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Immortalis #1-3
Immortalis Omnibus: Books 1-3
The first three books in the Immortalis series.
Becoming a vampire is easy. Living with the condition... that's the hard part.
Book 1: Immortalis Carpe Noctem
Rescued from a brutal mugging on the college campus of UNLV, 25 year old Alyssa is initiated into a frightening, eternally dark world she never knew existed. The world of the vampire.
Stricken with cravings of blood, and forced leave behind all she knew, Alyssa struggles with the change. And Lysander, her sexy but aloof sire, is the only one who can help guide her.
There's no turning back now. It's either, Carpe Noctem, or final death.
Book 2: Hunters & Prey
Rule number one: humans and vampires don't co-exist.
One is the hunter and one is the prey. Simple, right? Not for newly-turned vampire Alyssa. A surprise confrontation with Santino Vitale, the Acta Sanctorum's most fearsome hunter, sends her fleeing back to the world she once knew, and Fallon, the human friend she's missed more than anything.
Now she has some explaining to do. However, that will have to wait. With the Acta Sanctorum hot on their heels, staying alive is more important than educating a human on the finer points of bloodlust.
Book 3: Pandora’s Box
After a few months as a vampire, Alyssa thought she'd learned all she needed to know about the supernatural world. But her confidence is shattered by the delivery of a mysterious package - a Pandora's Box.
Seemingly innocuous, the box is in reality an ancient prison, generated by a magic more powerful than anyone in her clan has ever known. But what manner of evil could need such force to contain it?
When the box is opened, the sinister creature within is released, and only supernatural blood will satiate its thirst. The clan soon learns how it feels when the hunter becomes the hunted.
Becoming a vampire is easy. Living with the condition... that's the hard part.
Book 1: Immortalis Carpe Noctem
Rescued from a brutal mugging on the college campus of UNLV, 25 year old Alyssa is initiated into a frightening, eternally dark world she never knew existed. The world of the vampire.
Stricken with cravings of blood, and forced leave behind all she knew, Alyssa struggles with the change. And Lysander, her sexy but aloof sire, is the only one who can help guide her.
There's no turning back now. It's either, Carpe Noctem, or final death.
Book 2: Hunters & Prey
Rule number one: humans and vampires don't co-exist.
One is the hunter and one is the prey. Simple, right? Not for newly-turned vampire Alyssa. A surprise confrontation with Santino Vitale, the Acta Sanctorum's most fearsome hunter, sends her fleeing back to the world she once knew, and Fallon, the human friend she's missed more than anything.
Now she has some explaining to do. However, that will have to wait. With the Acta Sanctorum hot on their heels, staying alive is more important than educating a human on the finer points of bloodlust.
Book 3: Pandora’s Box
After a few months as a vampire, Alyssa thought she'd learned all she needed to know about the supernatural world. But her confidence is shattered by the delivery of a mysterious package - a Pandora's Box.
Seemingly innocuous, the box is in reality an ancient prison, generated by a magic more powerful than anyone in her clan has ever known. But what manner of evil could need such force to contain it?
When the box is opened, the sinister creature within is released, and only supernatural blood will satiate its thirst. The clan soon learns how it feels when the hunter becomes the hunted.
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First published September 27, 2011
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Katie Salidas
58 books460 followersKatie Salidas is a best-selling author known for her unique genre-blending style.
Host of the Indie Youtube Talkshow, Spilling Ink, nerd, Doctor Who fangirl, Las Vegas Native, and SuperMom to three awesome kids, Katie gives new meaning to the term sleep-deprived.
Since 2010 she’s penned four bestselling book series: the Immortalis, Olde Town Pack, Little Werewolf, and the RONE award-winning Chronicles of the Uprising. And as her not-so-secret alter ego, Rozlyn Sparks, she is a USA Today bestselling author of romance with a naughty side.
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Host of the Indie Youtube Talkshow, Spilling Ink, nerd, Doctor Who fangirl, Las Vegas Native, and SuperMom to three awesome kids, Katie gives new meaning to the term sleep-deprived.
