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Night's Honour (2014)

by Thea Harrison(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0349403627 (ISBN13: 9780349403625)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Piatkus

series

Elder Races

review 1: I would give an average mark to this book. The story was good - not super good as it was quite slow at the beginning (even though it didn't bother me that much)and than around 75% of the book it became fast paced. I liked that it involved a number of other main characters as well so that we don't loose touch with what's happening outside this particular story. What I missed in this book: 1) The abrupt shift from reading about Dragos in the previous book and then moving on to the vampire demesne - there was no build up from one book to the other2) The build up of the relationship between Tess and Xavier was abrupt as well - obviously there were signs of what's going to happen, but nothing out of the extraordinary3) Xavier didn't convince me 100% as a character. In previous ... morebooks e was described as lethal and deadly... so it kind of was a bit strange to read more about his softness rather then the deadly side of him4)From a reader's point of view I was more carried away at the end of the book rather than at the beginning.Overall, it was good but obviously it lacked the WOW factor which I find more in Dragos books and in the short stories which the author writes.
review 2: I was intrigued by Tess from the start. She needed protection from one of the world’s most powerful predators, so she sought out the help from an even bigger predator. She was scared to death of Vampyres, but she also knew she would be safe from bigger harm once the contracted was signed. All she had to do was donate some blood; she could do that, right? So when the second most powerful Vampyre took an interest in her, she had to take the opportunity. She was sleeping in her car, afraid to use her own apartment or bank accounts; she needed to disappear for a while. It was bad enough that her former boss send her nightmares. Tess claims to be an accountant, and also a great hacker, and Xavier sure can use those skills. So after hiring her for a year, she will train to be one of his personal attendants. Xavier doesn’t have as many attendants as some vampires do, nor does he abuse them as he pleases. To Tess’ surprise, she is trained in combat daily. Running, fighting, building her strenght and condition. But until she offers Xavier her own blood in a ritual, she will not be bonded to him, nor profit from the healing powers that bond will offer her. First Xavier will get her to fear him less, as she is rousing the predator in him. Let alone if she encounters other vampires who love the smell of fear in their prey. He will have some business to attend in the city, but after that, he will personally take a hand in her training. Whatever is thrown at her, Tess is stubborn, she will persevere. After a hard life as a foster child, going in and out of homes, the one worse than the other, she was determined to make something of herself. So she got herself through college, and got a good paying career. Until she stumbled upon her boss’s machinations, and put a stop to that. So she had to leave her good life behind, and keep running just to stay alive. Being a Vampyre attendant was the only solution she saw. Maybe Xavier is not the monster she thinks he is. Of course she heard the stories about him, and he himself acknowledges them as true. Still, he keeps his word and his distance, and does not force her to do anything. Can a monster be a monster when he has so much honor? And dancing together slowly turns into something magical ...But Xavier has enemies, enemies who would love to see him dead, permanently...I really enjoyed this book, and I did stay up way past my bedtime to read this one (thanks for the t-shirt again Maia!). Each installment in this series enriches the world, and I loved to learn more about the vampires. I did love Carling’s book, but this one gives a peek into the King as well, and perhaps I can dislike him a little less now. He sure has his own problems, with his Courth, and with the woman he probably loves but doesn’t know that he does. The book does end on a slight cliffhanger, but it is only just to wet your appetite for the next book. I hope Thea Harrison will write many more books in this series, as I love it. And perhaps, there is a tiny chance that she is coming to the Love Letter Convention in Berlin, Germany, next year ... I sure hope so!9 stars. less

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