Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Historical Romance, PNR
Recommended for: Fans of sexy, steamy PNR romance set in Regency London
Dimitri or more offially the Earl of Corvindale, has been a vampire for many years. He seeks however to escape his covenant with Lucifer and go back to being a mere mortal again. To do so, he has dedicated his life to studying ancient tomes of wisdom and abstaining from drinking blood directly from people. He believes that self-denial is the only way that could set him free. Thus when Miss Maia Woodmore enters his life as his ward along with her two younger sisters, the last thing Dimitri is planning to do is give in to the inexplicable attraction he feels for her. He tries to ignore her as much as he can but Maia is too bossy, too opinionated to be ignored. She's also someone else's fiance.
I liked the book. I really did, especially the second half. I can't however help from feeling somewhat disappointed and let down since it didn't exactly come up to my expectations. Having read most people rave how this was even better than the first book (The Vampire Voss) and considering how much I loved Voss's book, you can understand how high those expectations were.
My problems have mainly to do with the fact that the first half is a repetition of the events that took place in the first book but from Dimitri's and Maia's point of view. Interesting as this was, the fact that I knew beforehand how these adventures would turn out each time cut down my excitement considerably. Besides, I didn't feel as if Gleason actually used the opportunity given here by the lack of suspense, to delve deeper into Dimitri's and Maia's characters. Dimitri was exactly the honorable, steady, strong and silent man we met in the previous book and Maia, still bossy and interfering but in a far less cold way than I'd first thought, making her more likable as a heroine.
Any question though that I had whether Dimitri and Maia were meant to be together, was answered in the second part of the book. The chemistry between them actually put the book on fire and I couldn't get enough of them. At the same time, Angelica and Voss were happily left in the background and Dimitri with Maia are left free -when not abducted- to pursue their own adventures. Any suspense that was missing during the first half was found here in abudance and more than made up for the slow beginning.
All in all a very nice book that has cemented my belief that Gleason's writing style and her dark heroes are a perfect match for my taste and has me looking forward to the next book with great excitement!
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