Since 2010 she’s penned four bestselling book series: the Immortalis, Olde Town Pack, Little Werewolf, and the RONE award-winning Chronicles of the Uprising. And as her not-so-secret alter ego, Rozlyn Sparks, she is a USA Today bestselling author of romance with a naughty side.
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May 6, 2012
The cover on this book was so pretty. The vampire looked so fierce and ready for action. The colors were so vibrant and jumped out at you too. For a major cover lover like me it was great to see. This book was an omnibus of the first three books in this series which are Immortalis Carpe Noctem, Hunter's and Prey and Pandora's Box.
In the first book we meet Alyssa who is enjoying a night out as a normal UNLV student. She leaves a coffeeshop and is unfortunealy attacked and pretty much left for dead until Lysander steps in. We learn that Lysander is a vampire and he turns Alyssa. Alyssa spends most of the first part of this book learning how to deal with being a vampire. In learning more we learn more about Lysander and how he became a vampire. Lysander tells Alyssa about Kallisto who was his maker. I have to say I love the way the author stated vampires came about. I am a hge mythology freak and this twist was awesome. The story continues and we learn about the Pereganeus clan and I loved them also. They just all seemed like such as great group and really considered themselves family. Eventually there is a battle between Alyssa,Lysander and the clan to take down Kallisto. The book wraps up with Kallisto defeated but the vampires still in danger. This leads us into the next book.
In the next story called Hunter's and Prey. In this book we learn more about the Acta Sanctorum and one of it's main hunters Santino. Santino made an apperance in the first story but is more prominent in this book.I liked that this book showed more of Alyssa and Lysander's relationship building and their amazing chemistry. I really started to fall for them and root for everything to turn our right for them. I also love that we learned that Santino wasn't all bad and we got to see his vunerable side. We also got to see more of Alyssa and Fallon in this story. I liked that the author showed how true their friendship really was and that it could withstand anything. Fallon was still there for her no matter what like a true friend should be. It was also great having the banter between Fallon and the vampires too. I also liked that the author was able to show what Lysander thought was impossible in that vampires could get along with humans and Alyssa didn't have to give up everything she once knew.
After this we had the final book in this omnibus which was Pandora's Box. I loved this book the best ot of the three as I love the Pandora's box tale anyway from my love of mythology. I loved the athors retelling of this tale. It was amazing to see just how easily a human could be tempted into opening the box after seeing it through the eyes of Fallon. She truly couldn't resist it. The opening of this box causes some major twists and the plot that I truly didn't see coming. I was shocked and amazed by it. In this book the clan sets out to find out who sent them this box and how to recontain the evil that was released. It turns out the evil that wa trapped in this box was the first vampire. In the clan's travels they are lead to a new location and meet some other vampires and some werewolves. I loved how in this book the vampires and werewolves all worked together. We again got some amazing backstory about the vampires orgin and learned more about the first vampire. I liked seeing the budding romance between Fallon and Aiden. I was happy to see her getting a chance at love without having to give up her humanity. Alyssa again showed how much she had grown and how powerful she could be. I also liked seeing Santino again and seeing him evolve and come into his own. The love between Alyssa and Lysander was even better in this book as I felt he really started to see her as more of his equal. I felt my heart break at the end of this book though with the way it ended. It was a cliffhanger that I didn't see coming and was a great lead in for the next book.
In the first book we meet Alyssa who is enjoying a night out as a normal UNLV student. She leaves a coffeeshop and is unfortunealy attacked and pretty much left for dead until Lysander steps in. We learn that Lysander is a vampire and he turns Alyssa. Alyssa spends most of the first part of this book learning how to deal with being a vampire. In learning more we learn more about Lysander and how he became a vampire. Lysander tells Alyssa about Kallisto who was his maker. I have to say I love the way the author stated vampires came about. I am a hge mythology freak and this twist was awesome. The story continues and we learn about the Pereganeus clan and I loved them also. They just all seemed like such as great group and really considered themselves family. Eventually there is a battle between Alyssa,Lysander and the clan to take down Kallisto. The book wraps up with Kallisto defeated but the vampires still in danger. This leads us into the next book.
