Title: The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a
Vampire
Author: Abigail Gibbs
Position in Series: Not actually sure. It’s a
series, and I’m assuming trilogy, but don’t quote me on that. (If you know how
long this series is, please tell me in a comment!)
Review:
This one is
yet another addition to the world of vampires, adding yet another new take on
the vampire mythology. This story world blends together a few of the trademark
vampire personality traits and abilities – including superspeed, superstrength,
fangs and an aversion to sunlight – with something very different. Multiple
dimensions and alternate realities. Not something I’ve seen before, and it
certainly makes things interesting.
The novel
follows two main characters. First, we have Violet Lee, a teenage girl who
finds herself in a world of vampires she knew nothing about after witnessing a
group of the creatures killing a group of humans. The vampires take her
captive, claiming she now knows too much and must go with them, where she is
given the choice of dying or becoming one of them. A choice Violet is
determined not to make.
Second, we
have arrogant and handsome vampire Prince, Kaspar, who makes it his mission to
seduce and use Violet, and who she naturally finds herself falling for. Duh.
The girl always falls for the jerk, it’s like love-triangle-law or something.
And yes, there’s a love triangle. Another vampire, Fabian, is falling for
Violet as well.
As Violet
and Kaspar grow closer, they find themselves pulled apart by Kaspar’s father,
who is determined to keep them apart because of the secrets of a Prophecy that
is slowly revealed to our main characters. Things soon become dark and
dangerous, with Violet taking a role more important than she ever imagined. My
main criticism here is that I saw the plot twist coming a mile off. The book
did make me doubt myself at one point, but not for long. Still, it was an
excellent read and I’m glad I picked it up on my bargain hunt. There were times
when I really wondered what Violet saw in Kaspar, but the interactions between
them were great to read (and extremely saucy at times). The book doesn’t end on
a cliff-hanger, despite being part of a series, instead ending on quite a nice
note, which is a very good thing. You could probably get away with reading this
on it’s own, though if you want to know what happens with the Dark Heroines and
the rest of their Prophecy, you can read on. Personally, I’m a little
disappointed the next book doesn’t follow the same characters, Violet and
Kaspar, as finding out what happens to them would be my main reason for reading
it. Still, I’m curious what will happen next, and hope that the next book will
draw me in as much as this one did.
The only
other thing that really made this book lose points was the amount of mistakes.
At the beginning of the book, things were perfect, with little to no mistakes
whatsoever. Unfortunately, the proof reader must have been throwing an
all-nighter, because by the end of the book some of the mistakes were a little
outrageous, like he/she was falling asleep at the keyboard. Some were so
obvious it was painful, and I’m really not sure what happened. It’s a shame,
really. This aside, it was still a very good read.
Rating: 7.5/10
