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Jabril (2013)

by D.B. Reynolds(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

193341751X (ISBN13: 9781933417516)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Imajinn Books

series

Vampires in America

review 1: 4.5 stars rounded upIt’s sometimes hard to read a book series back to back, but this wasn’t one of those times. I read this one, and the first in the series, Raphael, in a two day period recently, and liked them both-a lot. This one was the winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award,for paranormal romance(small press). The other thing interesting is that Jabril is the name of the villain, not the main character, which means that Raphael was the love interest in this book too. Yea!Cynthia (Cyn)Leighton is still suffering from a broken heart after master vampire, Raphael, leaves her alone. As she is a private investigator, she decides to take on the case of a missing girl in Texas. Elizabeth is human, but under the care of her guardian, a vampire named, Jabril. ... moreThe girl’s sister, Mirabelle, is also under Jabril’s rule, only she is also a vampire. The sisters have inherited a huge estate and Jabril has taken it over and is just waiting for Elizabeth to turn eighteen before he changes her, as he did Mirabelle. As he is their master, or in Elizabeth’s case, will be, that puts all of the estate in Jabril’s hands. I should mention that Jabril is just flat out evil-not one shred of anything else but evil. Cyn of course is having none of it. She takes one look at Jabril and knows that both sisters need to be free of him. And let me tell you, Jabril’s wrath is pretty unreal. Raphael is really not happy with Cyn either. He knows exactly what Jabril motives are towards Cyn, and they have everything to do with Raphael.I haven’t found a series that I liked this well in awhile. I have a huge tbr pile and that means I usually read the first of a series, have every intention of reading the next one, and in most cases, still haven’t. So the fact that I immediately read the second one of this series after finishing the first, is very telling. I found them to be well written, suspenseful, bloody and very sensual. Cyn is not one of those simpering main characters that have to be rescued by the hero. She can hold her own with vampires and does so-even if the odds are stacked against her. I also enjoyed getting to know more about Raphael, and his reasons for leaving Cyn behind.The next book features another couple from what I can tell. I do know that the author revisits this couple in at lease a couple novellas. I am going to try and read these books in order, no matter how much I want to finish reading more about Cyn and Raphael! My hope is that the next books, and their main characters, are just as entertaining, and the characters as well drawn, as the characters in these first two books. If you haven’t read the first book in this series, you really should, as this book will make a lot more sense! FYI-This one does not have a cliffhanger-good news!(RabidReads.com)
review 2: Oh my! "Jabril"' 2nd book in the Vampires in America series was so engrossing that I could NOT stop turning the pages....I'm so glad that Ms. Reynolds filled in all the areas in book 1 that left me scratching my head with my mouth open when it ended. Jabril is the Vampire Lord of the South and he is menacing, brutal and nothing like Raphael.I like how Ms Reynolds doesn't sugarcoat the bloody doings of Jabril..I was giddy finding out how things worked out between Cyn and Raphael. Cyn is one smart, tough PI and she always closes her cases...one way or another..(so far anyway) It's like I can't read the next book in this series quickly enough...are you doing that mind persuasion thingy on your readers, Ms Reynolds? less

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