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Forbidden Hunger
Finding herself homeless and orphaned by a plague, French peasant-girl Zanette thought she'd had her share of tragedy. Given an idyllic girlhood by her grandparents, surely her troubles are behind her.
Yet tragedy strikes afresh in a way that changes her forever; changes she cannot forever ignore and can only begin to explore.
Victim after victim soon finds out what she is. Zanette cuts a wake of fear and suspicion as rumours of a new curse spread fear and suspicion throughout the French countryside until, once again, she finds herself homeless and alone.
Zanette takes ship to Dover where she meets Jonathan Walker, a charming gentleman. In Britain she hopes to bury her past and live a normal life as a wife, even a mother.
Will those who live or travel within stalking distance of her new home find that their innocence can end in bloody death, too?
Yet tragedy strikes afresh in a way that changes her forever; changes she cannot forever ignore and can only begin to explore.
Victim after victim soon finds out what she is. Zanette cuts a wake of fear and suspicion as rumours of a new curse spread fear and suspicion throughout the French countryside until, once again, she finds herself homeless and alone.
Zanette takes ship to Dover where she meets Jonathan Walker, a charming gentleman. In Britain she hopes to bury her past and live a normal life as a wife, even a mother.
Will those who live or travel within stalking distance of her new home find that their innocence can end in bloody death, too?
293 pages, Paperback
First published September 19, 2013
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October 4, 2013
I have read alot of Gothic Fantasy recently.
The Bloodline: Forbidden Hunger by C J Black is the best vampire book I've read.
While the usual emotions in this genre are present:romance,suspense and of course betrayal, the author makes it work by writing mature dialogue with masterful prose.
The characters are complex,even Lucas the loyal servant.The lead character Zanette Amelia is torn between her new life as a vampire queen and her former normal life. Again,not unheard of in this genre.
But,Black makes it work by seamlessly weaving everything together in a fluid plot.
The imagery is vivid, the adjectives descriptive and the atmospheric backdrop made me at times feel as if I was in this environment.
The storytelling ability of the author can make or break any novel, so when one's talent is superior, you long for the sequel.
The Bloodline: Forbidden Hunger by C J Black is the best vampire book I've read.
While the usual emotions in this genre are present:romance,suspense and of course betrayal, the author makes it work by writing mature dialogue with masterful prose.
The characters are complex,even Lucas the loyal servant.The lead character Zanette Amelia is torn between her new life as a vampire queen and her former normal life. Again,not unheard of in this genre.
But,Black makes it work by seamlessly weaving everything together in a fluid plot.
The imagery is vivid, the adjectives descriptive and the atmospheric backdrop made me at times feel as if I was in this environment.
The storytelling ability of the author can make or break any novel, so when one's talent is superior, you long for the sequel.
August 3, 2017
I have never considered myself a fan of this genre but when I stumbled on The Bloodline, Forbidden Hunger, that changed for me very quickly. I am so glad I read this book. I finished “The Bloodline, Forbidden Hunger” in just one seating, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
This is one of the most interesting and touching novel I have read this year. The Bloodline, Forbidden Hunger is a unique, totally different spin on the average fictional story.
Craig Black painstakingly and intellectually creates the perfect balance of adventure, anxiety, mystery, suspense, and edge-of-your-seat anticipation in this genre-defying story of Zanette Amelia Mireille, whose mother was infected by la peste disease. (A kind of plague that invaded her small remote village). The circumstances surrounding her birth is so touching. I could feel the agony of a mother, cutting her own daughter’s belly to save her unborn child. The thought of that alone was so excruciating for Zanette, who tried to put all that behind her but yet another trouble looms. I could relate with Amelia problems and torments.
Seriously I find it hard to review this book without revealing so many spoilers, so I had stop here. Read it, you won’t regret it, I did not. It was an outstanding read on about every level.
This is one of the most interesting and touching novel I have read this year. The Bloodline, Forbidden Hunger is a unique, totally different spin on the average fictional story.
Craig Black painstakingly and intellectually creates the perfect balance of adventure, anxiety, mystery, suspense, and edge-of-your-seat anticipation in this genre-defying story of Zanette Amelia Mireille, whose mother was infected by la peste disease. (A kind of plague that invaded her small remote village). The circumstances surrounding her birth is so touching. I could feel the agony of a mother, cutting her own daughter’s belly to save her unborn child. The thought of that alone was so excruciating for Zanette, who tried to put all that behind her but yet another trouble looms. I could relate with Amelia problems and torments.
Seriously I find it hard to review this book without revealing so many spoilers, so I had stop here. Read it, you won’t regret it, I did not. It was an outstanding read on about every level.
July 27, 2014
the story was great. Needs a more active editor. Looking forward to next one
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