For centuries war raged between the humans and Aeternus vampires—until courageous efforts on both sides forged a fragile peace.
But the rogue Necrodreniacs will never be controlled—addicted as they are to the death-high . . . and bloody chaos.
Since witnessing the murder of her mother, Antoinette Petrescu has burned with fiery hatred for the vampire race—even for Christian Laroque, the noble, dangerously handsome Aeternus who rescued her. Now an elite Venator, Antoinette must reluctantly accept Christian's help to achieve her vengeance—even as he plots to use the beautiful, unsuspecting warrior as bait to draw out the bloodthirsty dreniacs.
From Goodreads.
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Publisher: Eos
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Release Date: August 25th, 2009
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My Copy: Paperback Copy received from Author.
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Pages: 332
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Series: The Dark Brethren Series
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Genre: Paranormal Romance
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 | Night's Cold Kiss: A Dark Brethren Novel |
At first look I thought this was an Urban Fantasy novel and it said so in the spine of the book as well, however it turned out to be more of a Paranormal Romance. After I got over the initial gear shift, I ended up enjoying Night’s Cold Kiss, a lot!
Antoinette is a Vanetor, a hunter of the creatures of the night who can’t control their inner beast. She has been training her whole life for this and her hatred for the Dreniacs has only fueled her determination to be the best hunter she can be.
As a six-year-old kid, Antoinette witnessed her mother’s brutal murder and had to deal with her father’s death in an accident after he hunted and killed her mother’s murderer. Over 16 years later and Antoinette hasn’t gotten over her past and starts seeing that monster from long ago again, but the only thing scarier than having those nightmares is realizing that she is awake.
Christian is a Aeternus, a vampire, and he was the one who took Antoinette and her brother as kids to a safe place, after their mother’s death. Christian has a past of his own that he has to deal with, but he is brought back to Antoinette when a series of cases start to look like The Troubles of 16 years ago and he needs her on the case.
Even though the names for the several paranormal creatures threw me for a loop sometimes, I really enjoyed getting to know Antoinette and Christian. They are very interesting and complicated characters and it was a pleasure to go on this journey with them, seeing them getting over their own ghosts and finding something special with each other.
The plot of Night’s Cold Kiss was very intricate and kept me on my toes, even though I kind of guessed the big twist, it wasn’t obvious and if I wasn’t quite used to mistrusting even the nicest character, I would never have guessed it.
Night’s Cold Kiss is full of action and I could not put it down. I would have preferred to have seen the glossary that is at the end, at the beginning, to avoid some confusion, but after I got used to the amazing world Tracey built, it didn’t bothered me much.
One of the things I really liked about Night’s Cold Kiss is that even though it is a Paranormal Romance, it doesn’t fall into the genre’s clichés and it has a bigger Urban Fantasy vibe than most. I am really looking forward to reading the sequel, Death’s Sweet Embrace. Even though it will focus on another couple’s story, I can’t wait to see Antoinette and Christian again, even on the background.
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Glad you liked it! I really enjoyed this one too! And I even read Death's Sweet Embrace already through NetGalley and it was GREAT too! Although it takes a different shift, with new main characters so it took a little bit for me to get into gear with that change! But now that I know each book might be having different MC, I'm more prepared!
Hey Larissa, thanks for clearing up the confusion about Shadowfever's release date. I figured it was going to be January 18 since that's the date I've been hearing, didn't know that it was going to come out earlier beforehand. Thanks again!
@Jessica
hehe I know what you mean! when we know what to expect its def much easier to enjoy LOL
and no problem!! Glad I could help =D