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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Vampire Apocalypse Book One (Paperback)
By TT reviewer Amy Stark [Full review on our website]What would you think if you were a young child, awakened from your sleep and fed upon by a centuries old vampire? Would you think it real or would you think it a dream? Years later, as an adult, would the memory of that childhood dream stay with you? Fascinate you? What would you do if you found yourself at a bizarre Halloween party where everyone was dressed as a vampire and you found your friend's new boyfriend drinking the life out of her, literally? What would you think when he turns to you and sinks his fangs deep into your neck? What would you think when you dream your childhood dream again, waking up from it in an unfamiliar bed belonging the stranger that saved your life? A man you find intriguing, powerful, dangerous and sensuous? How would you react when the truth comes out, and his secrets are spilled in blood all over your living room floor? If you're Lorelei Fletcher, you're about to find out. Book One introduces the reader to Lorelei Fletcher, a strong minded, independent young woman with a fascination for vampires thanks to a childhood experience she remembers in her dreams, and to Julian Cavanaugh, the vampire who saves her life and has forsaken his people's way, swearing off human blood. Lorelei barely bats an eye as she learns who and what Julian Cavanaugh is. She doesn't cower in fear; she doesn't send him away. She accepts him as a man, and as a vampire. She stands by him, returning his favor by saving his life twice over. More than that, she trusts him and is willing to journey down to and through the Vampire city by his side, with an unwavering faith in him to keep her safe. Fate brought them together. He needed her to be complete and she was more than willing to give herself. Julian is not just any vampire. At 800 years old, he's extremely powerful and he's becoming something more. More what? No one knows. Not even the Senior. Not even the mysterious cloaked figure timeless in his antiquity. The only thing they all know is that Julian is starting to change. He's sleeping less at night, he is very slowly building immunity to sunlight, he does not need to feed on human blood and in the short time he's been with Lorelei, he has survived feeding off another vampire twice. They also knew that in order to complete this change, Julian needs her. But how can he take the woman he loved? Or does he have to? Mysterious, sensual, compelling, erotic, witty; these are all words that describe "Julian", the first tome in Katriena Knights' "The Vampire Apocalypse". Katriena Knights shows her skill at characterization in this story. She shows us who Lorelei and Julian are through their actions as well as through glimpses into their psyches. We feel Julian's pain and concern that his loving Lorelei will only lead to her death. We experience Lorelei's courage as she fights to save Julian and we get to know them further through the actions and reactions of the secondary characters toward them. The plot is intriguing, filled with mystery and not without a twist or two. However, while some of the sub-storylines are complete, the main story lingers unresolved, leaving the reader with more questions than answers and anxious to move on to Book 2: Nicholas.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I Must Disagree.Too fast=poor character and plot development,
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This review is from: Vampire Apocalypse Book One (Paperback)
I didn't like this book one bit. I think the main problem was the pacing. Each story is maybe 65 pages long and that is not just enough time to make two people fall in love, espeacially if a whole other plot line is going on at the same time. While the underlying plot linking all four stories had potential, stuff that is integral to the plot line just seems to happen out of the blue. In Julien, chain-smoking vampire Julien saves Lorelei Fletcher from Nicholas after he mauls her friend Dina. Julien feels like he needs to be with her. Could this have something to do with her 'speacail' blood that will help his evolution? Lorelei stuck me as a sort of vulgar character, and they're relationship happened way to fast. In Nicholas, Dina rises from the dead with no memory of Nick's attack. It's only a matter of time before she dies again. Can Julien save her? This one was very creepy and bleak. It actually made me feel a bit nauseous at times. In Lucien, Lucien, one of the first four vampires, comes to see Julien as an ancient prophecy is beginning to play out and the lines between good and evil are being drawn. He must work with Viviene, one of Julien's subordinates, to try and piece together The Book of Changing Blood. Again, trying to put to much story in too little space. While, Lucien and Viv lovestory was helped along by their past encounter it still happened to quickly. Lucien, for his part, should have been sagely since he is like 12,000 but from the way he speaks he really doesn't sound like he holds the wisdom of the ages (he is one of the people who wrote the Book). In Lorelei, Julien and Lorelei are having relationship problems but by now I really wasn't all that interested. Lorelei is pregnant and Julien wants to know who the father is. Great, Lorelei wasn't likeable the first time and now I have to endure Lorelei on PMS. It's Julien's kid, and the afore mentioned 'side of evil' abducts her. Apparently, these dastardly villains don't want Julien's evolution to continue or this child to be born. I for one don't really care to find out what Julien is becoming or if the world will be devoured by darkness. Unless I find the next volume of this saga in the bargain bin, I will not be reading any more of the Vampire Apocalypse. That's sad because I really enjoyed The Haunting of Rory Campbell by this author.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Vampires Evolutionary Apocalypse,
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This review is from: Vampire Apocalypse Book One (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book very much. While the story was fast paced it still remained alive, growing, and engrossing until the final page. A bit light hearted but definatlely not in a bad way. In fact I enjoyed it so much I immediately ordered the sequel.
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