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A review by cadiva
Night Prince by Felice Stevens
4.0
An interesting take on the vampire mythology
3.5*
Felice Stevens' jaunt into the paranormal realm was mostly a success for me.
I liked the set up, with vampires living in a separate world, hidden from humanity. I liked both MCs, they had a connection from the off which started in friendship and then turned into more.
I liked the sense of found family in both the friends Damion had acquired during his pretty rough life, and in Massimo's loyal servant Claudio.
Which brings me to one of the things which I really didn't like and which peed me off tbh.
Without spoiling the plot, I'm pretty sure there could have been many other avenues explored for 'loose ends' than the one which was chosen.
It seemed purely there as a means to make Massimo be the only future Damion could have, rather than one he chose in full knowledge of what he'd be giving up.
The other thing which stopped my rating from being higher was an element which occurs right at the heart of the tension point and didn't quite have the effect on me I think it was supposed to do.
It felt a little overblown and only there for what very much felt like a Deus Ex moment.
Still, that's not to say I didn't enjoy the book, I did, it had a compelling storyline which I was intrigued by.
I'm not sure if there will be more in the world or if it was a one off, but it stood up well on its own.
3.5*
Felice Stevens' jaunt into the paranormal realm was mostly a success for me.
I liked the set up, with vampires living in a separate world, hidden from humanity. I liked both MCs, they had a connection from the off which started in friendship and then turned into more.
I liked the sense of found family in both the friends Damion had acquired during his pretty rough life, and in Massimo's loyal servant Claudio.
Which brings me to one of the things which I really didn't like and which peed me off tbh.
Without spoiling the plot, I'm pretty sure there could have been many other avenues explored for 'loose ends' than the one which was chosen.
It seemed purely there as a means to make Massimo be the only future Damion could have, rather than one he chose in full knowledge of what he'd be giving up.
The other thing which stopped my rating from being higher was an element which occurs right at the heart of the tension point and didn't quite have the effect on me I think it was supposed to do.
It felt a little overblown and only there for what very much felt like a Deus Ex moment.
Still, that's not to say I didn't enjoy the book, I did, it had a compelling storyline which I was intrigued by.
I'm not sure if there will be more in the world or if it was a one off, but it stood up well on its own.