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The Mark of the Vampire Queen (Vampire Queen #2)

by Joey W. Hill

4.27 · rating details · 546 ratings · 69 reviews

Full servant. With his new title, Jacob must attend to Lady Lyssa's every need, venturing into a world of passion darker than he's ever known. As a vampire hunter he wasn't prepared to embrace a world where humans are sexual commodities, but he has adapted. Now he finds the integrity of his soul challenged as he serves his Mistress's needs as fully as he services her desir...more

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Published February 5th 2008 by Berkley Trade

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Aug 15, 2010

Ridley rated it

Shelves: 2-star, erotic-romance, read-2010, ebook

The second half of Vampire Queen Lady Lyssa and her human servant Jacob's story, started in The Vampire Queen's Servant, this book was an entirely underwhelming experience. Despite a full plate of conflict - Lyssa's fatal disease, volatile vampire politics, the nature of the romantic relationship itself - I failed to connect with it emotionally and ended up skimming through sex scene and exposition alike.

To begin with, it's plagued with telling in the character-focused first half. To...moreThe second half of Vampire Queen Lady Lyssa and her human servant Jacob's story, started in The Vampire Queen's Servant, this book was an entirely underwhelming experience. Despite a full plate of conflict - Lyssa's fatal disease, volatile vampire politics, the nature of the romantic relationship itself - I failed to connect with it emotionally and ended up skimming through sex scene and exposition alike.

To begin with, it's plagued with telling in the character-focused first half. Too often the character would go and do something - like have a m/f/m threesome with Jacob, Lyssa and Jacob's brother Gideon - and then the author would go and expressly say why they did it in the POV prose - to relieve Gideon of his pressing loneliness and resentment, in the example I give. Not only is that my job as a reader to draw those conclusions on my own, I kept reading the explanations and disagreeing. Being managed by the author just kept me from connecting with the characters, and as there's little plot or action going on at this point, I was bored stiff.

The plot does pick up about halfway through when the Vampire Scout Jamboree...uh, Council Meetings convene in South America. There's all manner of intrigue, politics and entertainment as hundreds of vampires and their servants convene for a vamp G7 summit. Unfortunately, between the charged bits of intrigue, there's a lot of gratuitous kinky sexual nonsense that left me cold. It felt like filler to me, but if you like unemotional group sex with penetrative statues or choreographed group anal sex that sounded like a cross between Broadway and a porno-style gangbang, then holy hell, is this the book for you. As a bonus offer if you order now, you also get penetrative sex with a winged gargoyle-like creature. Hurry, sale ends soon.

The solution to Lyssa's disease opens up a whole host of other issues and spends no time at all dealing with them. The book ends as a steaming pile of deus ex machina lacking any emotional punch at all.

To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I loved the emotion in the EC published book of hers that I read, so I'm really surprised to have found these books to be emotional flatliners. I've heard great things about book four in this series, Beloved Vampire, so I may still read that. Maybe these two were a fluke. I don't know.(less)

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Nov 30, 2008

L8blmr rated it

Recommends it for: PN erotica lovers

Wow. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to finish this book because there were so many twists in the last pages that I couldn't put the thing down! I read the first book in this series and wasn't all that impressed, but admitted then that I'd have to read this sequel to find out what happened to the queen and her servant. Well, I couldn't have predicted much of this story, and I was much more impressed with it than its predecessor. One of the chief things that bothered me about th...more

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May 22, 2011

Sharon (twilightcrazie) rated it

Shelves: dirtysexysick, nook, favorites, paranormal-romance, bd-sm, erotica, vamps

I can't even begin to describe my feelings about this book. It is simply amazing....AMAZING!!! The quality of writing transcends any stereotype you may have in regards to erotica. Not once did I feel like I was reading anything other than beautiful literature. The Mark is edgy, dark and overwhelmingly romantic--so much so, that I was brought to tears many times during the dynamic relationship of Jacob and Lyssa. Jacob's devotion to Lyssa is extremely heartfelt portraying loyalty and adoratio...more

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May 30, 2010

Kris (KindleRomance) rated it

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Shelves: favorites, amazing

Absolutely riveting, romantic, tear-jerker (mostly happy tears), amazing story. It was such an emotional read. She just grabs you into the story and you can feel the love from the beginning. I felt like I was a part of the story and felt every emotion. I thought the first book, Vampire's Servant, was phenomenal but this just kicked it up a notch. I think mostly because it's about the same two characters from the first book but you get to know them even better and watch the love develop. I didn...more

