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Blood Cursed (The Shadowfae Chronicles #4)

by Erica Hayes (Goodreads Author)

3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 · rating details · 84 ratings · 8 reviews

To a vampire, nothing is sweeter than bloodfairy essence—and Ember is the most sought-after fairy on the underworld circuit. Selling her blood to the highest bidder—and robbing her clients in the process—Ember has unwittingly become a target of dark and dangerous forces. Her enemies are everywhere. And if she hopes to survive, she needs protection…

Diamond is a glassfairy w...more

Paperback, 368 pages

Published August 2nd 2011 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

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Sep 19, 2011 Tori smexys_sidekick rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Favorite Quote: “…the most compelling memory is the ache sharp pain in his heart. Her hot green eyes dazzle him. Her toothy smile stops his pulse. Her touch befuddles his senses and wobbles his legs weak. The rich purr of her voice makes him crave chocolate cake.”

Ember is a bloodfairy, which makes her a highly sought after prize to the vampires in the underworld. A prize her boyfriend Jasper has no problem capitalizing on. When he send...more Originally posted at http://www.smexybooks.com/2011/09/rev...

Favorite Quote: “…the most compelling memory is the ache sharp pain in his heart. Her hot green eyes dazzle him. Her toothy smile stops his pulse. Her touch befuddles his senses and wobbles his legs weak. The rich purr of her voice makes him crave chocolate cake.”

Ember is a bloodfairy, which makes her a highly sought after prize to the vampires in the underworld. A prize her boyfriend Jasper has no problem capitalizing on. When he sends her on a mission to seduce a vampire and steal a jewel in his possession, Ember has no idea that she will unwittingly make herself a target to one of the underworld’s most dangerous figures. Forced into a life or death bargain Ember goes to her boyfriend’s boss for protection-Diamond. Diamond is a dark sexy glassfairy who has made some bad deals himself. Deals that ultimately put Ember in even more danger. As Ember and Diamond struggle to stay one step ahead of death, he will be forced to sacrifice one in order to save another.

Blood Cursed is the fourth installment in Erica Hayes dark and wickedly decedent Shadowfae Chronicles. Set in an alternative Melbourne Unseelie nightclub scene, Ms. Hayes magical mob world of gangs, turf wars, and violence stain the pages as we sink into the muck and mire along with her characters. Deception, sex, and magic all work together to weave a seductive spell; holding you tightly in their “loving” embrace until you accept their will as your own. Ms. Hayes doesn’t write pretty stories about happy people. These beautiful and slice your throat and bathe in your blood all the while seducing you into loving every minute of it.

The beginning starts out a little slow for me as Ember was hard to connect with. She is extremely insecure and knows her existence hinges on her boyfriend’s wants and needs. Though she knows her value to him lies in her magically addictive blood, she fools herself into thinking that he loves her. Emotionally vulnerable, she projects victim in huge bold letters. Ember finds out Jasper has been lying about the jewels he has her stealing when Kane appears and claims the jewels as his. He binds her to him, demanding she find the rest or she will suffer for her failure. Ember realizes the only way to get the jewels is to enter hell and for that she goes to Diamond for help.

Diamond, our hero, was first met in Poison Kissed. When his girlfriend betrayed him, it destroyed him and created the cruel and disconnected man we see now. He crossed lines to punish her and something inside him broke, making him feel dirty and unworthy of love. A seductive beautiful glassfairy ganglander who is part of Angelo Valenti’s’ gang, his life has made him a brutal realist. Dark and complicated, he chooses to present himself as shallow and narcasstic in order to keep his real self hidden. Yet for all his flaws, he has a strong conscience that tends to appear when he least needs it to. While he likes Ember and feels bad for what he plans to do to her, he can’t help himself when his ex comes to him begging for help against the abusive man she choose over him. Diamond sees Ember as a way to finally extract his revenge against the man who stole his girlfriend. As we are drawn deeper in to Ember and Diamond story, we find out that both have been taken advantage of by those they loved. A change occurs between them; almost a swapping of personalities. Ember becomes stronger and harder while Diamond softens and his need for revenge takes a back seat to his need for Ember.

