Synopsis:
Behind
an illusion of folklore, the Embraced create a barrier between the Dominion and
humankind. Penelope Coddington, wealthy daughter of upper class England, was
marked at birth to take her rightful place within the ranks of the fully
Embraced Vampir.
Aidan O'Shea, a working class Irishman on the Coddington Estate, is also marked. Class difference has kept Aidan and Penelope apart, but soon that will change. The Vampir will realize their birthrights and they will both belong to the same noble, blood-drenched line.
And that's good, because unless these two can come together, it's going to be hell on Earth.
Aidan O'Shea, a working class Irishman on the Coddington Estate, is also marked. Class difference has kept Aidan and Penelope apart, but soon that will change. The Vampir will realize their birthrights and they will both belong to the same noble, blood-drenched line.
And that's good, because unless these two can come together, it's going to be hell on Earth.
Review:
The
first in Anya Bast's Embraced series - a well written action oriented vampire
paranormal. Bast brings her own 'twist' to the vamp thing by having 'second
class' vamps who live off sex energy and the more powerful blood drinkers.
Those humans turned but not born to be a vampire mostly end up as Demis.
Vampires have evolved to protect humans by fighting the Dominion.
The
Dominion are beings who live in another plane who normally 'haunt' the dreams
of humans or possess humans so they can suck all the joy and love out of the
individual's existence. At intermittent intervals they try to break through into
our world and do it wholesale - and the latest effort is going to be in Gilded
Age New York.
Bast
does her usual outstanding job of introducing multiple fascinating characters
with their own plots and then weaving them into the main plot.
I
read the second book first - and frankly I should have started at the
beginning. Order is important.
Embraced
1.
Blood Of The Rose
2.
Blood of the Raven
3.
Blood of an Angel
4.
Blood of the Damned
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