Thursday 13 December 2012

A Tale of Two Vampires - Book Review by Voodoo Bride


A Tale of Two Vampires (Dark Ones #10)
by Katie MacAlister


What is it about:
Iolanthe Tennyson has had a very bad year—due in part to the very bad men in her life. So, she’s accepted her cousin’s invitation to spend the summer in Austria indulging in her photography hobby. There, rumors of a haunted forest draw Iolanthe into the dark woods—and into the eighteenth century…

Nikola Czerny is a cursed man, forced by his half-brothers to live forever as a Dark One. But his miserable existence takes an intriguing turn when a strange, babbling woman is thrown in his path. Iolanthe claims to know Nikola’s daughter—three hundred years in the future. She also knows what fate—in the form of his murderous half-brothers—has in store for him. If only she knew the consequences of changing the past to save one good, impossibly sexy vampire…


What did Voodoo Bride think of it:
A couple of years ago I started on this series with book one: A Girl's Guide to Vampires. I loved it and read the next four books with just as much pleasure. Book 6 in the series however (Zen and the Art of Vampires) sounded too triangly for my tastes and as book 7 had the same lead character as book 6 I didn't feel like buying those and somehow I never got to buying the books after those two.

Then I got this book as a present from Melliane and once I started reading I was hooked.

This is a seriously fun book. As with all Dark Ones books I've read so far it's funny, witty and has a delicious romance. I really liked Io, she's a quirky and fun character who speaks her mind. Nikola is a great character as well. I didn't know it was possible to write a nerdish alpha male, but MacAlister pulls it off.

The story was fun from start to finish. There were some inconsistencies, but MacAlister's books are just too much fun to worry about things being consistent. They're all about the romance and the two lead characters overcoming all obstacles that keep them apart.

I did think the romance in this book was less hot than in the other books I read in this series, but it was the sweetest romance I've read from MacAlister so far, so I won't hold the lack of scorching love scenes against it.

This book did remind me how much fun this series is, so I just might try to get my hands on book 8 and 9.

Why should you read it:
It's a funny and sweet Paranormal Romance.


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3 comments:

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

Oh Melliane is a sweetheart! And so glad to see you enjoyed this as well. :) Thanks for the great review.

Aurian said...

I have read one book in this series, and have a lot of them on my shelves, catching dust. I will read them some day though, as I did enjoy them. I think I was missing book 2 back then.

Melliane said...

I'm so glad you enjoyed this one as much as I did. It was sooo fun! Loved it. I'm curious about the others now.