Plot Summary: The action and romance continue as the Drakes face a new vampire with a 200-year-old grudge.It's been centuries since Isabeau St. Croix barely survived the French Revolution. Now she's made her way back to the living and she must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who left her for dead the day she turned into a vampire. That's if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is as sweet as the revenge she seeks. The clans are gathering for Helena's royal coronation as the next vampire queen, and new alliances are beginning to form now that the old rifts of Lady Natasha's reign have started to heal. But with a new common enemy, Leander Montmarte - a vicious leader who hopes to force Solange to marry him and usurp the power of the throne for himself - the clans must stand together to preserve the peace he threatens to destroy.This second adventure in the Drake Chronicles - told from both Logan's and Isabeau's perspectives - has all the same butt-kicking action, heart-pounding romances and snarky humor that readers loved in Hearts at Stake, as well as exciting new revelations about the vampire dynasties to keep readers coming back for moreReview: I actually enjoyed this installment of the Drake Chronicles. The story itself is told from the POV's of both Isabeau St. Croix, a vampire who is basically a newborn even though she is over 200 years old; and Logan Drake's. Isabeau, if you remember, saved Solange Drake from Montmarte in the first installment of the Drake Chronicles. I especially enjoyed the back story from Isabeau's perspective. I've always enjoyed reading about the French Revolution and what the French went thru just to survive not being decaptitated. Isabeau doesn't act like she is better than anyone else, like Montmarte, or her sire Philip Marshall, Eary of Greyhaven. We watch as the very young Isabeau watches her mother and family get sent to the guillotine where they both die. We watch her as she passes herself off as a young boy, in order to not be considered one of the royals. She befriends a prostitute named Cherise, who takes her under her wings and teaches her how to attack and walk like a boy. Then we watch as she becomes a Hound, and arrives at Helena Drake's coronation. Isabel was turned by Greyhaven, who them promptly buried her in a cemetery where she lay for over 200 years.Logan is a bit more unusual than his other brothers and sister. I'm glad that Solange doesn't play any real part in this installment. For some reason, she irks me, as well as Lucy, the only human living among the Drake family of vampires. Logan dresses the part of a vampire which are right out of the 19th century Lord Byron novels. He is fiercely protective of Isabeau, and the back story is that per Kala, the shamanka of the Hounds, Logan is who Isabeau is supposed to be with.I'm definitely wanting more information on the hounds themselves, and from what I hear, that's coming up in the next 2-3 installments of this book. This book moves very quickly along as Montemare is still sending unwanted presents to Solange. By the end, she will no longer have to worry about him, and his nasty spells thanks to her Mother Helena.Out for Blood released November 1st 2010, and is now on my TBR listing.
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Plot Summary: The action and romance continue as the Drakes face a new vampire with a 200-year-old grudge.It's been centuries since Isabeau St. Croix barely survived the French Revolution. Now she's made her way back to the living and she must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who left her for dead the day she turned into a vampire. That's if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is as sweet as the revenge she seeks. The clans are gathering for Helena's royal coronation as the next vampire queen, and new alliances are beginning to form now that the old rifts of Lady Natasha's reign have started to heal. But with a new common enemy, Leander Montmarte - a vicious leader who hopes to force Solange to marry him and usurp the power of the throne for himself - the clans must stand together to preserve the peace he threatens to destroy.This second adventure in the Drake Chronicles - told from both Logan's and Isabeau's perspectives - has all the same butt-kicking action, heart-pounding romances and snarky humor that readers loved in Hearts at Stake, as well as exciting new revelations about the vampire dynasties to keep readers coming back for moreReview: I actually enjoyed this installment of the Drake Chronicles. The story itself is told from the POV's of both Isabeau St. Croix, a vampire who is basically a newborn even though she is over 200 years old; and Logan Drake's. Isabeau, if you remember, saved Solange Drake from Montmarte in the first installment of the Drake Chronicles. I especially enjoyed the back story from Isabeau's perspective. I've always enjoyed reading about the French Revolution and what the French went thru just to survive not being decaptitated. Isabeau doesn't act like she is better than anyone else, like Montmarte, or her sire Philip Marshall, Eary of Greyhaven. We watch as the very young Isabeau watches her mother and family get sent to the guillotine where they both die. We watch her as she passes herself off as a young boy, in order to not be considered one of the royals. She befriends a prostitute named Cherise, who takes her under her wings and teaches her how to attack and walk like a boy. Then we watch as she becomes a Hound, and arrives at Helena Drake's coronation. Isabel was turned by Greyhaven, who them promptly buried her in a cemetery where she lay for over 200 years.Logan is a bit more unusual than his other brothers and sister. I'm glad that Solange doesn't play any real part in this installment. For some reason, she irks me, as well as Lucy, the only human living among the Drake family of vampires. Logan dresses the part of a vampire which are right out of the 19th century Lord Byron novels. He is fiercely protective of Isabeau, and the back story is that per Kala, the shamanka of the Hounds, Logan is who Isabeau is supposed to be with.I'm definitely wanting more information on the hounds themselves, and from what I hear, that's coming up in the next 2-3 installments of this book. This book moves very quickly along as Montemare is still sending unwanted presents to Solange. By the end, she will no longer have to worry about him, and his nasty spells thanks to her Mother Helena.Out for Blood released November 1st 2010, and is now on my TBR listing.