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May 02, 2011

Cassandra Curtis rated it

Shelves: other-authors-books-i-ve-read

I admit to being a Joey Hill fan ever since I read her book Natural Law. Fem Dom is a small corner of the erotic romance and erotic paranormal market, so those of us who enjoy reading books I call "woman in the driver's seat" have only a handful of authors to choose from, so I was delighted when I first learned about Ms. Hill's work. I've read several of her books, but shied away from her vampire stories until recently, because, well, I've probably read over a thousand and three vampir...more

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Mar 08, 2011

Leontine rated it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, crack

This novel is the sequel to The Vampire Queens Servant and as such this review can contain mild spoilers. Just so your warned! Right from the get-go I have to say that THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN is a very character and romance driven story, it doesn’t mean there wasn’t a plot, there was, it just played second violin. The torch of Jacob and Lyssa’s love burns bright which translated in sexual desires and feelings running so deep, it left a permanent mark on both main protagonists. The love unf...more

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Dec 25, 2010

Joy rated it

Shelves: ebooks, erotic-fiction, paranormal-romance, vampires-and-werewolves

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Wow, if this story could be compared to a roller coaster, then it's one with a lot of sudden stops, drops, plunges, and loops. With this story, I'm more and more intrigued not just by the series, but by the other works of Ms Hill.

It started where the first one left off, with Jacob hoping for a cure for the Delilah virus, then there's Gideon's appearance, the usual characters, and they're gearing for the Council Gathering. Jacob does everything for her, and because she is his Mistress, ...moreWow, if this story could be compared to a roller coaster, then it's one with a lot of sudden stops, drops, plunges, and loops. With this story, I'm more and more intrigued not just by the series, but by the other works of Ms Hill.

It started where the first one left off, with Jacob hoping for a cure for the Delilah virus, then there's Gideon's appearance, the usual characters, and they're gearing for the Council Gathering. Jacob does everything for her, and because she is his Mistress, there are certain scenes where she hurts him, but not necessarily enjoys it.

There were a lot of unpredictable scenes, but some more perceptive readers might have seen it coming. Well, I haven't and I read this with an open mind, eager for adventure. (SPOILER: I didn't rate this full a full 5 stars because of the gay sex)

I want to borrow the words of one reviewer: “Sweet yet erotic . . . will linger in your heart long after the story is over.” That's exactly how I feel with this book. The emotions just inundated, I felt anger, anxiety, sorrow (yes, there was one point I cried), relief, and excitement.

What I like about the characters is there's always something new to them, they're extraordinary, resilient, and in love. It was touching how, after centuries, Lyssa finally found her soulmate in Jacob, that she admitted she was ready to die before meeting him, but suddenly eternity seemed too short. There were a lot of things she gave him - her trust, her heart, mind, body, and soul - and because of this love they have that survived through different lifetimes, he didn't hesitate to offer his life.

It's not often I read about soul-deep love, and even with the frenzy of lust, the eroticism of their acts, I felt it. Because of Ms Hill's brilliant writing, I was absorbed in this world, and feel very familiar with the characters. Their love is one that surpasses the physical and paranormal. Ms Hill wrote of a love story that is timeless. Because of that, she's now one of my favorite authors.

The ending really hooked me in reading the next, because the author left me breathless...and anxious.(less)

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Jul 19, 2011

DavinciKittie rated it

Shelves: erotica, hot-reads, personal-favorites, paranormal-romance-urban-fantasy, joey-w-hill, the-vampire-queen-series

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The oldest living vampire and the last queen of the Far East Clan, Lady Elyssa Amaterasu Yamato Wentworth, still suffers from the pain of losing her human servant and her husband. Jacob Green is, among other things, a vampire hunter trained to hunt and kill her kind but is strangely drawn to Lyssa in ways he does not yet understand. Even a perfect match takes a little breaking in, and Lady ...more

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May 12, 2011

Gladys (glad4twilight) rated it

Shelves: bdsm, my-fav

Great book! I started this book with so many questions and all of them were answered within the first 90 pages. Beginning with the first page where it went back in time to show Jacob as a knight, I fell in love. It's hard for me to take BDSM seriously especially with all of the sex everyone is having in this book. The humans are slaves and in the vampire world are treated as sexual objects to please their Masters so to make this into a love story would be very difficult but she did it.

