Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780373617630
ISBN number: 0373617631
Label: Silhouette Nocturne
Manufacturer: Silhouette Nocturne
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: May 01, 2007
Publishing house: Silhouette Nocturne
Sale Popularity Level: 594893
Studio: Silhouette Nocturne
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I love the cover of this book: it was one of the very first Silhouette Nocturnes I'd ever seen, and it calls to mind the classic image of the vampire lover entering the window of a young woman's bedroom...
That woman is Ramona Escobar, a young artist in modern day New York, and the vampire is Diego Rivera, a Elder vampire who was turned in the days of the Spanish Inquisition. While trying to establish herself as an artist, Ramona also wants only to take care of her aging mother, as well as find a good treatment for the aggressive form of anemia sapping her strength. Diego has become her patron, but his vampiric nature wants their relationship to become something much more than a mere professional connection. But when a wealthy buyer hoodwinks Ramona into helping him carry out a forgery and she tries to alert the authorities, she finds that only Diego may be able to keep her from a fate worse than death...
My only major carp with this book is that Diego's turning was never fully explained, which detracted from his character development. Aside from that, I enjoyed seeing the hero and heroine of The Calling: Death Calls (Book 4) (Nocturne), a previous volume of this same series, playing vital supporting roles. Ramona might seem like a damsel in distress, but she's strong at the core, despite the overwhelming odds stacked against her. And despite his many years, and how time can erode a vampire's humanity, and despite momentary lapses of moral judgement, Diego manages to retain his humanity and his honorable nature. I'd love to see these characters again sometime soon, perhaps in another addition to this series!
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KF Zuzulo is the author of A Genie in the House of Saud: Zubis Rises (A Genie in the House of Saud)
A man who has integrity despite the fact that he'll drain your blood given a dark night and a reason. But he also has his depraved side, just enough to make him dangerous, not creepy. That's Diego for you. Following the demise of his centuries-old love, Esperanza, Diego honors her memory, but must tackle a tickling desire for voluptuous Ramona. What will he do? Well, you probably know that -- but it's how he does it that makes Pineiro a consummate storyteller. And Ramona has some surprises of her own, enough to keep Diego interested. Blood Calls -- Diego Answers. A quick and lusty read, and worth every turn of the page.
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Diego Rivera is a vampire who has lived hundreds of years, the last without his beloved wife Esperanza. Now because of his love for art, Diego owns a gallery which has given him the pleasure of getting to know an artist named Ramona Escobar. Diego keeps his attraction to Ramona well hidden but the sensuality in her paintings calls to him. Diego has no intention of falling for, then losing, a mortal though, and his lack of trust keeps him from exploring his feelings for her as well.
Only through her paintings does Ramona speak of the love she has for Diego. She's dying and knows she has no future with him so she concentrates instead on making sure her ailing mother will be safe and cared for after she is gone.
Ramona becomes aware that the paintings she has replicated have been passed off as originals and her life is thrown into danger. It soon becomes clear that the only way Diego can save Ramona is to do the one thing he swore he would never do again.
Ramona's battle for life and Diego's struggle to keep his distance from Ramona create many emotion filled moments in Blood Calls. Ramona is lovely, both inside and out. I don't find it sexy when a man claims to be enamored with one woman but then has sex with other women, regardless of his reasons. Diego did eventually become an honorable man in my eyes though. The intense and moving scenes in Blood Calls make it an exciting and poignant story.
Nannette
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Blood Calls starts out interesting enough until it crash lands in the present day and becomes a quagmire of repeated statements such as Would he lose his humanity? He was a highly ranked vampire. She's going to need medication/medical attention. She was dying. She was a dead woman walking. There's no need to beat the reader over the head with the same mundane information. At least word it differently if it absolutely needs repeating.
Ramona was supposed to have anemia, but toward the end she was suffering from what was described as a nasty ebola/hemophelia hybrid.
The forgery "ring" was lame and forced. Not to mention the auction house and buyers must have been the dumbest art patrons NYC has yet seen. Van Winter was a weak and pointless villian. So he sold a couple of fakes, so what, if he's as rich and powerful as he claims, he'd crawl out of the situation in one piece.
Diego came across as weak for a vampire. Ramona was a weak heroine. Why? Because the characters were two dimensional and not very well developed.
Overall, this was a long book for as little character building, world building, and action that took place.
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This book was long and boring! I read the other reviews and couldn't believe how good they were. This hero does nothing but reflect remorsefully upon his past and hook up with ho's in the bar. When he gets together with his love interest you don't get the feeling that she is special at all. In fact the scene almost reads like the one with bar girls. I got this book for free but still feel ripped off. Wasted a couple of hours of my life here.
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