Series: Vampire Queen, Book 2
By: Rebecca Maizel
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Format: ARC
Source: publisher for an honest review
**SPOILER WARNING even though I try to
make my reviews as spoiler free as possible, sometimes it is unavoidable**
In Maizel’s follow-up to Infinite Days,
the reader is right away thrown into the action. Stolen Nights begins just four
days after Lenah performs the ritual on Vicken to make him human and also the
night her friend Tony was killed. The ritual does not kill Lenah but instead
transforms her back into her human self. The worst is definitely not over.
Justin and Lenah witness a vampire killing one of Lenah’s friends on the beach
and Lenah knows that this vampire is hunting her; someone wants her to pay for
what she has done in her past and will make her suffer first. Not only has she
discovered this threat but now the Aeris need her to decide her punishment for
what she and her soul mate Rhode Lewin have done by performing the rituals that
made them human. This choice along with the task of confronting the one hunting
her will leave the reader breathless and torn.
Lenah still has many characteristics she
had when she was a vampire. She loves hard and many times only thinks of
herself. After finding out that Rhode is still alive she literally leaves
Justin behind. As a reader we are torn between the undying love she has with
Rhode and the fresh human love she had with Justin. But right away we know that
Lenah and Justin’s relationship is not what it used to be. Until the moment
that Lenah makes the ultimate sacrifice we wonder if she has really changed at
all.
We learn more about Lenah and Rhode thru
flashbacks and we also learn more of Vicken. I have to say Vicken is a great supporting
character and I even laughed a few times at his antics. As I said before,
Justin’s relationship with Lenah has changed. He is now in the backseat and not
liking it at all.
Even though the mood of Stolen Nights is
definitely darker than it was in Infinite Days we are enlightened and hopeful
by the end. Maizel throws the punches without saying sorry to her readers and
for that I am thankful. This wouldn’t be the book it is if she held back.
Refreshing and heartbreaking, Stolen Nights will have you anxiously awaiting a
possible third book (please).
PURCHASE STOLEN NIGHTS
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