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Tempted By Blood (2012)

by Laurie London(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0373776454 (ISBN13: 9780373776450)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

HQN Books

series

Sweetblood

review 1: I loved it. This is filled with fascinating new Sweetblood vampire details, plus more explanation of the previous ones and past relationships. Arianna Wells is a human who works for Xtark as graphics designer. She also runs a blog named Paramormalish which is against Xtark’s rules. Her sister, Krystal (with a K) was one of the sweet bloods who was rescued in the raid on the Night of Wilding party in ‘Embraced by Blood’. Jackson Foss is a Guardian with an almost out-of-control energy/sex problem who thinks he’s reverting. He’s been trying to fight it and hide it from his fellow Guardians, but is losing the battle. Until he meets Arianna (of course). The two together have a lot of chemistry, though again Jackson is a normal male who thinks he knows bes... moret and makes unilateral decisions for the both of them. But he has a conscience about what’s right. When they are together it brings out the best, and a little extra special something, in both of them. Though his overprotectiveness in to the scary extreme. You definitely don’t want to be on the bad side of a vampire when they think they’re protecting their female. One of the things I think is weird. In Embraced, Dom was the authoritarian and Santiago was the understanding one. In Tempted it’s reversed. Makes it hard to get a handle on the characters. The action is fast and complicated as they strive to keep Krystal safe from the Darkblood’s who want her back. I love all the online gamer involvement. Computer secret codes and messages. But unlike the previous books, the bad guy gets away to cause future problems. The Darkbloods get really creepy in this one. Not in the normal vampire ways, but in how they perceive what normal life, and decorating, should be. And Ventra’s plans take their evil designs to a whole new level. Speaking of decorating, Alfonso’s wallpaper is just tacky, doesn’t fit with his family persona and is totally unnecessary to the story. Though toasted peanut butter & honey sandwiches sound pretty good. The ending is heart-warming in several ways, but especially the last. Though some of it was a little cliché. Fave scenes: the capers, Arianna, Jackson and Krystal’s escape from her house, Dom’s “talk’ with Jackson and of course, Jackson rescuing Krystal.
review 2: OMG I believe this was one of the sweetest stories I have ever read. While at first I believed that Arianna was just a little too accepting of the whole situation I guess that her whole need for confirmation and the receipt of it offered her more of a relief than regret. I loved how endearing she was and she was also a fighter. She found really hard for Foss Jackson and in the end she got him, body, mind, and soul. The ending was a very tearful moment. Right when I didn’t think things could get any sweeter they did. Aww Jackson you are too much. A little unexpectedly I didn’t realize that Jackson would be such a tortured hero. In previous book we were only given glimpses into his life as a playboy and his underlying struggles were hinted at but never expressed upon What can I say I am a sucker for a tortured hero. Man, I can’t wait for Tristan’s story to come out, it is almost guaranteed to be a juicy one! less

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