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Mar 10, 2011

Jennifer rated it

Shelves: bd-sm, erotic-romance, vamps, favorites, male-male

I feel so amazed and thankful to find another series and author that I LOVE. I've had a lot of luck in that regard in the last year or so. After Twilight and BDB, there were series I liked a lot, but nothing amazing, that captured me wholly and completely. Then came Outlander (the best!) and the Fever series. But finally, I've found another vamp series that transcends!!!!!
I don't know if I can put into words what I feel after reading this book. If you've read my first review, you kn...moreI feel so amazed and thankful to find another series and author that I LOVE. I've had a lot of luck in that regard in the last year or so. After Twilight and BDB, there were series I liked a lot, but nothing amazing, that captured me wholly and completely. Then came Outlander (the best!) and the Fever series. But finally, I've found another vamp series that transcends!!!!!
I don't know if I can put into words what I feel after reading this book. If you've read my first review, you know how much I loved the first in the series, the intro to Jacob and Lyssa's story. This is the conclusion. I wish I could pinpoint what is so different about these books compared to standard popular paranormal romance. Certainly it's more erotic and there's a very D/s feel to certain parts. But that's not the soul of this book. I think it's the depth of characterization as well as the lush narrative that set it apart. That and the seriousness of it all. I actually have a big pet peeve when it comes to paranormal authors trivializing death and violence. This may be fantasy, but when characters maim/attempt to kill each other without any emotional weight, it invalidates many of the emotions they seem to develop later in the story for me. These books are very serious in that regard. That's not to say that they are not violent. Most characters here are morally ambiguous and very complex. But we feel the finality of death, the torment of those left behind as perpetrators of that destruction. There is humor here too in the natural dialog, especially in the scenes with Jacob's brother, Gideon, the vampire hunter who has to come to terms with his brother's calling to be a vampire servant. There are some outrageous behaviors which were entertaining. At the annual Gathering of all vampire lords and ladies and their servants, the behavior is reminiscent of Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty series.
The depth of love, of one's capacity to serve so perfectly and selflessly is captured beautifully. I shed so many tears! Jacob is the ultimate alpha who serves his woman and works to have her call HIM Master, even in a world where that isn't permitted. The romance is VERY sweep you off your feet and so intense it was hard to look away. I basically read this in one night, which is crazy! Oh, and to top it all, Joey Hill has her vamps doing thinks like quoting Thoreau! (in a non-pretentious, so perfect way). She is a VERY smart writer. I'll never understand why such talent can't be recognized on a greater scale. It's the fate of erotica, I guess, but I want to shout out to the world that this is such awesome writing, she needs to be recognized!
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Nov 06, 2011

Tevya (Reading Lark) rated it

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This is the second of the Vampire Queen series. In the first book, The Vampire Queen's Servant, we find Jacob struggling to gain the acceptance of Lady Lyssa, to earn his third mark to become her full servant and prove to her that he has what it takes to be a human servant. Through a battle of the wills, he accomplishes his goal and they settle into a not so easy routine of preparing for the Council Meeting. The Mark...moreReviewed on Reading Lark: http://readinglark.blogspot.com/2011/11/...

This is the second of the Vampire Queen series. In the first book, The Vampire Queen's Servant, we find Jacob struggling to gain the acceptance of Lady Lyssa, to earn his third mark to become her full servant and prove to her that he has what it takes to be a human servant. Through a battle of the wills, he accomplishes his goal and they settle into a not so easy routine of preparing for the Council Meeting. The Mark of the Vampire Queen opens with a dramatic prologue, fueling the belief that Jacob and Lyssa are soul mates who have been together for centuries, through two of Jacob's previous lives. This emotional and sentimental prologue sets the tone for this second book. We have moved past the violent battle of the wills between two alphas and moved to place where lovers are struggling to protect what is theirs while enjoying the last of their time together. It is not an easy ride, as the two are far from equals, but there is a definite shift in the undercurrent of the story.

First of all, I have to say this: Best. Prologue. Ever! If I hadn't already been drawn into the story from the first book, that prologue alone would have sucked me in. It made my heart break for Lady Lyssa's loss of her Knight, while also showing me that Jacob had in fact, come to Lyssa's aid more than this once over her centuries of life. Her previous servant Thomas, the scholarly monk, held the belief that Jacob and Lyssa were soul mates and that Jacob had been in Lyssa's life twice before their current partnering. According to Thomas, Jacob comes to Lyssa when she needs him most, when her life is in danger, and her life is most certainly in danger right now. Not only is Lady Lyssa facing a terminal illness, but she is also facing the fact that she has doomed the one person on earth she has ever loved to death along with her. Together she and Jacob must find a way to save the refugees in her territory while keeping her illness a secret.

