Thursday, May 20, 2021

Review: The Vampire's Prey by Vivian Murdoch

 

Book Description

Evangeline

Two rules of The Family: 1. Pray without ceasing. 2. Guard your heart. 

The moment I stepped foot into Club Toxic, I knew I would be put to the test.  

What I didn’t know was that I would have my own personal tormentor sent straight from the depths of hell.

I try to run from him.  I try to hide who I really am.  Every step I take, he’s right there with me. 

How can I escape him and fulfill my mission?  

My mind and heart are split into two, and there’s no one here to help me gather the pieces.  

Forgive me, Father, for I’m about to sin.


Adrian

She's immune to my charms--the lovely mortal with hair like spun sunshine and blue eyes that pierce what’s left of my soul. 

She takes my breath away, so unlike any human I’ve encountered before. 

There’s a wall there that I can’t push through. She’s hiding something--I feel it in my entire being.

No matter, she’ll soon succumb to my will. 

It’s just a matter of time before I show her who’s boss. 

Once she’s in my clutches, she’ll have no choice but to submit to me.


My Review

Adrian is a vampire who goes to Club Toxic all the time but hasn't been interested in most of the subs there so he's been getting his blood from the bar instead of the willing people that come there. But when Evangeline starts working there as a bartender, he's interested in her right away. 

Evangeline gets a job as a bartender at Club Toxic because she's sure that vampires are there and she has a mission from The Family. Her parents died when she was six years old and she's been raised in a religious cult that believe's in hunting vampires and killing them. 

Evangeline has been raised to fear and hate vampires and her mission was to kill the vamps at Club Toxic but when she feels an attraction to Adrian she's not sure what to do about it. When Adrian shows her that some vampires aren't the mindless, evil, blood-sucking creatures she's been raised to believe they are, she falls deeper for Adrian until he's set up to look like he's done something horrible. There's a huge rift that comes between them and breaks them apart for a while but he can't stop thinking about her and is miserable without her. 

I liked the story but Adrian knew that something was off with her and could tell several times that she'd been mistreated by someone but that didn't stop him from being too tough with her in my opinion. She was emotionally broken and he saw that and still was a bit pushy and over the top with her. I actually didn't like him which made the romance between them fall flat for me. The story could have been better but I liked seeing some of the characters from other books show up. 

I give this 3 out of 5 stars. 

29 comments:

  1. Only a three star rating? His behaviour must have really irritated you. I hope the next one is better.

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  2. What a FINE cover picture, Mary. 💪🏻🔥😏

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  3. Sometimes it can be too much! Sorry that this one wasn't better for you.

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  4. Looking at those pecs I wonder why would she complain....

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  5. Too bad he came on too strong, there, because the storyline sounds great.

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    1. The storyline is good but he was a bit overbearing at times and I didn't like it.

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  6. Club Toxic, haha, I guess that's a warning :)

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  7. I've got the first one of this series on my Kindle from your reviews actually, hopefully I enjoy it. Though this one sounds a little bump in the road.

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    1. Oh I really do hope you enjoy it and want to keep reading the series.

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  8. I wouldn't have liked that either. You can't always love a book.

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    1. True. Sometimes not every book in a series is gonna be good.

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  9. Yep, when you're not a fan of one of the main characters it makes it tough to like.

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  10. Sorry this one wasn't as good as the other ones in this series have been. Guess you can't win them all.

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  11. That's too bad he was a bit of a jerk. Fun premise though!

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  12. Yep, hard to love a romance when you don't like the hero. Hope you love your next read!

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  13. Yes book composition and colors look great. Thanks for the book review

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  14. Sorry to hear this one did no go well for you an I can understand why.

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    1. Hopefully the next one will be better.

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