The secondary characters add a new layer of betrayal and deprivation to the story. Everyone has an ulterior motive and a score to settle. We see some old friends; Kane *swoon*, Mina, and Joey, along with some new ones. I love Hayes’s ability to drag empathy out of me for these characters as she reveals the nuances and depths of their personalities. She has created people who she doesn’t mean for you to like. She offers no excuses for their behavior and leaves it up to you to discover if they deserve redemption. Everyone here is a victim in some fashion or form and watching them head towards self destruction is both appealing and appalling.

Even though these books can be read alone, each with a hero and heroine and conflict resolution, I would recommend starting at the beginning. Ms. Hayes books are like puzzle pieces. Each one a separate picture in their own right but when you place them together you begin to get a whole different picture. I’m starting to understand where Ms. Hayes is going and it makes me even more excited to see where this series goes.

Fast paced (even with Diamond’s modified speech) and smoothly written with plenty of action, danger and conflict. Hayes continues to seduce me with her addicting dark and cruel erotic urban fantasy that appeals to the darker side of our nature.

Rating: B(less)

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Jan 26, 2012 Nawnee rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: no one

I was trying to figure out a way to write this review without sounding like a jerk, but I'm just going to write how this made me feel and hope its not to offensive.
So I started this book yesterday and I really thought the description sounded interesting and was looking forward to reading about this fairy world where there are so many different types of creatures.
I couldn't get past the made up gibberish how can you call someone a gangster mob type and then have him speak in isms I swear that was...more

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Jul 19, 2012 Dee rated it 3 of 5 stars

I didn't enjoy the book as much as I originally thought I would. At the start, Ember was a desperate girlfriend clinging to a boyfriend who was an abusive asshole. Diamond, our male lead (made of pink glass no less) had a funny way of speaking that was meant to be endearing but came off as childlike, which sums up the tone of the first half of the story. The trickery, the deal, it all felt like a child's game, one with lots of sex, swearing and backstabbing. But towards the end I found I was act...more

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Oct 07, 2012 My Book Addiction and More MBA added it

BLOOD CURSED was the fourth (4th) book in The Shadowfae Chronicles. I have not read the previous ones but this was not an issue. Each novel does stand alone and readers will not have a problem following this story. After reading the blurb and being intrigued, it was a little disappointing with some of the language used. It was very distracting and I found myself having to reread parts of it over. Overall, it was a good read.

Rating: 3

Reviewed by: KellyR

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Nov 21, 2011 Among The Muses rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, dark-paranormal-romance, demons, erotic-paranormal-romance, fae, other-species, series, vampires

This is a series and author I can't get enough off! The Shadowfae Chronicles series delivers such a unique experience with the dark underground world consisting of some of the most unique, carefree, dangerous, deadly, lively, and sexy paranormal creatures that walk amongst humans unknowingly thanks to their glamour. Where vampires can be mob bosses and fairies are like nothing from childhood fantastical stories. Author Erica Hayes knows how to create a dark underground world filled with sexy, da...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Vick rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: angst-butter, assassins, assholes-are-great, men-that-give-me-lady-bonars, wingy-guys, demons-are-pokey, immortals-are-dicks, magicalstuffs, motherfucking-faeries, my-crazy-makes-me-brilliant, urban-fantasticles, supernatural-talent-of-doom, sentient-object-of-doomydoom, idiot-protagonist

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Mar 20, 2013 Thracer rated it 2 of 5 stars

I didn't mind Diamond, but Ember was useless. I didn't understand her appeal at all. No real personality and she's hardly bright. You spend most of the book thinking she's an idiot. I don't understand why anyone likes her, but I guess it's just looks. Meh.

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Oct 14, 2011 Stoli rated it 1 of 5 stars

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This book was a disaster...from the gobbledy-gook made up language to the desperate over-worked sensuality; the author was just trying too hard. I may be channeling Len from DWTS by nit-picking, but there was nothing interesting about the characters, the "world" fell flat, and the sex scenes felt forced and tired while overshadowing the minuscule plot. Overall, can't believe I actually read the whole thing, guess I kept hoping it would get better, but it was just disappointing.

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Sep 09, 2011 LinseyM rated it 3 of 5 stars

One of the better ones in the series. Diamond's dialect is cute for one chapter and exceedingly annoying for the next 300 pages.

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Erica Hayes was a law student, an air force officer, an editorial assistant and a musician, before finally landing her dream job: fantasy writer. She writes dark paranormal romance, urban fantasy and romantic science fiction, and her books feature tough, smart heroines and colorful heroes with dark secrets.

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