Review & Excerpt: A Shade of Vampire
A Shade of Vampire
Bella Forrest
A Shade of Vampire Book 1
Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy
Self-Published
Paperback, 147 Pages
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Overall Rating: 4/5
On
the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a
nightmare from which she cannot wake.
A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.
She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine. An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.
Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.
Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night.
Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?
A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.
She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine. An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.
Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.
Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night.
Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?
So
honestly I thought this book was going to be nothing more than a short book
about a girl who was kidnapped by one vampire and falls for another, and while
that was what happened it was so much more than that. Sofia was a girl who
didn’t let something that happened to her rule her life. She was smart, feisty,
and brave. She doesn’t let her fear keep her from anything. Though she is
scared and knows that giving in would be the easier thing to do she still tries
to get away. What I really loved about Sofia was that once the prince showed
interest in her she never felt consumed by everything. Not once did she think “oh
everything is great and I never want to leave.” There was some kind of conflict
within herself, even though at some points her life seemed better than before.
Then
there was Derek himself, the vampire prince who I instantly took a liking to.
He was great. He woke up after 400 years and his first thought wasn’t “I’m
vampire and the prince, how great is this?” He actually wasn’t all that happy
about and he felt compassion for others. What I really loved about him was his
fight to hold on to every little bit of humanity he had left.
The
two of them were great together and I loved despite everything that was stacked
against them the two found someone they could truly be themselves with.
Together they had to face so many things but none more dangerous than Derek’s
own brother Lucas, who was two cards shorts of a full deck.
This
book was fast paced, action packed and generally a good read. So check it out. And
ending with that epilogue told from Vivienne’s point of view you better believe
I’m waiting for the next book.
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Excerpt from A Shade of Vampire
I’d been meandering
along the shore for about an hour when I suddenly sensed that I wasn’t alone.
Someone was approaching me from behind. My heart leapt. I was so sure it was
Ben, that when a stranger showed up beside me, I couldn’t hide my
disappointment.
He must have
noticed, because a smirk formed on his lips. “Were you expecting someone else,
love?”
I eyed him
suspiciously, remembering how many times my father had told me not to talk to
strangers. I looked him over, taking in his appearance. My eyes widened. I
couldn’t find words to describe how fine a man he was. He was almost beautiful.
The first thing I took notice of was how his blue eyes were about three shades
brighter than any I’d ever seen before. It was such a stark contrast to his
pale – almost white – skin and dark hair. Standing beside me, he was easily
more than half a foot taller. His height, broad shoulders and lean build
reminded me of Ben, but he had a presence that was far more imposing than my
best friend’s.
My gaze settled on
his face.
I realized that he
was inspecting me just as closely as I was him. His eyes on me suddenly made me
feel uncomfortably vulnerable. I gave my father’s advice a second thought, but
quickly canceled out all notions of heeding to his counsel when I reminded
myself that he stopped caring a long time ago.
I straightened to
my full height and mustered all the courage I had to keep myself from running
away from this stranger. Big mistake.
The confident smirk
didn’t leave his face for even a moment.
“Like what you
see?”
“A bit full of
yourself, aren’t you?” I scoffed, annoyed by his audacity.
He stepped forward,
closer to me, and leaned his head toward mine.
“Don’t I have the
right to be?”
He knew he looked
good and wasn’t about to act like he didn’t.
“Whatever,” was my
oh-so-brilliant comeback.
My shoulders sagged
with defeat as I took a step back, unsettled by how close he was now. I rolled
my eyes and did a one-eighty, not quite in the mood to play whatever game this
stranger was proposing.
I would soon
realize that I was about to play his game whether I liked it or not.
He grabbed my arm
and turned my body to face him. This motion alone made every single internal
alarm I had within me go off in a frenzy.
This man was danger
and I knew it. I tried to wriggle away from his touch, but I was no match for
his strength.
“Tell me your
name,” he commanded.
I was about to
refuse, but was horrified to find myself blurting out my name in response.
“Sofia Claremont.”
As soon as I
revealed my name, his eyes lit up with a kind of sinister approval. Then he
reached for my face and traced his thumb over my jaw line.
“Hello, Sofia
Claremont. You’re one stupid girl for taking a walk alone at this time of
night. You never know what kind of evil a pretty little thing like you could
happen to come by.”
I found myself
wondering exactly what kind of evil he was. But I was suddenly overcome by the
sensations that were surrounding me. My senses took in everything at once. I heard
the waves, felt the sand, smelled the ocean salt, tasted the flavor of cherry
and saw the stranger’s manic appearance as he stuck a needle to my neck. The
effect was instant. I was barely able to gasp, much less scream. I went from
sensing everything to sensing absolutely nothing.
My last conscious thought was that I may never see Ben again.
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