In the next story called Hunter's and Prey. In this book we learn more about the Acta Sanctorum and one of it's main hunters Santino. Santino made an apperance in the first story but is more prominent in this book.I liked that this book showed more of Alyssa and Lysander's relationship building and their amazing chemistry. I really started to fall for them and root for everything to turn our right for them. I also love that we learned that Santino wasn't all bad and we got to see his vunerable side. We also got to see more of Alyssa and Fallon in this story. I liked that the author showed how true their friendship really was and that it could withstand anything. Fallon was still there for her no matter what like a true friend should be. It was also great having the banter between Fallon and the vampires too. I also liked that the author was able to show what Lysander thought was impossible in that vampires could get along with humans and Alyssa didn't have to give up everything she once knew.
After this we had the final book in this omnibus which was Pandora's Box. I loved this book the best ot of the three as I love the Pandora's box tale anyway from my love of mythology. I loved the athors retelling of this tale. It was amazing to see just how easily a human could be tempted into opening the box after seeing it through the eyes of Fallon. She truly couldn't resist it. The opening of this box causes some major twists and the plot that I truly didn't see coming. I was shocked and amazed by it. In this book the clan sets out to find out who sent them this box and how to recontain the evil that was released. It turns out the evil that wa trapped in this box was the first vampire. In the clan's travels they are lead to a new location and meet some other vampires and some werewolves. I loved how in this book the vampires and werewolves all worked together. We again got some amazing backstory about the vampires orgin and learned more about the first vampire. I liked seeing the budding romance between Fallon and Aiden. I was happy to see her getting a chance at love without having to give up her humanity. Alyssa again showed how much she had grown and how powerful she could be. I also liked seeing Santino again and seeing him evolve and come into his own. The love between Alyssa and Lysander was even better in this book as I felt he really started to see her as more of his equal. I felt my heart break at the end of this book though with the way it ended. It was a cliffhanger that I didn't see coming and was a great lead in for the next book.
December 8, 2011
Into the world of vampires comes this collection of stories written by Katie Salidas. The world she's created is full of action with memorable characters and truly nasty villains and just when you think you know what's going to happen you end up completely surprised.
The first story in this collection, entitled Carpe Noctem, begins the Immortalis series and introduces us to newly turned vampire Alyssa and her mentor Lysander. Lysander has been around for many centuries and is very old-fashioned and lonely. He's very charming though, and of all the vampires that could have turned her, Alyssa's lucky he was the one. He's very protective of Alyssa and tells her only what he thinks she needs to know. Alyssa understandably doesn't accept her change easily. She's hysterical a good amount of the time and has a hard time accepting what she now has to do to survive. I did understand her issues but it did become annoying after awhile. Clearly at the beginning their relationship is very unequal.
The big bad in this story, the Acta Sanctorum, is a group of religious zealots bent on destroying all vampires. They don't discriminate and lump together all vampires as evil. Their best killer Santino is a vampire himself though and only allowed to live because of his oath. He's a deadly hunter and things become a blood bath when he's involved and using Alyssa as bait makes the situation even more deadly.
The next story in this collection is Hunters & Prey and introduces us to an even deadlier enemy. Human psychic Quinten has a nefarious plan to eliminate vampires and tries to use Alyssa to accomplish his mission. He's a very evil character, worse than Santino, and is willing to sacrifice humans to see his plan through to the end.
Alyssa's human friend Fallon is introduced in this story and it adds an interesting dimension to the story and the relationship between Lysander and Alyssa. Fallon's a likable character and seeing her interact with the vampires leads to a few chuckles.