As much as I loved The Vampire Queen's Servant, I loved this one even more. The emotions were so much stronger, and I loved watching Lyssa come to terms with the fact that Jacob was more than just her servant. The two became such a unit, a true couple in many ways, through the course of this book. Lyssa finally allowed herself to be vulnerable and to trust Jacob with her heart, and she finally admitted to herself and to Jacob that she did in fact love him. Both Jacob's and Lyssa's reactions to these new-found feelings were so much fun to anticipate, and I have to admit that both characters surprised me on more than one occasion.

There was enough action and suspense to keep me guessing. I absolutely adored the scene at the faire for Jacob's birthday; total swoon moments aplenty! Through the whole book, I kept steeling myself for Lyssa's (and thus Jacob's) death. Surely they wouldn't really die, right? I mean - how could they?! All I will say about that scene is that I have never cried that hard during a book in my life. I'm talking blubbering all over my pillow, barely able to see the words to keep reading crying.

And while the ending was absolutely perfect, it left me wanting more. Other than the complete shift in tone and emotion in this book, another significant difference for me was that I met other vampire master/servant and mistress/servant couples who I wanted to know more about. In the first book, all I cared about were Lyssa and Jacob. By the end of this book, I wanted more not only of them but also two other couples who had gained my interest. I have the third book in the series loaded into my Nook and ready to go. I can't wait to see where Ms. Hill will take me next.(less)

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Nov 06, 2011

Reading Lark rated it

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This is the second of the Vampire Queen series. In the first book, The Vampire Queen's Servant, we find Jacob struggling to gain the acceptance of Lady Lyssa, to earn his third mark to become her full servant and prove to her that he has what it takes to be a human servant. Through a battle of the wills, he accomplishes his goal and they settle into a not so easy routine of preparing for the Council Meeti...moreReviewed by Tevya @ Reading Lark
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This is the second of the Vampire Queen series. In the first book, The Vampire Queen's Servant, we find Jacob struggling to gain the acceptance of Lady Lyssa, to earn his third mark to become her full servant and prove to her that he has what it takes to be a human servant. Through a battle of the wills, he accomplishes his goal and they settle into a not so easy routine of preparing for the Council Meeting. The Mark of the Vampire Queen opens with a dramatic prologue, fueling the belief that Jacob and Lyssa are soul mates who have been together for centuries, through two of Jacob's previous lives. This emotional and sentimental prologue sets the tone for this second book. We have moved past the violent battle of the wills between two alphas and moved to place where lovers are struggling to protect what is theirs while enjoying the last of their time together. It is not an easy ride, as the two are far from equals, but there is a definite shift in the undercurrent of the story.

First of all, I have to say this: Best. Prologue. Ever! If I hadn't already been drawn into the story from the first book, that prologue alone would have sucked me in. It made my heart break for Lady Lyssa's loss of her Knight, while also showing me that Jacob had in fact, come to Lyssa's aid more than this once over her centuries of life. Her previous servant Thomas, the scholarly monk, held the belief that Jacob and Lyssa were soul mates and that Jacob had been in Lyssa's life twice before their current partnering. According to Thomas, Jacob comes to Lyssa when she needs him most, when her life is in danger, and her life is most certainly in danger right now. Not only is Lady Lyssa facing a terminal illness, but she is also facing the fact that she has doomed the one person on earth she has ever loved to death along with her. Together she and Jacob must find a way to save the refugees in her territory while keeping her illness a secret.

As much as I loved The Vampire Queen's Servant, I loved this one even more. The emotions were so much stronger, and I loved watching Lyssa come to terms with the fact that Jacob was more than just her servant. The two became such a unit, a true couple in many ways, through the course of this book. Lyssa finally allowed herself to be vulnerable and to trust Jacob with her heart, and she finally admitted to herself and to Jacob that she did in fact love him. Both Jacob's and Lyssa's reactions to these new-found feelings were so much fun to anticipate, and I have to admit that both characters surprised me on more than one occasion.

