(read: 22/Oct/11)
My Wicked Vampire
A castle of Dark Dreams
romance
Prod dets
Castle of Dark Dreams series, book 4
Pub: 2009, (A Leisure Book) Dorchester
Publishing Co., Inc.
Author: Nina Bangs
Cat: Paranormal Romance
Format: trade paperback; 308 pp w/ 19
chapters
Whose: Cinn & Dacian
Age Range: Adult
Synopsis
The Castle of Dark Dreams is just
part of an adult theme park, right? The most decadent attraction in a place
where people go to play out their wildest erotic fantasies. Holgarth isn’t
really a wacky wizard, and Sparkle Stardust doesn’t actually create cosmic
chaos by hooking up completely mismatched couples. And that naked guy chained
up in the dungeon? No way he’s a vampire.
Wrong...dead wrong, as botanist Cinn Airmid is
about to find out. It’s up to her to save the night feeder’s sanity, but to do
that she’ll have to get close to the most dangerously sexy male she’s ever
encountered. And one look in Dacian’s haunted black eyes tells her close will
take on a whole new meaning with someone who’s had 600 years to practice his
technique. Even a girl with a name that conjures up images of forbidden
pleasure has a few tricks to learn from...
Excerpt
“Say what you have to say so I can
get out of here.”
She wouldn’t think about the
possibility that Sparkle might not intend to release her. But just in case, she
scanned the area for a weapon. Whips, chains, and a bunch of other torture implements.
Hmm. She could do some damage with that small ax.
Sparkle
laughed. “Give it up, Cinn. The only real thing in here are the chains keeping
Decian from trying to suck us dry.”
Cinn
slanted a quick glance at Dacian. Who knew that eyes so black could look like
they were burning? She swore she could almost see the flames behind his glare.
“So
here’s the deal. Yes, vampires do exist, along with lots of other nonhumans.
Edge and I are cosmic troublemakers. My specialty is creating sexual chaos
throughout the universe. Edge is the cosmin troublemaker in charge of death. You
can guess what he does. Bain is a demon, and yes, Holgarth is a real wizard.” She
held up her hand to stop Cinn from interrupting. “Let me finish.”
Cinn
had no intention of interrupting. No way could she talk with her jaw dragging
on the floor.
“I
sense a kindred spirit in you.”
my Thoughts (review)
First thought: .... yeah...I draw a blank...
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This was one
of those books that left you satisfied and a little confused. Was it that way
because this wasn’t the first of the series? Were the ones before something of
a need that grew and so you actually learnt about all the characters in a way
that made them have something more? I don’t know, and I say this in a way
because there wasn’t anything lacking in the characters around them, only that
there were a lot of them.
So we are introduced
into this world of characters because of Cinn, and I’m saying introduced
because we did have to have a bit of a ‘what the fuck! Monsters are real!’
thing going on with her, but this was done in the dungeon while Dacian’s hung
up on the wall, made with a craze that... well, I don’t want to spoil. And so
that makes it a little bit more interesting—a more in your face showing of
monsters rather than you having to believe with a quick so of fangs.
A little bit
more interesting, but still... well, I thought it’s an overplay, but that’s
just me, and who am I to judge—really give me a clueless main character than
just shrugs it all off like she knew it all along (yeah, I know why there isn’t
any)
There was
always something going on in this book, someone movie, no one ever stopping,
and that wasn’t all that bad, not really, not when the characters have a depth
that makes them nearly come to life off the pages.
Then there
was the magic, and even though the end scene, the main crap was pretty much
over with within a heartbeat, it was with a mean kick, rather than a simple
wave of a hand by a goddess (yeah, that’s the type there) and yet the goddess
did give in. did give a held when needed.
What I really
liked about this book was the love story that got woven in-between it all. It
was very obvious what was going to happen and yet rather than skip threw the
whole falling, which is why we read them, isn’t it? we want a story not, oh,
look your hot, now let’s fuck and oh, lookit here I love you, all that bullshit
that just comes out of nothing and make the love the characters feel of each
other a load of crap. But this was like watching your two best mates falling in
love with each other, the sideways looks, the secret meeting, all that crap. And
it’s the way a good romance should be told. Where you see the love that come to
them—see the falling, that more than lust.
I really
liked this book, it’s was gripping, I could have put it down any time and not
cared if I picked it back up or not, but the read was good, and made you
interesting in what was happening.
Series
Wicked
Night, Wicked Pleasure, Wicked Fantasy, [this book], Wicked Edge (out 2012)
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