Review ~ Melabeth Forgive Me, For I Am Sin by E.B. Hood

Melabeth Forgive Me, For I am Sin

by E.B. Hood

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Melabeth is relentless in her pursuit of revenge. David joins her; no one who has wronged them is safe. Will revenge triumph over their need for love? Melabeth still battles for her true heart's desire, when a new kind of foe arrives. A foe that is stronger and worst of all, what he wants he gets… and he wants her! Even with this new threat, she hunts down the rapists; one by one. In her victory, she terrorizes her most vulnerable victim and sees her plan come together flawlessly. Gradually an uneasy truth takes hold… the relief and peace Melabeth seeks, turns to dust. In the end, she will find the price for her revenge to be higher than she ever could imagine! With twist and turns you'll never see coming, this is the second installment of the Melabeth series.

My Review:

4 out of 5 stars

After reading the first book, Melabeth The Vampire, I was definitely eager to begin Melabeth Forgive Me, For I Am Sin and I was not disappointed in the least.  Mr. Hood has a way of bringing characters to life with so much depth and complexity that you literally feel like you are in the story right there with them.  This book is so full of action and surprises; I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and feverishly turning each page to find out more.  Mr. Hood has written a story that is both creative and very original and has managed to incorporate a serious lesson on the power of forgiveness among all of the action.  I am now hooked on all things Melabeth, and I can’t wait to read future novels from this talented author!

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Review ~ Melabeth the Vampire by E.B. Hood

Melabeth the Vampire

by E.B. Hood

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Melanie Dare is a teenage girl. Drugs and abuse by her parents change all that. She is raped and murdered and finds herself awake in a new decade. Melanie becomes Melabeth the vampire, and she is thrust into events outside of her control. Meeting a small circle of friends - not all who can be trusted - she finds herself obsessed with revenge against her killers… but along the way finds love. Her battle for revenge has terrible, unintended consequences, and she will question, who, and what she is. Can her love survive her need for revenge? This is the first part of a three part series about forgiveness.

My Review:

4 out of 5 stars

This story starts out with Melanie Dare digging out of her grave…..yes you read correctly….digging OUT of her grave.  While she is digging out, we get a glimpse of her past while she is reliving it in her mind and details on how she got to this current point in her life.  It seems her hippie parents got involved with drugs and eventually her mother died of overdose.  Life with her father became somewhat dreary as he turned to dealing drugs in order to support his lifestyle and feed him and Melanie.  When he spends the drug money that was supposed to go to his dealer, he sells out his daughter in exchange for his debt (He definitely doesn't get the Father of the Year Award in my book!). The men who took Melanie decided to make a snuff film to recoup the loss of the drug money with the star of the show being Melanie.  As all snuff films go, Melanie was killed.  Next thing she knows, she is being carried by a guy named Nicks who briefly explains that he has turned her into a Vampire, but the change might not work.  If it does take, she should wake up in her grave within 5 to 7 days.  Once Melanie gets out of the grave and takes care of her immediate hunger, she discovers that not only is she in Colorado, it is 15 years later and things certainly have changed in the world. 

Deciding to call herself Melabeth (a combination of her first and middle name) she sets out to find her killers and seek revenge for her death.  On her journey back to California, she becomes friends with an unlikely pair...Carrie, a ghost and David, who can see ghosts. Oh, and David has another nifty gift as well, but you will have to read the book to find out what that is.  Melabeth also meets up with a Vampire family – The Whites - and will finally learn how to refine her abilities and train to prepare for her biggest battle yet and get revenge on the man responsible for her death.

With a plot and characters that are both unique and captivating, made this was a very entertaining book that was a pure joy to read.  It was thrilling and action-packed and was nearly impossible to put down once I started.  I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good action-packed vampire story with a dash of romance.

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Review ~ Vampire Most Wanted by Lynsay Sands

Vampire Most Wanted

by Lynsay Sands

My rating 4 out of 5 stars

Basha Argeneau was just eleven years old when Leonius captured her and brutally raped and abused her.  Escaping with her son Damien, she has been on the run for over two thousand years.  Working in numerous carnival circuits, she is now better known as Madame Divine, Fortune Teller. 

Lucian Argeneau has been looking for his niece for a very long time.  Through the grapevine, he believes that Basha has gone rogue, so he enlists the help of Marcus Notte to find her and bring her back for questioning.  With only a sketch drawn from memory of what Basha may look like, Marcus sets off determined to find her.

Marcus eventually finds Divine at a carnival and although he knows she is a vampire, he can't read her and with little to go on as far as pictures, he thinks that she might be Basha. Of course Basha/Divine can't read Marcus either, so if you had read the previous books in the series, you can guess at this point that they are Lifemates.  But Marcus wonders if they can even have a relationship if Basha has in fact gone rogue?

Vampire Most Wanted is a little bit different from the other books in the Argeneau series.  This one was more action-packed and darker with very little humor that I have come to expect with the series.  It was not bad in the least bit, just different.  Although there is some steamy 'Lifemate' sex, I don't think it was as exciting as it could have been. The ending left off leaving me feeling a little incomplete.  I am hoping that this story is continued or at least tied into the next book. 

Lynsay Sands is an awesome storyteller and I absolutely love the Argeneau Vampire Series.  It amazes me that after 20 books, each one is still as incredibly awesome as the last.

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Blurb~For Basha Argeneau, anything is better than facing her estranged family. Even hiding out in sweltering southern California. But when a sexy immortal in black shows up determined to bring her back to the clan, she'll do anything to keep far, far away from the past she can't outrun.

Marcus Notte isn't here to play games—especially not with someone as crazy as the infamous blonde. Asked by Lucian Argeneau to bring her back for questioning, Marcus is determined to carry out Lucian's request—no matter how the seductive little mind-reading vamp feels about it.

Basha doesn't mind fighting fire with fire, especially with a hot immortal involved. But if he wants to take her away, he'll have to catch her first . . .

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