There was enough action and suspense to keep me guessing. I absolutely adored the scene at the faire for Jacob's birthday; total swoon moments aplenty! Through the whole book, I kept steeling myself for Lyssa's (and thus Jacob's) death. Surely they wouldn't really die, right? I mean - how could they?! All I will say about that scene is that I have never cried that hard during a book in my life. I'm talking blubbering all over my pillow, barely able to see the words to keep reading crying.

And while the ending was absolutely perfect, it left me wanting more. Other than the complete shift in tone and emotion in this book, another significant difference for me was that I met other vampire master/servant and mistress/servant couples who I wanted to know more about. In the first book, all I cared about were Lyssa and Jacob. By the end of this book, I wanted more not only of them but also two other couples who had gained my interest. I have the third book in the series loaded into my Nook and ready to go. I can't wait to see where Ms. Hill will take me next.(less)

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Oct 04, 2011

Sharon rated it

More emotion that the 1st in the series (The Vampire Queen's Servant) which I liked. Don't get me wrong there are still some really steamy scenes - and I mean STEAMY, but they kind of make more sense than they did in the first book. Again, this book is not for the faint hearted, but I enjoyed it all the same.

There is more buy in to the characters in this book as well as the introduction of some new faces - which I'm hoping will reappear in later books. There is a MASSIVE twist toward...more

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Aug 19, 2011

Alicia rated it

*This book is definately not for the "sexually weak/reserved" person. The reader must be open-minded to a wide variety of wild, frequent sexual encounters*

Thought the cover looked familiar and when I started reading it I realized I've read it before, but as I recall it was a great book then, very erotic, hot and steamy! I usually don't reread a book but this is one that "demands" to be read again. You definately won't be bored with this book!! (Although, the last co...more

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Jul 29, 2010

Lmb rated it

Shelves: paranormal-pnr, romance-or-erotica

I'm teetering on this actually being 3.5 to 4 stars for me. It was so, SO much better than the 1st book & I am glad Hill continued Jacob & Lyssa's story b'c it really needed more fleshing out (which it definitely got).

There where some eye rolling moments in the beginning (uh hem...Gideon? Really?) but I soon forgot them once I started to get to know Lyssa & Jacob a lot more.

Hill gave us a lot more insight into Lyssa & why she was the way she was, I started to feel more ...moreI'm teetering on this actually being 3.5 to 4 stars for me. It was so, SO much better than the 1st book & I am glad Hill continued Jacob & Lyssa's story b'c it really needed more fleshing out (which it definitely got).

There where some eye rolling moments in the beginning (uh hem...Gideon? Really?) but I soon forgot them once I started to get to know Lyssa & Jacob a lot more.

Hill gave us a lot more insight into Lyssa & why she was the way she was, I started to feel more empathy for her which helped me to come around.

Jacob is a very charming, cool MC. I like that Hill very much made him Alpha w/out the machismo - although he was really, if I am being honest, a "Gary Stu", in how he ticked so many wish fulfillment boxes. Still, I wasn't hating on him.

IMO, It's definitely mostly a romance novel w/erotica lite mixed in & really not BDSM heavy. In fact - I'm not really understanding why the 1st 2 books got labeled so heavy in that category. It's really tame by comparison to other stuff I have read.

There was one scene where it was a bit bondage/dominance but I didn't find it heavy b'c their was a larger psychological aspect at play (vampire politics - you actually did see how the human servants are used as political pawns) that I found myself more interested in.

There are many sex scenes, but the actions themselves are fairly redundant & Hill focuses in more on describing the emotion behind the MC's in the scene rather then focusing solely on full detailed action, or body parts, etc.

In fact many times - she'll leave the present scene & have either Jacob or Lyssa's narrative segue into a memory or analysis of the meaning behind what is going on, in order to give more substance & understanding to the emotional mechanism's, so when Hill snaps back to that present narrative - we have much more authentic reasoning behind it all.

I thought she handled that really deftly. So it comes across as less smutastic & more romantic with a bit of erotica lite. In fact, Hill definitely goes for playing with the heartstrings most of all.

I found that really helped to understand the characters better so I started getting more attached & liking them better & better.

I am looking forward to reading the next one (I liked these 2 characters in the last book) b'c as I said after the 1st book, I was majorly disappointed but Hill was so much better in this book, I'm hoping the buzz I heard about her is true. That she just keeps getting better & better.
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Feb 10, 2008

Sotheara rated it

Dark, Intense, and Erotic. . .It's definitely not for the faint of heart. I'll recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind a little blood with their sex.

