I love these novellas by Cynthia Eden. They are so well written and the stories are engaging. I look forward to her next releases. ( )

Another great little read by Cynthia Eden ( )

Reading this series completely out of order.

Jamie needs help killing his bat shit crazy half-brother, Latham, so he devises a plan to wake the legendary Blood Queen from a forced sleep. 15 years ago Latham hired a witch to curse the Blood Queen, Iona, so that he and he alone would have access to the power of her blood. So Latham's a little pissed when he finds out that Jamie woke her up and has deprived him of his blood supply. For her part, Iona's only thoughts revolve around extracting vengeance for what was done to her and the coven she ran.

This was a nice short story that works on the classic "werewolves and vampires are mortal enemies" premise. Plus, its only 99 cents so that's a major bonus. Iona was a really interesting character with a really interesting background and mythology surrounding her. Jamie was also a great character, but it felt like we didn't get as deep of a look into his background since for the majority of the story he was trying to figure a way out of the giant hole he dug himself into.

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I realize this series sound like something out of the erotica line but don't fear. Its quite a light average paranormal romance. Despite an earlier storyline from Bound in Death, Bound by the Night have similar plot but more unpolished version of Bound in Death. In this novel, we're introduced to the vampire queen Iona who have been under a curse by a werewolf for 15 years until she was released by another werewolf Jamie who bound her to feed only on his blood.
Upon regaining her freedom, she have to decide who to trust despite all her long years and to unleash her revenge from the vampires of her who betrayed her and those who wanted her to powers. But for that to happen, both of the vampire and werewolf need to work out as some secrets threaten to set them apart.

Personally, I do like the author's way of writing her characters despite the undeniable similarity of her subsequent novel. In a way, I think its still an attempt by the author to find her way through by making the story convincing. I do like Iona better than Kiera but as for execution, Kiera is wonderful as a well developed character than Iona. I think because its a self-published work which obviously have some flaws in it but for a short read, it does make an interesting reading for the price.

Since I do see that her recent work somewhat improved, I will check out some of her work. I do see she's getting even better at it than the average household name who kept churning the same stories all over again. Probably still my best author find in kindle store. ( )

Another well written paranormal romance by Ms Eden.

I love all her paranormal books and this one is no
exception.

4 stars! ( )