Immortalis Omnibus Edition (Volume 1: Books 1-3) [Paperback]

These books are amazing once i start i could not put them down they where so good. I will be reading these again over and over again. Hope you continue to write more books after the fourth one. I Love the details in the books and the third book did make me cry but it was really good. i would say more but i don't wont to ruin it for other people.

The cover on this book was so pretty. The vampire looked so fierce and ready for action. The colors were so vibrant and jumped out at you too. For a major cover lover like me it was great to see. This book was an omnibus of the first three books in this series which are Immortalis Carpe Noctem, Hunter's and Prey and Pandora's Box.

In the first book we meet Alyssa who is enjoying a night out as a normal UNLV student. She leaves a coffeeshop and is unfortunealy attacked and pretty much left for dead until Lysander steps in. We learn that Lysander is a vampire and he turns Alyssa. Alyssa spends most of the first part of this book learning how to deal with being a vampire. In learning more we learn more about Lysander and how he became a vampire. Lysander tells Alyssa about Kallisto who was his maker. I have to say I love the way the author stated vampires came about. I am a hge mythology freak and this twist was awesome. The story continues and we learn about the Pereganeus clan and I loved them also. They just all seemed like such as great group and really considered themselves family. Eventually there is a battle between Alyssa,Lysander and the clan to take down Kallisto. The book wraps up with Kallisto defeated but the vampires still in danger. This leads us into the next book.

In the next story called Hunter's and Prey. In this book we learn more about the Acta Sanctorum and one of it's main hunters Santino. Santino made an apperance in the first story but is more prominent in this book.I liked that this book showed more of Alyssa and Lysander's relationship building and their amazing chemistry. I really started to fall for them and root for everything to turn our right for them. I also love that we learned that Santino wasn't all bad and we got to see his vunerable side. We also got to see more of Alyssa and Fallon in this story. I liked that the author showed how true their friendship really was and that it could withstand anything. Fallon was still there for her no matter what like a true friend should be. It was also great having the banter between Fallon and the vampires too. I also liked that the author was able to show what Lysander thought was impossible in that vampires could get along with humans and Alyssa didn't have to give up everything she once knew.

After this we had the final book in this omnibus which was Pandora's Box. I loved this book the best ot of the three as I love the Pandora's box tale anyway from my love of mythology. I loved the athors retelling of this tale. It was amazing to see just how easily a human could be tempted into opening the box after seeing it through the eyes of Fallon. She truly couldn't resist it. The opening of this box causes some major twists and the plot that I truly didn't see coming. I was shocked and amazed by it. In this book the clan sets out to find out who sent them this box and how to recontain the evil that was released. It turns out the evil that wa trapped in this box was the first vampire. In the clan's travels they are lead to a new location and meet some other vampires and some werewolves. I loved how in this book the vampires and werewolves all worked together. We again got some amazing backstory about the vampires orgin and learned more about the first vampire. I liked seeing the budding romance between Fallon and Aiden. I was happy to see her getting a chance at love without having to give up her humanity. Alyssa again showed how much she had grown and how powerful she could be. I also liked seeing Santino again and seeing him evolve and come into his own. The love between Alyssa and Lysander was even better in this book as I felt he really started to see her as more of his equal. I felt my heart break at the end of this book though with the way it ended. It was a cliffhanger that I didn't see coming and was a great lead in for the next book.

I discovered the Immortalis series after looking for something to read after finishing the Night Huntress Series by Jeanine Frost.

I picked up the Omnibus Edition and finished all three books in a day and a half. Without spoilers here are my pros and cons.

Pros:

1. Lysander, he reminds me of a mix between Bones and Jericho Z. Barrons.

2. Alyssa, she sweet and likeable, but does not kowtow under pressure and sticks to her guns.

3. The plot and the mythos of the creations of vampires and their lifestyle. Very original.

4. The supporting characters were all well developed and served a purpose.

Cons:

1. The cliffhanger ending at the finish of book three.

Overall, I have really enjoyed this series and am glad to see that book 4 will be out in a couple of weeks.