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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780821779378
ISBN number: 0821779370
Label: Zebra
Manufacturer: Zebra
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: November 01, 2007
Publishing house: Zebra
Sale Popularity Level: 16565
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With the landslide of paranormal romance lately it's easy to find cookie cutter story lines and boring plots. Not this book. It had a great story line and the characters were vivid. I was at a disadvantage having not read any prior books in this series but was able to catch on and enjoyed this a lot.
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Continuing from When Darkness Comes, Shay is returned to Evor, her troll `owner', once the witches are dead. It is a curse that has attached her to Evor ~ should one perish, so will the other. On the auction block, feeling degraded and used, one voice calls out a large sum, `buying' her on the spot. Viper.
It has been months since they've seen each other, but Viper was never able to get Shay out of his mind. He wants more than `ownership' of her. He wants it all. The problem is convincing her that he isn't as terrible a vampire than she seems to believe he is, for it was vampires that had long ago murdered her father.
Shay has had to grow up hiding her true self, constantly moving from place to place. She's seen the hardships her mother had gone through and wants none of it. She never had any friends, never anyone close to her that could later backstab her if given the opportunity.
As the last of the Shalotts, she knows why vampires want her blood, and she refuses to give it. She doesn't understand why Viper `bought' her from Evor. What could he possibly want with her? Someone to do his every bidding? He can find any number of women who would do so willingly. Why her?
Viper is determined to show her that he wants her with him willingly ~ and not as a slave.
After winning Shay, a fight rings out with a wizard, one determined to bring the Shalott to his master, the feel of evil in the room. While leaving the auction house, that same feeling is following them, ever determined to get its hands on Shay. But Viper is determined as well - he won't let her go without a fight.
While at his private retreat, they are attacked by a Lu. Escaping to Dante and Abby's, they hide. And while hiding, Viper brings in a witch, wanting the curse that binds Shay and Evor together broken. Feeling an attack coming, they escape only to become surrounded by Styx and his Ravens, vampires; an old/ex friend of Viper's. Shay escapes but Viper is captured. Tortured, he is told to use the amulet that would bring Shay to his side. He refuses, stating that he will do anything and everything to keep his future mate safe.
But Shay is a warrior and won't just sit idly while Viper's life hangs in the balance. With the help of Levet, her small gargoyle friend, she finds where Viper is being held and rescues him, holding up to her end of the bargain and offering her blood to save him.
Knowing the danger they face will never end, Viper defeats the evil plaguing Shay, making for a perfect beginning of the end of the novel.
This reader is sooooo enjoying this series, and I pray it'll be around for a long time. The author has a way of making the world of vampires feel well and truly normal, like everyday life. Her style of writing sucks the reader right into the story, painting every scene as clearly as if the reader is right along with the characters. There is a constant flow, and that constant flow had me still thinking of what's going on in the story well after I put the book down for the night.
Right from the beginning, I felt that Shay and Viper were perfect for each other; the banter between the two, how they frustrate each other, how they can get under each other's skin. It was perfect ~ funny/witty parts, sad parts, explanations that have you understanding the characters and why they are the way they are.
Actions scenes well battled, scenes of thoughts, feelings and planning well spaced and acted out beautifully, love scenes that make you hot under the collar, a perfect ending all blended with characters you love to love and characters you love to hate make this one hell of a good book! I can't wait to get my hands on Darkness Everlasting!
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They brought the sexy in this book...
This book is the best of the series hands down. Shay was a unique creation, and not the usual same ole.. Not a same ole >>>>fill in the blank here>>>... .vampire, witch, werewolf.. blah blah. Romance novels have chinging bitchy silly whiners at times. No whiner here. She had serious battle skills and was a gifted assassin.
Even tho Viper was a vampire, his story was not trite. He had menace, beauty of an angel, sexual magnetism on a planetary scale, rich as sin, and bored until he encountered Shay. He was not a boring cutout. Her species had been hunted to extinction by vampires because of their aphrodisiac and healing abilities to vampires.
There was every natural reason any dynamic between them would naturally end in her death. The sexual tension surrounding them was credible and intelligent. Every reason for her to avoid him at all costs and for him to pursue her at all costs. Any action on it would naturally lead to her death. There was humour between them. And also with her little gargorgle stunted sidekick with pansy girly wings quite added the fun.
Villian: 5
Plot: 5
Creativity: 5
Humor: 4
Bringing the sexy: 4.5
Passion: 5 stars
Laughs & Amusement factor: 4.5
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Another great Guardians of Eternity book.. picked up the very first one at a used book store. Was I glad I did. All of her books so far have been worth the price you pay. Waiting for the subsequent one is the hard part. Great action, great story line.
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Even though Dante was the main character in When Darkness Comes, Viper is the one who stood out in that book for me. Ms. Ivy made my day when his story was subsequent in the Guardians of Eternity Series. If you were like me and needed your fix of Viper, this book will do it for you. From the time that Viper buys Shay from the auction house till the end where they are fighting the evil that is pursuing her, this book kept me enthralled the whole time. The only thing I wished that Ms. Ivy did not include in this book were the two Egyptian vamps we met in Dante's book. If you don't remember them, go back and read the very first book. They were droolicious. Nothing is better than a good book.
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