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Dec 08, 2008

Bitten_by_Books rated it

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Jacob Green is now a full human servant to Vampire Queen Lyssa in book two, The Mark of the Vampire Queen. Jacob’s brother warns him that he should not think of himself as Lyssa’s lover. Servants of other vampires tell him the same thing; vampires hold no regard for humans, so why would Jacob be any different? They caution him not to give her his soul...

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Sep 08, 2009

Samantha Jones rated it

I am currently reading the mark of the Vampire Queen and am enjoying it more than the previous book, The Vampire Queen's Sevant. I am finsgin myself liking Lady Lyssa more, in spite of her haughty ways at times, her love for Jacob is becoming more apparent. As in the last book, the sex is not vanilla. There are significant BDSM episodes and the submissive role Jacob has to assume in order to serve his mistress is tantilizing.

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Dec 23, 2011

Amanda-Lee (StoryWings) rated it

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The Mark of the Vampire Queen was a very hard one for me to finish, purely because it bored me.

Jacob is now a full servant of the vampire queen Lyssa. With this title comes the knowledge that Lyssa is very sick and dying, and now, because of his new stature, so will he die along with her.

This pains the pair of them as in their own way, they love each other, being soul mates throughout Lyssa’s incomparably long life and Jacob through his various incarnations, to have found eac...moreThe Mark of the Vampire Queen was a very hard one for me to finish, purely because it bored me.

Jacob is now a full servant of the vampire queen Lyssa. With this title comes the knowledge that Lyssa is very sick and dying, and now, because of his new stature, so will he die along with her.

This pains the pair of them as in their own way, they love each other, being soul mates throughout Lyssa’s incomparably long life and Jacob through his various incarnations, to have found each other in this capacity Jacob wants to hold on to as her for as long as he can.

I will be quite frank and say that this book bored me literally to sleep. There was far too much detail wrapped up in politics and medieval fairs that I had to force myself to finish just to have the pleasure of writing this review. The politics interest me, but the way they were written in reminding me of watching Parliament Time on the ABC, a lot of people talking quietly for two hours and once every three months having a raving blue with each other that can be quite entertaining.

I originally picked up this series because I read an excerpt of book five, Vampire Mistress, and thought it intriguing. It might still be, it’s just a shame that I will not get to it because of the quality of the first two books.

In hindsight I remember the first book being relatively slow, to the point of having to force myself through it as well. There just isn’t enough driving this story for me to enjoy it. Sure you have a problem in the form of Lyssa’s impending doom and the effect it will have on Jacob, you also have the likes of Carnal trying to upset the order Lyssa has been trying to build between vampires and humans for the last thousand years.

Yet when it’s put on paper in the way that Hill writes it, it just drags on and on. In the end I was marking chapter ends so I felt a small victory each time I reached one.

The sex was hot in this series overall, I will admit that, some of the scenes Hill came up with were especially well written, but there just wasn’t enough built around those scenes for me to remotely enjoy this story at all.

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Jun 10, 2010

Jill Dunlop rated it

The Mark of the Vampire Queen picks up right where The Vampire Queen's Servant left off. Lyssa is sick with an unknown disease that currently has no cure. Jacob her human servant is bound to her, which means when she dies he will too. Lyssa controls the Vampire territory of the Southeastern United States and is one of the most influencial members of the Vampire Council. Before she succombs to this illness, she needs to make sure her Vampires will have sanctuary when she dies. At the next co...moreThe Mark of the Vampire Queen picks up right where The Vampire Queen's Servant left off. Lyssa is sick with an unknown disease that currently has no cure. Jacob her human servant is bound to her, which means when she dies he will too. Lyssa controls the Vampire territory of the Southeastern United States and is one of the most influencial members of the Vampire Council. Before she succombs to this illness, she needs to make sure her Vampires will have sanctuary when she dies. At the next council meeting she plans to bring this issue forth to the council. There are several obsticals that make this next to impossible to accomplish, Carnal a sadistic vampire out to demolish the Council, Jacob's vampire-hunter brother Gabriel, and Lyssa's illness.

This book really pushes the envelope, so to speak. Some of the things in this book made me uncomfortable. I think that was the author's intent, though. One of the aspects to Lyssa and Jacob's relationship is that they would both push the boundaries on what they were comfortable with. Lyssa would push Jacob to do things sexually that he normally would never think to do, nor imagine that they would arouse him as they do. In turn, Jacob would make Lyssa realize how much more her heart and soul was involved when having sex with Jacob. She was much more deeply involved with him than she has ever been with anyone else. So this was a very interesting dynamic to read.

