Synopsis
Krysta is used to
getting the drop on vampires. Her "special abilities" aren't much, but
the plan is simple--she plays helpless pretty young thing to lure them
in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye, bloodsucker. Until
one night she finds herself with an unexpected ally. He's a vampire, all
right, but different. Mysterious. Handsome. And more interested in
saving her skin than draining it.Etienne has been an Immortal Guardian for two hundred years--long enough to know that Krysta is special. He can't stop thinking about her long legs, even more than her short swords. Then he discovers the vamps she's exterminating have friends in high places, and the Guardians are in danger too. He'll have to accept Krysta's help to save them. The stakes for a mortal are high. But the cost to his heart might be higher. . .
Review
This is the
fourth book in the Immortal Guardians series and I have enjoyed them all. This one is no exception. First a word about
the series: there is a network of good guys – including humans, gifted ones,
and Guardians. The guardians are
fang-bearing, blood-sucking good guys with assorted powers, the gifted ones are
individuals with special powers, and the humans are just regular guys with
skills and dedication. The bad guys are vampires – fang-bearing, blood-sucking
ex-humans on a fast track to crazy. There is a vamp virus – if the person who
contracts it is a gifted one they become an Immortal Guardian – if the person
is a regular human they end of a vampire, a so far incurable transformation.
Enough said.
The hero of
this story is Étienne, one of the Immortal Guardians. While out looking for
vampires one night he finds Krysta who is out trolling for vampires by
pretending to be easy prey. To his astonishment she is apparently human and an
extremely skilled fighter. Since she
intrigued him and was vastly outnumbered, he steps in and helps finish off the
group of vamps she had lured. She is startled and assumes he’s a vamp also
(it’s the whole fang thing) and escapes him with the help of her brother.
Étienne goes
from intrigued to obsessed, following her on her nightly vamp-killing tours
while trying to decide what to do. Then a paramilitary group starts hunting the
Immortal Guardians (again) and they don’t care how much mayhem is caused to bystanders
in the process. Étienne is hit with enough tranquilizer darts to bring him down
while ensuring she has the time to get away. She doesn’t, of course, and he
ends up at her home with her brother healing him. Now there are two humans with
knowledge they shouldn’t have. And then there’s the paramilitary guys who might
have followed them home…
The rest of
the book proceeds with the developing relationship between Krysta and Étienne,
the pursuit of the human mercenary threat, and, of course, killing vampires.
Lots of action, I really enjoyed it. I look forward to more in this series…
There’s a
series thread continuing from earlier books concerning Ami who is now pregnant.
And then there’s Zach, and enigmatic character with wings who drifts in and out
of the storyline – also introduced earlier. Their threads are unresolved and
will undoubtedly form the basis for other books. Other characters from previous
books continue to be major players in the storylines so it is better to read
this series in order…
Immortal
Guardians series:
Darkness
Dawns #1
Night Reigns
#2
Phantom
Shadows #3
In Still
Darkness in Predatory #3.5
Darkness
Rises #4
Night
Unbound #5
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