zackary Ravenscroft. However, she initially is unaware that he is a six century old vampire whose family loathes the East European clan as much as hers detests these upstarts over a two decade old incident. As the heir to the Carpathian Coven, Kaitlyn knows her beloved is forbidden fruit, but history apparently repeats the same mistakes especially with an unknown adversary plotting to take down the couple.

The second Bound romantic urban fantasy is a delightful tale of forbidden love starring fully developed protagonists and a well rounded support cast that deftly ties up threads from the first thriller. The fascinating star-crossed second generation romance is fun to follow though the plot follows the expected course as there are no major twists. Still sub-genre fans will appreciate Amanda Ashley's wonderful paranormal romance.

Harriet Klausner