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79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great follow-up to Wings In The Night, November 4, 2002
At Twilight is a two-book collection, containing the short Beyond Twilight and the longer Born In Twilight - for some reason, the publisher has put them the wrong way around, which is irritating since it's clear that Born In Twilight follows the other story. These stories are sequels to the Wings In The Night collection, which introduces Maggie Shayne's cast of vampire characters.We met Jameson Bryant, hero of Born In Twilight, first in Tamara's story, the first of the Wings In The Night books. Then, he was a twelve-year-old to whom Tamara was protector, and Roland rescued him from DPI, found his father and sent him safely away from DPI's reach. But even in San Diego and at the age of 30, Jameson isn't safe, though he enjoys the life he's made for himself. He supposes that one day he'll ask one of his friends to transform him, since he's Chosen and he won't live a long life anyway - but not yet. There's plenty of time. Reflecting on his life, he knows that he loves his vampire friends... but he wishes that they'd remember that he's not 12 any more. Although that's probably hard for vampires who never age - but at least they could stop calling him Jamey! Then he's captured by DPI again, made to suffer numerous tests, and Roland and Eric risk their lives to save him. A young trainee nun, Angelica, on a forbidden trip outside the convent, is caught by a man who claims to know her. Before she can scream for help, he bites her neck... and within minutes she's a vampire too. Killing the one who made her, she runs off and hides, but days later is almost mad from hunger. A strange man comes to her, tells her kindly that he knows people who can help her. But as he tries to take her in his arms, all she can think of is feeding. It's a sensual experience, for both of them - but when it's over, Jameson Bryant lies dying on the ground. When he wakes up, he's been transformed and is a vampire. But, as if that life-change isn't enough of a shock, he later learns that DPI has uses his semen to impregnate a fledgling female vampire. The child has been born - and DPI has it. So Jameson and Angelica - who is the mother - have to form an unwilling alliance to find their daughter before DPI can destroy her. This is an excellent instalment in the series. Jameson and Angelica are drawn to each other despite their apparent mutual hatred, and their search for Amber Rose is very well drawn. It's good to see all the other vampire characters too. Well worth it! Beyond Twilight is much shorter, and is the story of vampire Cuyler Jade and DPI agent Stephen (Ramsay) Bachman, who readers may remember from Damien and Shannon's story. Not for the first time, DPI has taken a member of the Chosen into its own ranks and used him as a vampire-magnet - now, Ramsay meets his own vampire protector, who is the very vampire he's been sent to capture. How can Cuyler protect herself from Ramsay when her very instinct is to protect *him*? An entertaining story, too short, but with a very nice cameo appearance by Damien.
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by Maggie Shayne
by Maggie Shayne
by Maggie Shayne