This story is the most action-packed of the three and it moved along at a fast pace. Just when you thought things were going one way you found out you were wrong. And when old enemies become friends you're even more surprised.
The final story is Pandora's Box and involves an evil spirit taking revenge on all vampires. There's some tears in this story as well as an introduction to the werewolf community. I must say that there were some very sexy werewolves in this story and I'd certainly love to see a series revolving around them.
While there was some action in this one it was definitely the most talky of the three. I found my mind wandering from time to time and it wasn't until the final confrontation that I became fully invested in the story once again. The ending is a sad one with no definite conclusion. It was an intriguing ending but a frustrating one as well.
The sexual relationship between Alyssa and Lysander is an intriguing one. They're both very different people but they've made it work. He was a lonely man and she's definitely brought excitement to his life. She has a tendency to look before leaping and that led to a lot of extra bloodshed. In that respect I found her annoying. I had hoped to see her mature being around an ancient like Lysander but that never really happened. Their sexual chemistry wasn't lacking though and those times together were very steamy and nicely paced throughout the entire collection.
There was an interesting collection of secondary characters throughout the series, both vampire and werewolf. They all played an important part in the storyline and I'd love to see more of them in the future.
All in all this was an entertaining series full of memorable characters and edge of your seat action. Ms. Salidas is not afraid to eliminate important characters to keep the story interesting and I applaud her bravery. Although I had hoped for a stronger heroine, the amazing hero more than made up for what she lacked. For lovers of the paranormal, Ms. Salidas has created a new series that you'll be wanting to add to your reading list and I'm sure you'll be thanking me later.
The first story in this collection, entitled Carpe Noctem, begins the Immortalis series and introduces us to newly turned vampire Alyssa and her mentor Lysander. Lysander has been around for many centuries and is very old-fashioned and lonely. He's very charming though, and of all the vampires that could have turned her, Alyssa's lucky he was the one. He's very protective of Alyssa and tells her only what he thinks she needs to know. Alyssa understandably doesn't accept her change easily. She's hysterical a good amount of the time and has a hard time accepting what she now has to do to survive. I did understand her issues but it did become annoying after awhile. Clearly at the beginning their relationship is very unequal.
The big bad in this story, the Acta Sanctorum, is a group of religious zealots bent on destroying all vampires. They don't discriminate and lump together all vampires as evil. Their best killer Santino is a vampire himself though and only allowed to live because of his oath. He's a deadly hunter and things become a blood bath when he's involved and using Alyssa as bait makes the situation even more deadly.
The next story in this collection is Hunters & Prey and introduces us to an even deadlier enemy. Human psychic Quinten has a nefarious plan to eliminate vampires and tries to use Alyssa to accomplish his mission. He's a very evil character, worse than Santino, and is willing to sacrifice humans to see his plan through to the end.
Alyssa's human friend Fallon is introduced in this story and it adds an interesting dimension to the story and the relationship between Lysander and Alyssa. Fallon's a likable character and seeing her interact with the vampires leads to a few chuckles.
This story is the most action-packed of the three and it moved along at a fast pace. Just when you thought things were going one way you found out you were wrong. And when old enemies become friends you're even more surprised.
The final story is Pandora's Box and involves an evil spirit taking revenge on all vampires. There's some tears in this story as well as an introduction to the werewolf community. I must say that there were some very sexy werewolves in this story and I'd certainly love to see a series revolving around them.
While there was some action in this one it was definitely the most talky of the three. I found my mind wandering from time to time and it wasn't until the final confrontation that I became fully invested in the story once again. The ending is a sad one with no definite conclusion. It was an intriguing ending but a frustrating one as well.
The sexual relationship between Alyssa and Lysander is an intriguing one. They're both very different people but they've made it work. He was a lonely man and she's definitely brought excitement to his life. She has a tendency to look before leaping and that led to a lot of extra bloodshed. In that respect I found her annoying. I had hoped to see her mature being around an ancient like Lysander but that never really happened. Their sexual chemistry wasn't lacking though and those times together were very steamy and nicely paced throughout the entire collection.
