Are there 10 stars? This one is "off the radar" it was so good. I literally could not do anything while reading of this powerful love of two totally captivating characters.Araine, is Grigor,i a mysterious breed of vampire. Sammael (Sam) is her best and only friend in the compound and he has come up missing. She defects, leaving all she's known to find him. Damian, assassin for House of Shades, is hired to find Sammael and his hunt leads him to Araine. She is standing in his way of doing his job and are both almost killed. Joining together when there is more to Sam's missing than they realized, they are drawn together by passion and a driven need to find out the deep dark secret of the Grigori that threatens them all.Shewwwww I'm telling you this whole series is so well put together. I'm still thinking of this book. There are about a bezillion paranormal romances our there with vampires and werewolves, and I have to admit that a lot of them that I have read are not really worth the time spent reading them. Almost every indie author out there seems to have a sexy dream of making it a vampire or a werewolf. This book is not like a majority the amateurish tripe that is out there - this is quality writing and story telling - it was an enjoyable read from start to finish. The focus is on the human elements of the story and the characters. I found it fascinating - even though the vampires had specialized into Grigori (fallen angels/vampires), cat siths (were cat/vampires), regular vampires, shade vampires, and others which weren't explained in detail in the book, of course there were the werewolves, this did not stop a very human love story from unfolding between two different types of vampires (a grigori and a cat sith/shade) which posed its own issues. Most of the issues posed were those of the human heart and soul, and so the romance was particularly touching - instead of focusing on the paranormal aspects of these characters, which is typical, we have a well rounded story and characters which develop in a believable way and end up with a conclusion that wraps things up nicely even though every t is not crossed and every i is not dotted. Ariane is the 900 year old grigori who breaks out of the compound to search for her best friend Sammael, after he has been missing for months and is feared dead. She is naive, and has never been in the mortal world before, but is determined to find him before something horrible can happen to him. Oren - another grigori, has been tasked with hunting down Sammel and bringing him back to the grigori compound, except, when he runaways get back, they have a tendency to disappear. Ariane does not want Sammel to disappear, so she wants to find him first. She ends up teaming up with a Cat Sith/Shade who has been paid by the Grigori to find Sammel and bring him back and to notify them if he finds her. What will he do about her? Will he send her back? The plot thickens as more grigori get involved and leaders of the different vampire communities find out that there are grigori on the loose, and things are not what they seem. The plot has a number of twists and turns and the romance is really quite well written. If I could give this book 4.5 stars, I would. It definitely deserves it. It is definitely a new take on vampires in general, and definitely a different view of vampire life. If you like paranormal romances, then treat yourself and read this one. The good news is, there are more in the series, so you can get your fix of great writing, characters and romance after you finish this one. Happy Reading!
What do You think about Vertraute Schatten (2014)?
this series keeps adding fascinating characters
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