I felt the pacing of the first half of the book was a little slow. Halfway through when Jacob and Lyssa attend the council meeting things really begin to pick up. When it came time for the climax of the story, I was hanging onto the edge of my seat. It was very intense, as there was a lot to take in and alot the characters had to deal with. I was surprised at the range of emotions I went through and came to realize that I had really connected to Jacob and Lyssa. I definitely want to continue with more of this series. I think Joey W. Hill is one of the better erotic romance authors I have read.(less)

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Mar 12, 2010

Sharon rated it

Shelves: erotica-paranormal

Maybe a 3.5. I really wanted to like this book more. I agree with the ratings and other reviewers - much better than the first book. But compared to other vampire books/series, this series just doesn't do it for me. I finally figured out why: I do not care for the vampire world she has created. The major difference between this world and others are the intentional cruelty and uncaring of the vampires. This completely alters the relationship between vampires and human servants, and not in a...more

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Dec 24, 2011

Cecile rated it

First off let me say that I loved The Vampire Queen's Servant. This is part two in Jacob's quest to win his masters heart and soul. I will not say that you must read the first one... but to understand the world that Ms. Hill has created for these two and what they have gone through to get there, you really should read the first one.

Okay... moving forward...

The romance between Jacob and Lady Lyssa is very breathtaking. Their relationship blossoms into the fullest it possibly c...moreFirst off let me say that I loved The Vampire Queen's Servant. This is part two in Jacob's quest to win his masters heart and soul. I will not say that you must read the first one... but to understand the world that Ms. Hill has created for these two and what they have gone through to get there, you really should read the first one.

Okay... moving forward...

The romance between Jacob and Lady Lyssa is very breathtaking. Their relationship blossoms into the fullest it possibly can. Jacob has received his third mark; which means that he has bound himself to his Master until death. Imagine saying our wedding, you say: till death do us part... now imagine if that were true, your spouse died, you died with him/her. This book does not deter away from the BDSM parts of Ms Hill's style. Her writing style just simply amazes me. To read her books (the two that I have) will throw you in a world of her very own. Be prepared to go on a journey you will sure to be enthralled in.

Lady Lyssa is slowly dying and Jacob will do everything in his power to stop that from happening. Along with her sickness, there is the meeting coming before the Council. Lady Lyssa is trying to pave a better future for the vampires. One of her goals is to address the issue of permanent asylum for the fugitives in her territory. And the other is to push for them to become more civilized by only needing to kill one human a year for them to maintain their strength. But some vampires do not agree with her thinking and want to over throw the Council. and her. So the plot thickens...

I will tell you this though, this story left me wanting more... It's in the ending, but I am not quiet sure where and that is my problem. I am not sure if her being of two heritages got me, or that she shifted, or that the love did not go the way I wanted it too (yea, I am selfish like that) or what... but something was missing for me. Maybe the power struggle... the grand ending. I will struggle with this and it will bother me... Because I love this woman's writing!!

I love what has become of Jacob and his Master. The journey he goes to get there. If there is a man out there like Jacob... oh please let yourself be known! This man will do anything, everything and back again for his woman. OMG... Jacob remains my Sex on a Stick man.(less)

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May 24, 2011

Renee (Reneem1) rated it

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
So much happened in this book.

I've not read anything like it.

PNR erotic suspense love affair

Words that come to mind:

wicked
eerie
combatant
excessive
loyalty
family dynamics
internal struggles
political struggles
life & death
surviving
pain
cruelty

a lot of plot story line was added to this 2nd book. It affected the flow in the 1st 1/2 of book. But it was all n...more

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Sep 20, 2011

Gina (bibliobuff) rated it

This book was pretty hefty, both in bulk and on the emotional scale. I've read a lot of paranormal romance, and I can say without a doubt that Jacob and Lyssa have the most tragically beautiful relationship I've ever read, and have become one of my all-time top couples. This book continued where The Vampire Queen's Servant left off, with Jacob receiving the third mark that will tie his existence to Lyssa's. I'm usually not into the whole female Dom thing, but Jacob is just alpha enough to balanc...more

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Nov 15, 2011

Kalynn rated it

3.5 stars- Joey Hill's writing is lovely and emotional, and I did enjoy the complex power dynamics and back story. That said, I found myself skimming over a lot of the sex and action scenes, because they felt repetitive after a while. I'm glad I read the continuation of Jacob and Lyssa's story, but I'm glad the next books moves on from them. The things I was interested in from book 1 have been resolved, and it feels like a good place to stop.

