Blood Promise Review

3/5 ☆☆☆

This book may not have been as exciting as the first three books,
but it was definitely important
because we get to see some serious
 character development on Rose's part.

Yes she is still the same old Rose
Sarcastic
stubborn
and
bad ass,
but we see a lot of maturity is some of the things she does.

Unlike when we first met her,
she no longer believe she can take on the world on her own. 

She knows that there are much stronger, bigger, and badder things out there then her.
she understands the importance of working with others and she
also learns a few more things about her world.

She takes things in and access the situation she is in before making her moves
and that is something she teaches a bunch of rogue Dhampir's she meets while in Russia
.
She is no longer by Lissa's side and although it is a strain on both of them this alone time
helps the girls to grow and deal with issues they so dearly need to handle.

For rose it's her resentment towards Lissa
 Not being able to be with who she wanted to be with,
 not being able to live her own life,
 and always having to put Lissa's needs and safety before her own.

All of these things make it hard for Rose to be around Lissa especially now that the love of her life is,

for all intents and purposes, dead.

Now we all know
- from reading the previous book -
 that the main reason for Rose leaving the academy is so that she can keep her promise

and not let Dimitri live his life as a strigoi.

And although she has learned a lot since coming back to the academy
and taking out a few strigoi of her own
 this promise might be one that she
 can not keep, and if she is not careful she might end up facing and fate worse than death.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

The Nightlife : New York Review

5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆

[17+]

[Excuse me while I do my best Kenzi (lost girl) Impression]

Lap dances, strippers, escorts, oh my!

Vampires, blood, sex, oooh my...

Masters, blood slaves, corruption,  ooh crap balls!

***

The Nightlife: New York by Travis Luedke is exciting, violent and sexy!

This violently sexy story introduces us to Aaron Pilan, a young man who has been emotionally neglected by both his estranged mother and ex-girlfriend.
His only friends are Delia , a bratty and selfish ex, and his roommate Kyle.
Aaron lives his life day to day and has depressingly fallen into a routine of work, buying beer for his friends,  pining over his ex.

His life sort of resembles that of Wesley Gibson from the movie Wanted.
If you saw the movie then you know that

Wesley had a depressing life of:
lousy job
 bitchy girlfriend
 shitty friend
 eat, sleep, shit
 and if he was lucky things got really exciting
 when his body decides to give him a good ol panic attack.  

So, yeah... basically he was a flat out loser. 

Until fate put him in the path of the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.
For Wesley it was a smoking hot female named Fox.
For Aaron it was the beautiful Michelle.

Turns out Michelle is a vampire.

Aaron's first encounter with Michelle leads to him getting shot
after she is forced to defend herself against two disgusting and corrupt cops.
She briefly considers leaving him to die but his attempt to
save her from the other two men made her feel a bit
responsible for him being injured.
Guilt gets the better of her
and she decides to do what she promised herself
she would never do.

She saves his life, although by doing so
 she has not only turned him into what she is,
 but has also bound him to her for eternity
 - a lifetime of servitude.   

She may be his master and he her servant,
 but to Aaron being bound to his savior is the best thing that could ever happen to him.
Even if that does mean leaving everything he knows behind
Or that she is probably a bit psychotic.

One mistake could cause him to lose his life at the hands of this beautiful creature
yet he couldn't imagine a life without her.

Turns out Aaron is a natural at being a vampire
and soon learns to love his
new life with Michelle
but things go downhill pretty fast for our vampiric duo
when a couple of corrupt cops are out for revenge against Michelle
and Delia's jealously kicks in
but Michelle's quick and violent temper and trust issues might be the real threat.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk