Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

The story flies along at a great rate and is filled with emotion and passion.

The last part of the previous book was really good and this book definitely built on that. This book follows on immediately after the end of Book 1. I’ll definitely be reading the rest of this series. This is a great first book in a series and introduces the world and the characters really well.

There are also some really interesting characters that have depth and realism. This is a really enjoyable book with lots of wonderfully detailed world-building. It’s up to Rowan to discover the murderer before vampires become exposed to the world, which breaks the Treaty. Young women, junkies, are being murdered in a vicious manner and very obviously by a vampire. There is a series of brutal murders taking place in Las Vegas that have been brought to Rowan’s attention. Those sparks inevitably lead to them bumping uglies, despite themselves. He’s British and very proper, Rowan is not and when they meet sparks fly.

The new Scion, Clive, is 500 years old and was born a vampire. He has got a ruthless grip on business for the Vampire Nation. She has returned to a new Scion who has taken a very deadly broom to the vampires left to him. Rowan covers Las Vegas and is returning after an absence of 8 months, during which she was being questioned by a series of tribunals and committees after killing the previous Scion of Las Vegas. I love the idea of checks and balances between humanity and vampires. Hunters like Rowan are the blades that execute the vampires that go rogue. There is a careful treaty between vampires and hunters, where punishments are laid out on both sides and tribunals govern over disputes of actions taken by both parties. She was just a teenager and ran to Brigid’s Motherhouse for safety and became a hunter of vampires for revenge and in service once more the unaware human population. Then she found out that her foster father had her parents killed. Raised from infancy by the First vampire she was taught with ruthless efficiency to be a perfect weapon and servant. She is the vessel for the goddess Brigid, and as such serves during rituals and blessings. Rowan is a woman who has given her life up to the service of others. I really love the main female character in this book, Rowan Summerthwaite.

Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins