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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great read!, June 27, 2006
Having thoroughly enjoy the first book in this series, "Out of the Night," I was delighted to find the second book lived up to my expectations. "Seduced by the Night" continues with the story of the vampires who are created with biology rather than the traditional mythology, and the changelings (part vampire/part human)who are fighting them. As in the first book, I found the biological premise far more intriguing than traditional vampire lore because it allows Ms. Popp to create a blurred line between good and evil, and human and monster within both her changeling and vampire characters. I won't bother with a plot summary as it's been covered by others, but I will say that the non-stop action and romantic tension make this book a page-turner.
Although it isn't essential to read "Out of the Night" to understand this book, I'd highly recommend doing so. It's a great book and gives the reader all the backstory to make "Seduced by the Night" even more enjoyable.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Robin Popp's Second in the Night Slayer Series, June 13, 2006
All the bad stuff started happening to biochemist Bethany Stavinoski when she saw a mysterious figure of a man with glowing red eyes in an alleyway on her way to work. When she found her lab at Van Horne industries destroyed, she immediately thought of her jealous assistant Stuart, who was no where to be found. When she can't find the security guard, she calls her boss and fiancé Miles Van Horne, who calls in the authorities. She goes down to meet them, and finds the missing security guard - dead. Not really a good start of the work night.
After a successfully evening of vampire hunting, Dirk Adams, former Navy Seal and changeling is called out to the scene of the dead security guard. When he arrives and surveys the destroyed research lab, he believes that vampire Primes Patterson and Harris were behind it, but their goons were the ones to do it.
Bethany, attacked by Dirk's wild James Dean looks, is working on creating a synthetic duplicate to a plant extract. Miles is being rather tight lipped on who is paying for the project. Miles also asserts that Stuart, the lab assistance is behind the events of the evening, but Dirk disagrees, thinking that Stuart didn't take down the guard, and the assistant wasn't just missing, but kidnapped. And Bethany should be put under protection.
When Miles' hired protection fails in a kidnapping attempt, Bethany learns exactly what goes bump in the night: vampires. Dirk who had become her self appointed bodyguard chases the vampires away and then demands that she move into the Admiral's house. And Miles doesn't it like it one bit.
As Dirk and Bethany spend more time together, their attraction gets stronger, making Bethany question her engagement to PG-13 Miles. She never felt what she did with Dirk with Miles. Not one bit.
But as the attempts on Bethany increase, and Miles seems more desperate, could her fiancé be hiding something?
I really enjoyed the book. I think it is up to par with the first one. And the entire twist that she has given to vampires is a believeable one.
Since this is the second book in the series, Robin does a good job adding to the cast of characters without just throwing them in there. They have a purpose. You think with the Nightslayers investigation vampires, that they might need a contact with the police force - enter John Boehler. Admiral Winslow is a very busy man - enter assistant - Julia - who is the victim of an interesting prankster.
Also she gives the vampires primes Harris and Patterson greater depth, so they are not just bad guys. They have their own differing desires and plan on how to achieve the goals.
And as for the rest of the book? All that I will reveal is:
The baby Chupacabra Gem is reunited with her mother.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!! Fresh new voice and fierce, tight writng style totally....., June 27, 2006
rocks the genre. I really thought I had read all the variations on the vampire theme but the writing is sooo good in this second novel in the series that I got interested all over again. This is a stand alone book and not really neccessary to read the first. Trying to analyze WHY this author is really cookin' has to do with a combination of several key parts of this style of book. First this is a romantic paranormal--not a sex romp verging on "ick". The love scenes are sensual and even though one takes place in a smelly sewer(!!) the emotional connection between the characters feels genuine. The action clips along without the "paint-by-numbers" feeling so common in other books.
You really get a sense of speed and jeopardy. Altogether another welcome new brand name author to add to my list.
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