Killing The Bloodlust
Terry SpearParanormal romance
Available from Triskelion Publishing
February 2005
| Crystal was born a Huntress, but she was also born with a distaste for killing vampires. It put her family in danger when she couldn't kill a vampire unless threatened. Eventually, they disowned her, leaving her to fend for herself. And now a master vampire wants to make her his. Nicholai invades her home, and as a result, she ends up following a host near her home to Nicolai's brother's home. While at Dmitri's, she spots a man who could be a host, but doesn't seem to act like one. She concludes he's a vampire after several more encounters, each more hostile than the last. But it's not his vampirism that concerns her, but her physical attraction to him. Being attracted to Dmitri and Nicholai is bad enough, but at least she knows part of the reason could be her loneliness. Robert is not the least bit interested in her, so why does she feel those things?
Killing the Bloodlust was a pretty interesting story with a fast-paced plot. Everything wasn't as it seemed, and the gradual unveiling of a few mysteries kept my interest. Even the tense beginning between Robert and Crystal had me carefully reading further to see who Crystal ended up with, and how. But Crystal's ability to take some pounding, and keep going with little problem, and her rather superheroic ability to actually avoid being harmed or captured on some occasions, took a toll on the realism that was initially present in the story. Even Crystal's Huntress abilities (including quick healing) couldn't account for some of her actions. As for how well I liked the characters...well, Crystal was certainly entertaining. She was tough, but not so tough that she refused to acknowledge her attraction to others. I liked her for the simple fact that she had her moments of almost every major emotion a woman can have; guilt, loneliness, anger, love, lust, and so on. Robert, however, was rather an enigma, probably because the story was largely focused on Crystal (which is a good thing since it allowed for a completely fleshed-out heroine). Generally, I liked reading Killing the Bloodlust. Between the action and mystery, and the romance, the book managed to balance the different elements just right so I didn't feel as if one or the other was skimped on.
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Reviewer: Tara Black |