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Oct 15, 2011

Adrea rated it

um......wow. um.....mixed feelings. do i like it????um sure. was just ok tho. doesn't compare to laurell k hamilton or j r ward's work tho. not sure if going to read next book. interesting world she has created. just not feeling saturated in it. see the rest of my list of reads if you want to know what is good to me. couldn't fall in love with the characters.

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Dec 04, 2010

E. rated it

Shelves: erotica, paranormal

Definitely not for the faint of heart or those who only like vanilla sex scenes. Darkly erotic and lushly romantic continuation of Jacob & Lyssa's story as she continues to battle her disease and he cements his position as her servant. Interesting twists at the end with definite potential for continuation.

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Nov 20, 2010

Stacey rated it

Shelves: vampires

Lyssa is not your average vampire queen. She's ruthless and domineering - yes. But she's also thought-provoking and has learned that humans don't have the corner market on love. This is a touching story in more ways than one. It will make you catch your breath and want your man to come home from work early to try out the stuff you read on him.

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Sep 08, 2011

Mollie *scoutrmom* rated it

Shelves: erotic-romance, fantasy, read-in-2011

This book was just as much an action-adventure fantasy novel as it was a romance.

The protagonists are those from The Vampire Queen's Servant, which I read and loved. Here we have an established relationship being tested by internal and external conflicts, and growing deeper as a result.

The descriptions of medical research, of battles, of wilderness really were fascinating. The worldbuilding here was excellent.

I really enjoyed the setting of the Council meeti...more

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Oct 16, 2010

penelopewanders rated it

Shelves: rings-rays-loans-traded

Here on loan...
I read the first of this series before the summer holidays, and then needed a long break before I could pick up the second. The first part of the book was a bit of a slog - I didn't find the erotic bits particularly erotic and the story seemed to drag terribly. Right at the end, when they go to the big meeting, the story suddenly picked up and was not only exciting but very moving as well. So now I'm very torn as to whether I'd want to read another or not - if it's like the ...more

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I’ve always had an aversion to reading, watching or hearing interviews of favorite actors, authors, musicians, etc. because so often the real person doesn’t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics or religion are distasteful, or they’re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mop-head without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft or art, it has so...moreI’ve always had an aversion to reading, watching or hearing interviews of favorite actors, authors, musicians, etc. because so often the real person doesn’t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics or religion are distasteful, or they’re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mop-head without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft or art, it has somehow been tarnished.

Therefore, whenever I’m asked to provide personal information about myself for readers, a ball of anxiety forms in my stomach as I think: “Okay, the next couple of paragraphs can change forever the way someone views my stories.” Why on earth does a reader want to know about me? It’s the story that’s important.

So here it is. I’ve been given more blessings in my life than any one person has a right to have. Despite that, I’m a Type A, borderline obsessive-compulsive paranoiac who worries I will never live up to expectations. I’ve got more phobias than anyone (including myself) has patience to read about. I can’t stand talking on the phone, I dread social commitments, and the idea of living in monastic solitude with my husband and animals, books and writing is as close an idea to paradise as I can imagine. I love chocolate, but with that deeply ingrained, irrational female belief that weight equals worth, I manage to keep it down to a minor addiction. I adore good movies. I’m told I work too much. Every day is spent trying to get through the never ending “to do” list to snatch a few minutes to write.

Despite all these mediocre and typical qualities, for some miraculous reason, these wonderful characters well up out of my soul with stories to tell. When I manage to find enough time to write, sufficient enough that the precious “stillness” required rises up and calms all the competing voices in my head, I can step into their lives, hear what they are saying, what they’re feeling, and put it down on paper. It’s a magic beyond description, akin to truly believing my husband loves me, winning the trust of an animal who has known only fear or apathy, making a true connection with someone, or knowing for certain I’ve given a reader a moment of magic through those written words. It’s a magic that reassures me there is Someone, far wiser than myself, who knows the permanent path to that garden of stillness, where there is only love, acceptance and a pen waiting for hours and hours of uninterrupted, blissful use.

If only I could finish that darned “to do” list. (less)

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