Thursday, January 13, 2022

Book Review: Auctioned For Her Blood by Mara Leigh

 

Book Description

Never go out after dark.

There's a secret in my blood. My mother died to protect me from dark magic, and I've played it safe for the past ten years, never going outside after the sun sets. But I can't live like this anymore. I don't want to die alone and a virgin.

One wrong turn and I find myself on an auction block where two wealthy, powerful men bid their fortunes for a night with me.

I can't deny that I'm drawn to both the cultured intellect and the dangerous bad boy. With them, I'm whisked into a glamorous world of powerful vampires, wild creatures, dark secrets and darker desires.

The secrets held deep inside me are going to come out. All I can do is trust the men I'm falling for to protect me from the danger hunting me.

Auctioned for Her Blood is Book 1 of The Vampires' Illuminant series. Expect a steamy, exciting story, where the heroine falls for more than one man and doesn't have to choose.



My Review

Ember was just a kid when her mother made her go into the magically concealed basement to hide from those bad people who were looking for her. But when her mother disappeared that night she knew her mother was dead and had died for her, to keep her safe. From that moment on she did as her mother had told her to do and never went out after dark in order to keep herself safe. Until one night she can't help but be out after dark for a work event. 

Meeting Zuben changed her life but then meeting Ryker also changed her life but not in bad ways. She now knows that things are not always what they seem and there's a lot more to be seen than she ever knew. Vampires exist and while some are bad, Zuben and Ryker and not the bad kind. At least she doesn't think Zuben is a bad vampire but the people he works for are not good so he tries to keep her safe from them because if they found out what she is, they would keep her locked up and experiment on her. 

I was really liking this book when it abruptly ended on a cliffhanger. I was not expecting that and it really ruined the book for me. 

I give this book 2 out of 5 stars.


36 comments:

  1. Cliffhangers do my head in - and would have ruined the book for me too.
    I hope you are feeling better.

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  2. Hope you are feeling better.

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  3. I really love the cover, bummer with the cliffhanger, tsk! I hope you are feeling better now Mary.

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    Vanessa @ Blushing Geek

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    1. I was so bummed. I am feeling a little better.

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  4. Well that's a bummer, Mary. Hope your next book is much better.

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  5. Yeah, cliffhangers are okay, but the surprise ones that there is no warning about can really take away the enjoyment.

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  6. BUMMER. i think authors should be upfront about cliffhangers. books sure have changed since ebooks. used to be you could get the story in one..now...
    sherry @ fundinmental

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    1. Yes, it should be in bright bold letters on the front of the book.

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  7. Cliffhanger endings are the worst!

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  8. Darn this one sounds really good! But sometimes those endings can throw you for a loop :/

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    1. I want a good ending, not a cliffhanger.

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  9. Too bad about the ending, it sounds like it had a lot going on.

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  10. I hate cliffhangers especially if I don't have the next book to continue. Boo!

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  11. Fabulous cover- and love that first line! But bummer about that ending erghh.

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  12. Cliffhangers are the worst, especially when it's not expected.

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    1. I wouldn't have even read it if I had knonw.

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  13. I dont enjoy its end. Bye the way, hope you are ok and get rid of the cough Dear Mary.

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    1. Still have a bad cough. I hope it goes away soon.

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  14. And it sounded so promising! Ugh. I hate it when that happens. I really like to know when I can expect a cliffhanger up front--and then I like to wait until all the books are out so I can read them back to back if I want without the wait.

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    1. I think there should be a label on the front telling us there's a cliffhanger.

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  15. Cliffhangers can be the worst!

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