There was an interesting collection of secondary characters throughout the series, both vampire and werewolf. They all played an important part in the storyline and I'd love to see more of them in the future.
All in all this was an entertaining series full of memorable characters and edge of your seat action. Ms. Salidas is not afraid to eliminate important characters to keep the story interesting and I applaud her bravery. Although I had hoped for a stronger heroine, the amazing hero more than made up for what she lacked. For lovers of the paranormal, Ms. Salidas has created a new series that you'll be wanting to add to your reading list and I'm sure you'll be thanking me later.
December 27, 2015
i read these before but apparently i did not do the box set but only each book as it came out
book 1
Lysander and Alyssa two unlikely people come together .. one a vampire ancient the other human .. and one choice that changes them both forever ... Alyssa who is to meet her best friend Fallon never shows up but calls Alyssa that she wont be coming after Alyssa waits over an hour for her .. Alyssa walks home but finds that her life changes due to two men who try to rape and killer her then in walks a vampire who changes her so she may live ..later Alyssa learns more about Lysander and the Vampire life as well as a group of vampires from Lysanders past comes into the picture but so does his maker .. also there is a betrayal within the coven that vistis Lysander .. and a hunter of vampires who is also a vampire comes to send all Vampires to the true death in the words of a true blood moment .. but to find out who comes back and who betrays whom and how will Alyssa deal with not being a human but an Immortal .. to find this and more buy , read and review and read on ...
book2
Alyssa who as we know is now a vampire due to Lysander who turned her due to someone who was trying to hurt and rape her but she was too damaged to stay human ..Now they are back in the fact that Santino wants the clan's help but can the clan trust him and why does he need their help and who is Quentin in the last book it was said he heads up Santino and his vampires and has him by the leash sorta speak but why would Santino want to get the clan's help is it to get Quentin out of the way or is there something more sinister to be said .. also are Lysander and Alyssa mated or how deap does their bond .. is it just Master and minion / clansmen or is it more on a level over intimacy and will Fallon want to be a vampire or will she die due to the fact Alyssa talks to her but what does Alyssa tell her about herself where she has been or does she lie or does she give her best friend Fallon the total truth .. to find this and more out buy , read and review until next read Pandora's Box by Katie Salidas
book 3
wow in this one which is pandora's box which holds a very ancient vampire .. who wants their blood back but why go after Lysander and his clan .... in this book there are two casualties .. one there may be hope for the other not so much but they are part of Alyssa's clan ... in this they work with wolves in another state in which they go to get Lysander's memiors his journals .. in which they can't find when they do get to where Lysander once lived .. question is whom life lays in the balance can they be saved or is all hope lost ?? also do they find Lysanders memiors // and can they find a way to trap the ancient vampire soul is is hope lost for the whole vampire line .. to find out well buy read and review and read the rest of the immortals books 4 thru 6 to finish this awesome book series that has kept me at the edge of my seat .. everytime i have read each book so far ...
book 1
Lysander and Alyssa two unlikely people come together .. one a vampire ancient the other human .. and one choice that changes them both forever ... Alyssa who is to meet her best friend Fallon never shows up but calls Alyssa that she wont be coming after Alyssa waits over an hour for her .. Alyssa walks home but finds that her life changes due to two men who try to rape and killer her then in walks a vampire who changes her so she may live ..later Alyssa learns more about Lysander and the Vampire life as well as a group of vampires from Lysanders past comes into the picture but so does his maker .. also there is a betrayal within the coven that vistis Lysander .. and a hunter of vampires who is also a vampire comes to send all Vampires to the true death in the words of a true blood moment .. but to find out who comes back and who betrays whom and how will Alyssa deal with not being a human but an Immortal .. to find this and more buy , read and review and read on ...
