Reviewed by Annette Gisby, author of Silent Screams

For as long as there have been people to tell stories, there have always been vampire stories. Stories about creatures of the night who live on blood and hold their victims in thrall. Eighteen year old Wade Kain doesn't believe in vampires, gives no credence to the legend that there is a red-eyed demon haunting the woods.

When he and his two friends camp there to celebrate his birthday, the trio are attacked and Wade's two friends are brutally murdered. Wade himself is kidnapped and taken to the lair of a beautiful, but insane and sadastic vampire, Cassandra, who uses pain and pleasure to entice Wade into staying with her and obeying her every whim. In the vampire's power, Wade has no option but to do as she says, for in his trance-like state he thinks he loves her and doesn't want to lose her.

He will do anything to keep her happy, even if that means murder and death...

The plot starts off at a run and has you rushing headlong towards a finish line, wondering what on earth will happen next. The pages just wanted to be kept turning and I finished the book in one sitting, ready to read more.

There are quite a few subplots besides the story of Cassandra and Wade, the machinations of vampire society, how newly raised vampires take the news that they are no longer dead and why it's rude to show your fangs when you're introduced to another vampire. Some of it is quite lighthearted, such as the vampires owning a corporation and having to deal with things like taxes and staff shortages. (It's easy to have staff shortages when you're a vampire.)

But it isn't long before the darker aspects of the tale unfold again and at the end you are left wondering what will happen in the next installment of the Darkhour Vampires.

A great read.

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