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Review of Bond of Fire (Texas Vampires, Book 2)
- "What do you get when you cross the Crusades, incredible, sensuous story"** called Bond of Blood. Now Diane Whiteside, "the master of erotic prose" (**Booklist) turns up the Texas heat once again. In this exciting novel she revisits that landscape of fiery seduction while exploring the centuries-old love affair between vampire knight Jean-Marie St. Just and vampire firestarter and secret agent H�l�ne d'Agelet. But H�l�ne finds her passion for Jean-Marie threatened once again, this time by an unsettled family legacy of revenge.
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Comments for Bond of Fire (Texas Vampires | Book 2)
- Posted on 2008-03-31
Yummy!
I enjoyed this book very much. I love Mrs. Whiteside's writing style and the imagery she creates! A good read.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-02-23
Actually 4.5 If You Like Your Books With More Substance
After reading all of this author's books, I thought I had a better handle on her style of prose. This one caught me by surprise. Typical in this series is the mish-mash of languages--French. Spanish, Imaginary--and the heaviness of the writing. I believe there is aspiration towards literary fiction because the prose is intense, thickly written and nothing you can causally read through. That said, doggone it, I liked her characters and the detail she builds into them. Although sometimes I wanted to smack the book against the wall for ponderous writing--check out the first seduction scene and the e-t-e-r-n-i-t-y it takes for the knickers to scoot. That's not sexy--that's tedious. But I kept with it because I liked the characters, each very well defined and with a story of their own waiting to be told. This author remains an auto-buy for me, but I do it with heavy sighs knowing it's going to be a loooong read.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2008-02-17
Vampire To Bat
Anyone know of any hot romance books where vampires turn into bats? I've always been a werewolf-type person with paranormal books. I just love the part where man(or woman) becomes beast. So, any paranormal romance books that have a vampire character(s) that transforms into a large bat?
Score: 5
- Posted on 2008-01-29
Good Read
I liked this book, but, I liked the first one better. However, I will be reading the next in the series. I am hooked.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2008-01-05
exciting horror thriller
During the French Revolution, Jean-Marie St. Just met Helene d'Agelet in Paris. They fell in love, but were fated to separate as he was turning into a vampire and she was a mortal. However, he remained unaware that after he left her she was changed over too. Over the next two centuries fate seemed to intervene keeping them apart.
In the present, Helene is stunned to see a photo of her beloved Jean-Marie that indicates he is alive. She searches for him so that they can finally share eternity together. However, they still have issues between them as Jean-Marie has been assigned the task of killing the wicked vampire Queen of New Orleans Hélène's sister, Madame Celeste.
Although much of the story occurs before the first tale (see BOND OF BLOOD) the second of Diane Whiteside modern vampire trilogy is an exciting horror thriller. Readers obtain a bit of the history that led to the vampire kingdoms that carve up much of modern day America. Interestingly the lead couple spends much of the two hundred plus years (and most of the book) separated to the chagrin of romantic fantasy purists; yet the look through time strengthens the final showdown making BOND OF FIRE an entertaining read.
Harriet Klausner
Score: 5
