Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Book Review: Master Descallia by Sylvia Black
Book Description
A purebred Vampire who leads with an iron fist.
A sassy detective who doesn’t play by the rules.
Will any chance at love survive the darkness of this world?
As Overmaster of the purebloods, I will do everything in my power to stop the rogues and syndicate from blaming the vampires for the disappearance of human women.
Even when my enemies enlist the help of rogue shifters and witches to keep me and the other vampire masters at bay, I will not be deterred.
Until the sassy young woman with psychic powers who may be the only chance for us to win the age-old battle is attacked.
The decision is easy—give her immortality in exchange for a life of servitude to the vampires for eternity.
And to me, a dark souled vampire who wants no part of love, forever.
Master Descalliais the explosive first book in the Masters of the Consulate series by International Best-Selling Author, Sylvia Black. It is a deliciously dark, enemies to lovers, fated mates, vampire romance. You will love these novels where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each novel in this twelve-book series features a different couple with a guaranteed happily ever after.
My Review
A dark vampire romance with a guy who looks like that on the cover? Yes please. lol This sounded like my kind of book and boy was I right. Master Descallia or Salvatore as Luciana calls him is a pure blood vampire and overmaster of the purebloods. Meaning he's in charge and he knows it. Everyone knows it and if they try to pull one over on him, he takes care of them one way or another. This man doesn't mess around.
So when he finds out that women are going missing and someone is making it look like the vampires are to blame, he has to get help which is when he meets Luciana. She's a human police detective and agrees to help him investigate who is kidnapping the women. But very quickly she gets badly hurt and she's not going to make it. So Salvatore asks her permission to turn her into a vampire, he's hoping she will accept because he feels a pull towards her like he would for a mate, but his mate was lost to him long ago.
Luciana accepts being turned and thus she is thrown into his life and now that she's a vampire, he expects her to bend to his will like all the other vampires do. Well, he has another thing coming if he thinks she's just going to do whatever he says. Luciana is sassy, sarcastic and headstrong which not only turns Salvatore on, but makes him crazy because he's so used to everyone bending to his will and she doesn't like being told what to do. So the arguments these two have are really funny.
These two were so fun to watch. There was some BDSM and Dom/sub interactions since Master Descallia owns a BDSM club but there was nothing non-consensual or outlandishly harsh. It was all pretty subdued in my opinion.
I really liked the reasons that came to light as to why these two felt such a strong pull towards each other. That was a sweet storyline.
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.
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Oh that sounds like a good one :-D
ReplyDeleteIt really was a good one.
DeleteThis sounds like a fresh take on the vamp/human romance (I mean, she doesn't stay human for long, but you get my meaning). At least he ask for her permission to be turned...which, OK, she was going to die if she said no, but still.
ReplyDeleteHe was great, I really liked him.
DeleteI like that there's a mystery aspect to this!
ReplyDeleteIt really added to the overall story.
DeleteAnd, your review has me intrigued by it, too. Great review, Mary!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteLol. The cover does not say sweet at all.. glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteWell, he's supposed to be the scary head of the vampires. He's supposed to look scary.
DeleteThank you for the review!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
DeleteGreat review. This is definitely my kind of story.
ReplyDeleteIt was really good.
DeleteA big thumbs up for a 5 out of 5 stars review.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Absolutely.
DeleteHooray for a darn good fiver!
ReplyDeleteI was happy to find this one.
DeleteThis one's probably not for me, though I do love a sassy heroine who doesn't give in or back down.
ReplyDeleteI like that too.
DeleteOh, I can tell from your review this is a good one. Do humans know about vampires in this world, or was she shocked to find out?
ReplyDeleteYes vampires are known.
Delete12 books in the series! It sounds like you'll have a bunch of books to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteYes I will.
DeleteGracias por la reseña. Tomó nota. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThis sounds like a series that I would enjoy. Glad this particular book was a winner!
ReplyDeleteIt was really good.
DeleteSounds like a great series
ReplyDeleteI hope the other books are just as good.
DeleteYep... this sounds good!
ReplyDeleteIt was.
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