book2
Alyssa who as we know is now a vampire due to Lysander who turned her due to someone who was trying to hurt and rape her but she was too damaged to stay human ..Now they are back in the fact that Santino wants the clan's help but can the clan trust him and why does he need their help and who is Quentin in the last book it was said he heads up Santino and his vampires and has him by the leash sorta speak but why would Santino want to get the clan's help is it to get Quentin out of the way or is there something more sinister to be said .. also are Lysander and Alyssa mated or how deap does their bond .. is it just Master and minion / clansmen or is it more on a level over intimacy and will Fallon want to be a vampire or will she die due to the fact Alyssa talks to her but what does Alyssa tell her about herself where she has been or does she lie or does she give her best friend Fallon the total truth .. to find this and more out buy , read and review until next read Pandora's Box by Katie Salidas
book 3
wow in this one which is pandora's box which holds a very ancient vampire .. who wants their blood back but why go after Lysander and his clan .... in this book there are two casualties .. one there may be hope for the other not so much but they are part of Alyssa's clan ... in this they work with wolves in another state in which they go to get Lysander's memiors his journals .. in which they can't find when they do get to where Lysander once lived .. question is whom life lays in the balance can they be saved or is all hope lost ?? also do they find Lysanders memiors // and can they find a way to trap the ancient vampire soul is is hope lost for the whole vampire line .. to find out well buy read and review and read the rest of the immortals books 4 thru 6 to finish this awesome book series that has kept me at the edge of my seat .. everytime i have read each book so far ...
January 10, 2012
As I read through the Immortalis Series, the author, Katie Salidas, goes into a lot of detail about Lysander's past life and history with other vampires. She explains about his love for his sire, Kallisto, and of their falling out. His struggle with losing his previously turned "children," and his fear of losing Alyssa. Alyssa's struggles to adapt to the vampire life, and the desire to live in the face of certain death. As Alyssa and Lydander's story is told through each book, I was amazed at the way the characters are portrayed. They have such depth and are written so realistically. Except for the drinking blood issue, I could almost imagine them to be real. Katie Salidas has written a wonderful series of books, and I look forward to reading more of her work.
Each of these novels are written with a bit of romance, definitely some danger, and the internal struggles of a newly turned vampire and more. I enjoyed reading Katie Salidas' vampire novels. I hope you enjoy it as well. These are not a quick read, so make sure to give yourself some time to thoroughly enjoy this book series.
You can read more of my reviews of each individual book here: http://faeroticprose.blogspot.com/201...
There is also a GIVEAWAY contest from Jan. 11, 2012 through Jan 31st!
Each of these novels are written with a bit of romance, definitely some danger, and the internal struggles of a newly turned vampire and more. I enjoyed reading Katie Salidas' vampire novels. I hope you enjoy it as well. These are not a quick read, so make sure to give yourself some time to thoroughly enjoy this book series.
You can read more of my reviews of each individual book here: http://faeroticprose.blogspot.com/201...
There is also a GIVEAWAY contest from Jan. 11, 2012 through Jan 31st!
July 31, 2012
This is such a great series! Salidas does a wonderful job creating characters that you become attached to. It has all your favorites Supernaturals and mixes them just right plus with this edition you get all 3 in one!! I definitely recommend checking this series out!
Disclosure: I have read and reviewed all 3 books individually, and received the books free from Bewitching Book Tours. I was not compensated to write a positive or favorable review. This is Keeping Up With The Rheinlander's personal opinion.
Disclosure: I have read and reviewed all 3 books individually, and received the books free from Bewitching Book Tours. I was not compensated to write a positive or favorable review. This is Keeping Up With The Rheinlander's personal opinion.
February 9, 2013
Wow this book is boring. The characters are so flat I found myself not carrying about them in the least. The story is bland and the budding romance between the protagonist and her leading man feels forced. I couldn't finish this book it was such a yawn, it was simply non-engaging.
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April 27, 2012Why didn't anyone tell me they was giving this book away, this is one awesome giveaway ever!!:D
May 10, 2013
this is just an amazing series. I loved it can't wait to read the others.
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