Author: Bella Forrest
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Description:
On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.
A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.
She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine.
An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.
Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.
Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night.
Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?
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He must have noticed, because a smirk formed on his lips. “Were you expecting someone else, love?”
I eyed him suspiciously, remembering how many times my father had told me not to talk to strangers. I looked him over, taking in his appearance. My eyes widened. I couldn’t find words to describe how fine a man he was. He was almost beautiful. The first thing I took notice of was how his blue eyes were about three shades brighter than any I’d ever seen before. It was such a stark contrast to his pale – almost white – skin and dark hair. Standing beside me, he was easily more than half a foot taller. His height, broad shoulders and lean build reminded me of Ben, but he had a presence that was far more imposing than my best friend’s.
My gaze settled on his face.
I realized that he was inspecting me just as closely as I was him. His eyes on me suddenly made me feel uncomfortably vulnerable. I gave my father’s advice a second thought, but quickly canceled out all notions of heeding to his counsel when I reminded myself that he stopped caring a long time ago.
I straightened to my full height and mustered all the courage I had to keep myself from running away from this stranger.
Big mistake.
The confident smirk didn’t leave his face for even a moment.
“Like what you see?”
“A bit full of yourself, aren’t you?” I scoffed, annoyed by his audacity.
He stepped forward, closer to me, and leaned his head toward mine.
“Don’t I have the right to be?”
He knew he looked good and wasn’t about to act like he didn’t.
“Whatever,” was my oh-so-brilliant comeback.
My shoulders sagged with defeat as I took a step back, unsettled by how close he was now. I rolled my eyes and did a one-eighty, not quite in the mood to play whatever game this stranger was proposing.
I would soon realize that I was about to play his game whether I liked it or not.
He grabbed my arm and turned my body to face him. This motion alone made every single internal alarm I had within me go off in a frenzy.
This man was danger and I knew it. I tried to wriggle away from his touch, but I was no match for his strength.
“Tell me your name,” he commanded.
I was about to refuse, but was horrified to find myself blurting out my name in response.
“Sofia Claremont.”
As soon as I revealed my name, his eyes lit up with a kind of sinister approval. Then he reached for my face and traced his thumb over my jaw line.
“Hello, Sofia Claremont. You’re one stupid girl for taking a walk alone at this time of night. You never know what kind of evil a pretty little thing like you could happen to come by.”
I found myself wondering exactly what kind of evil he was. But I was suddenly overcome by the sensations that were surrounding me. My senses took in everything at once. I heard the waves, felt the sand, smelled the ocean salt, tasted the flavor of cherry and saw the stranger’s manic appearance as he stuck a needle to my neck. The effect was instant. I was barely able to gasp, much less scream. I went from sensing everything to sensing absolutely nothing.
My last conscious thought was that I may never see Ben again.
A Shade of Vampire is a young adult paranormal romance that follows our leading lady, Sofia Claremont, as her mundane human existence is abruptly turned upside down once she is kidnapped and forced to become a slave of a vampire coven in a place called The Shade. Sofia is even more horrified when she is handpicked by the prince of these vampires - although Derek Novak is mysterious and gorgeous - to be his personal slave. She knows her only chance at survival is escape, but she has no idea where she is - let alone how to leave. As the days go by, Sofia finds herself fascinated and charmed by Derek. He isn't the horrible monster that she originally thought him to be. As for Derek, after awaking from a four hundred year nap, he finds the young human Sofia to be intriguing and irrestistible. Little does he know that Sofia will soon hold much more than just his life in her hands...
This was a really enchanting and fun novel that I easily read in a couple of hours. It's short for a book, so I literally found myself flying through the pages at a fast rate because I got caught up in the story and couldn't put it down. Sofia is a great leading lady - she's witty, confident, and refuses to let the vampires control her fate. But she also has a tender side, which is full of compassion, trust, and love. Derek was a mysterious and super gorgeous vampire love character. I liked how we got to see some character growth in both Derek and Sofia, given how short the book was. It's obvious from the beginning of the book that these two are going to fall in love, but getting there is always the best part. I really liked the world of The Shade that the author created and I liked getting to know more about it and its history. There were parts of the book that were a bit cliched and you could see them coming a mile away, but there were only a couple of times this happened and it really didn't bother me. I loved watching the relationship between Sofia and Derek grow and was eager to see how things would play out between them. Overall, this was a quick, fun read that fans of paranormal romance will definitely enjoy. I'm already eagerly awaiting the next book to see what Derek and Sofia will encounter next - and I'm really hoping it will be a longer book!
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I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed this book! You're right about 'getting to falling in love' being the best part:) I've been sitting on edge since this past Christmas for just even a synopsis of the next book>< Yup, I'm a goner xD
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