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Rising paranormal star Alexandra Ivy continues her highly-acclaimed Guardians of Eternity series featuring sultry vampire bodyguards.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The long-awaited tale of the King Of The Weres, Salvatore Guiliani...well worth the wait!
20 May 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Though Alexandra Ivy's series started off with vampires only, I hoped that at some point she'd do a werewolf tale, and when she introduced Salvatore a few books back, I had an inkling that he'd be getting his own book, and it was so worth it. The book itself does not expand the series in any way, and in fact could have totally been a standalone book, but of course, there's a few glimpses of Styx, Abby, Darcy and Santiago, and there's mention of Jagr and Regan (who though they had their tale in the last book, are not yet mated. I think it may be due to the fact that she's barren, and so is resisting being mated), Cezar and Dante, and Levet once again charms this latest female addition to the tales. I love catching up with previous characters, and being introduced to new ones, and in fact, Tane makes an appearance in this book, and his is the next, out this November, and I got the feeling that a mysterious female character mentioned in this book will be his lady.
The tale itself is simple: Salvatore awakens trapped underground with Levet who manages to get them to freedom by blasting his way through the earth, and immediately Salvatore scents vanilla = pureblood female werewolf, knowing without even seeing her that she is his mate. When he sees Harley coming towards him, he realises that she is a slightly different version of Darcy, Queen of the Vampires, Styx's wife, and that she is the third of the missing quartet of babies.
Harley was one of the 4 lab-bred non-shifter pureblood werewolves, created to try to further the birth of the seemingly barren race of weres, but the babies had been abducted at birth, and for 30 years, her captor Caine has made Salvatore out to be the baddy, telling Harley that he'd come after her in order to breed her. So, when Harley realises who Salvatore is, she captures him, but Caine and Salvatore fight and she and Salvatore end up being gassed and held captive together, and they have to work together for their freedom.
That's basically it for the tale, but what I liked so much about it, is that Salvatore is a typical Italian guy in his thinking: yes, a bit arrogant, protective, but warm and caring (as well as extremely good-looking in a GQ way, with a penchant for designer labels, full of effortless style!) and it's all of him that Harley falls for, and yes, they are on the run with him trying to protect her, but he does not come across all heavy and Alpha male and force her into mating, that decision in the tale is really well-orchestrated and is hers entirely. By actually mating him, she literally and figuratively earns her title of Queen of the Were. There wasn't so much of the angst and will-they/won't-they type of stuff that similar novels so often have, and Harley didn't reject Salvatore just to try to prove her independence, strength and worth, so the book really flowed beautifully. I though it more romantic than the others so far, as if this was really first and foremost a romance novel, rather than a paranormal thriller/suspense novel with romance thrown in.
It didn't move mountains in terms of the continuation of the world and storyline, but filled all the right gaps, and hand-on-heart, up there with Darcy and Styx's tale, this rates as joint best IMHO.
The tale itself is simple: Salvatore awakens trapped underground with Levet who manages to get them to freedom by blasting his way through the earth, and immediately Salvatore scents vanilla = pureblood female werewolf, knowing without even seeing her that she is his mate. When he sees Harley coming towards him, he realises that she is a slightly different version of Darcy, Queen of the Vampires, Styx's wife, and that she is the third of the missing quartet of babies.
Harley was one of the 4 lab-bred non-shifter pureblood werewolves, created to try to further the birth of the seemingly barren race of weres, but the babies had been abducted at birth, and for 30 years, her captor Caine has made Salvatore out to be the baddy, telling Harley that he'd come after her in order to breed her. So, when Harley realises who Salvatore is, she captures him, but Caine and Salvatore fight and she and Salvatore end up being gassed and held captive together, and they have to work together for their freedom.
That's basically it for the tale, but what I liked so much about it, is that Salvatore is a typical Italian guy in his thinking: yes, a bit arrogant, protective, but warm and caring (as well as extremely good-looking in a GQ way, with a penchant for designer labels, full of effortless style!) and it's all of him that Harley falls for, and yes, they are on the run with him trying to protect her, but he does not come across all heavy and Alpha male and force her into mating, that decision in the tale is really well-orchestrated and is hers entirely. By actually mating him, she literally and figuratively earns her title of Queen of the Were. There wasn't so much of the angst and will-they/won't-they type of stuff that similar novels so often have, and Harley didn't reject Salvatore just to try to prove her independence, strength and worth, so the book really flowed beautifully. I though it more romantic than the others so far, as if this was really first and foremost a romance novel, rather than a paranormal thriller/suspense novel with romance thrown in.
It didn't move mountains in terms of the continuation of the world and storyline, but filled all the right gaps, and hand-on-heart, up there with Darcy and Styx's tale, this rates as joint best IMHO.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Although this is the sequel to Darkness Unleashed: Guardians of Eternity Series, Book 5, the action takes place over much of the same time line (so Regan and Jagr's story is still underway and they haven't yet completed their mating).
Salavtore Guiliani, the King of the Werewolves, attempts to chase down rogue cur (bitten rather than born werewolf) Caine and finds himself under attack and held hostage by his prey instead. To his surprise, Salavtore finds that in amongst the band of miscreants working alongside Caine is Harley (the third of four pureblood Were sisters who had been genetically altered to prevent them from shape-shifting in an attempt to help ensure a successful pregnancy and thus try to stop the Weres from dying out).
Harley's status amongst Caine's followers isn't exactly comfortable. She's been amongst them as long as she can remember - but somehow never quite on an even footing. Caine doesn't trust her - she's more of a prisoner than an ally - and she has been raised to fear the King of Weres as a dangerous man, the one responsible for murdering her family. So when she finds that far from the evil demon she has been raised to expect, Salvatore is a devastatingly attractive pureblood who reveals that her entire life has been based on deception (her mother and sisters are alive, and Caine had been responsible for kidnapping her as a child), she really isn't sure how to react. Although escaping from Caine and jumping Salvatore's bones are definitely in there somewhere!
3.5 stars overall for me. I could never quite get comfortable with the idea of Salvatore getting together with one of the quadruplet pureblood sisters he'd had cooked up in a lab as part of a planned breeding programme - even if there is an attempt to justify this by the fact that Harley proves to be his 'true' mate. I found the relationship particularly difficult to believe since he'd effectively already 'gone through' sisters one and two in the previous two books. Also loses ground for the poor standard of the editing. Zebra Books is a sizeable publishing house which has been going for some time and should be able to provide decent editorial work - but the level of typos, grammatical errors, and just plain bad editing continues to be a problem with Alexandra Ivy's published books.
Salavtore Guiliani, the King of the Werewolves, attempts to chase down rogue cur (bitten rather than born werewolf) Caine and finds himself under attack and held hostage by his prey instead. To his surprise, Salavtore finds that in amongst the band of miscreants working alongside Caine is Harley (the third of four pureblood Were sisters who had been genetically altered to prevent them from shape-shifting in an attempt to help ensure a successful pregnancy and thus try to stop the Weres from dying out).
Harley's status amongst Caine's followers isn't exactly comfortable. She's been amongst them as long as she can remember - but somehow never quite on an even footing. Caine doesn't trust her - she's more of a prisoner than an ally - and she has been raised to fear the King of Weres as a dangerous man, the one responsible for murdering her family. So when she finds that far from the evil demon she has been raised to expect, Salvatore is a devastatingly attractive pureblood who reveals that her entire life has been based on deception (her mother and sisters are alive, and Caine had been responsible for kidnapping her as a child), she really isn't sure how to react. Although escaping from Caine and jumping Salvatore's bones are definitely in there somewhere!
3.5 stars overall for me. I could never quite get comfortable with the idea of Salvatore getting together with one of the quadruplet pureblood sisters he'd had cooked up in a lab as part of a planned breeding programme - even if there is an attempt to justify this by the fact that Harley proves to be his 'true' mate. I found the relationship particularly difficult to believe since he'd effectively already 'gone through' sisters one and two in the previous two books. Also loses ground for the poor standard of the editing. Zebra Books is a sizeable publishing house which has been going for some time and should be able to provide decent editorial work - but the level of typos, grammatical errors, and just plain bad editing continues to be a problem with Alexandra Ivy's published books.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Lucked out on finding the 1st two of four female werewolves to be his Queen (purebloods or weres).Salvatore Giuliani finds Harley quite unexpectedly while chasing the cur(a human bitten by werewolf) Caine to his hidden lair, when Salvatore the King of weres sees Harley he recognizes her as twin to her sisters Darcy, who has mated the King of Vampires,the Anasso,Styx and Regan who's falling for another vampire Jagr, but she's also barren, so not wanted anyway as weres are becoming extinct because females can't control their shifting,so can't stop the shift to wolf during full moon so they lose their babies, so four baby girls were genetically modified so they wouldn't shift but still have all the other trates of the purebloods that they are but were stolen 30 years before and Salvatore has been looking for them ever since.
when Salvatore sees Harley he not only recognises her like her sisters but also as his true mate, which is amazing as there hasn't been a true were mating in centuaries so long infact some think its only myth but Salvatore smell changes as soon as he sees Harley and goes after her, thinking 1 to save her from being imprisoned by caine and 2 make her his mate. What he doesn't realize is that caine has told Harley that she is under his protection to keep her safe from the king of the weres because otherwise she'll be killed by Salvatore as he did her sisters!
this book has twists and turns and answers questions that Salvatore has been searching for the last 30 years, like who stole the purebloods, why they were taken,how to stop the extinction of his people who he 1st blamed on the vampires but now he's not sure.So to sum up we've got a sexy italian king of the weres looking for lost purebloods finding his true mate, fighting the bad guys while trying to convince his mate to be his. what more could you want apart from sexy as hell vampires too yum enjoy
when Salvatore sees Harley he not only recognises her like her sisters but also as his true mate, which is amazing as there hasn't been a true were mating in centuaries so long infact some think its only myth but Salvatore smell changes as soon as he sees Harley and goes after her, thinking 1 to save her from being imprisoned by caine and 2 make her his mate. What he doesn't realize is that caine has told Harley that she is under his protection to keep her safe from the king of the weres because otherwise she'll be killed by Salvatore as he did her sisters!
this book has twists and turns and answers questions that Salvatore has been searching for the last 30 years, like who stole the purebloods, why they were taken,how to stop the extinction of his people who he 1st blamed on the vampires but now he's not sure.So to sum up we've got a sexy italian king of the weres looking for lost purebloods finding his true mate, fighting the bad guys while trying to convince his mate to be his. what more could you want apart from sexy as hell vampires too yum enjoy
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