I wavered between giving this one two or three stars. Since I was able to actually finish the book, I decided to be generous and go with three.
I am a sucker for a vampire story; unfortunately, good vampire stories are extremely hard to come by. While there are tons of vampire books out there, very few of them are worth reading (at least based on the ones I've read). So far, my all time favorites are the Dark Protectors series by Rebecca Zanetti. I've read a few Alexandra Ivy books before and haven't really been impressed by them. Nevertheless, when I saw some of these Guardians of Eternity books available on the cheap, I decided to scoop them up and give them a go. Needless to say, I am less than enthusiastic about continuing with this series after reading this first entry.
Some of the writing was just incredibly cheesy. Dante, the male lead, insisted on calling Abby (the female lead) "lover" all the time. This was freaking annoying. He called her that even before they became involved romantically. To be honest, I hate this particular endearment. It just always comes across as hokey and fake. It kind of makes my skin crawl. In addition, some of the dialogue was a bit stilted and unrealistic. It was just very difficult to get into the story, overall.
Character development was at a minimum, which always takes away from my enjoyment of a story. I would have liked to know more about Dante and Abby, and Viper as well, as he was one of the main secondary characters. There were a lot of "vampire cliches" in this book: they have no reflection, no beating heart, and they can be killed by a stake through the heart. I prefer more unique twists on vampirism.
So, will I continue with this series? Probably, at some point, since I already have about five other books in this series already on my Kindle. I'm definitely not going to break any records getting to them, though, as my expectation is that they won't really be any better than this one.
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