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Wings in the Night #13
Bloodline
Lilith awakens cold, naked and alone, knowing nothing—not even who she is—except that she has to run, run for her life…because someone is after her.
When Ethan discovers the terrified woman hiding on his ranch, he knows immediately not only who she is, but what. He's never forgotten her, not in all the time since he escaped their joint prison, a clandestine CIA facility where humans are bred into vampires willing to kill on command. He refused to accept that fate, and since he won his freedom he's become a legend to those he left behind. With her own escape, Lilith has become a legend, too, and now—together—they have no choice but to fight those who would become a legend by killing one.
When Ethan discovers the terrified woman hiding on his ranch, he knows immediately not only who she is, but what. He's never forgotten her, not in all the time since he escaped their joint prison, a clandestine CIA facility where humans are bred into vampires willing to kill on command. He refused to accept that fate, and since he won his freedom he's become a legend to those he left behind. With her own escape, Lilith has become a legend, too, and now—together—they have no choice but to fight those who would become a legend by killing one.
336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Maggie Shayne
257 books2,573 followersI live in the teeny, tiny town of Taylor, NY, (Alliteration Alert!) though my mailing address is Cincinnatus, my telephone exchange is Truxton and I pay taxes and vote in Cuyler. All of these are at least in the same rural county in the southern hills of New York State; Cortland County. There are more cattle than people here. The nearest “big” cities are Syracuse and Binghamton and they are an hour away, in different directions, and not really all that big by most standards, though they both seem humongous to me. I look out my window to see rolling, green, thickly forested hills, wildflower laden meadows and wide open blue, blue skies. My road is barely paved. The nearest neighboring place is a 700 acre dairy farm.
My house is a big, century old farmhouse. I moved in here after my divorce in 2006. Just a little over a year later, the house, which I had named, SERENITY, burned. It was 99% gutted, and I lost my two dogs, Sally, an 11-year-old great Dane, and Wrinkles, my 14-year-old, blind bulldog. This was the culmination of my Dark Night of the soul, which had seemed to hit me all at once in 2006-2007. My mother died that year, after a 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was only 60. The youngest of my five daughters had left home that same year, and while that’s not a tragedy at all, it felt like one to me. Then came the divorce. And finally there was the fire--it seemed my darkest night wasn’t quite finished with me after all. I had lost almost everything before that point, and as I poked through the wet ashes and soot the next day, I realized that I had now been stripped all the way to the bone.
No better time to start over. (And no, I didn’t come to that realization that day--there were a few days of wallowing in pity first, particularly the day after the fire, when I hit a deer and smashed up my car, which I was practically living in!)
That’s when I started to laugh. Just sat on the side of the road as the deer bounded, uninjured and carefree, out of sight, and laughed. It was just too ridiculous at that point, to do anything else!
And from there, I picked myself up, and brushed myself off, and said, okay, there’s only one way to go from here. Forward. And that’s what I did. There I was at the age of harrurmphemmph, living in my one, mostly undamaged remaining room, with a dorm-sized mini-fridge, a futon, a TV, my cat (nine lives!) and a laptop. And not much else. (Though thank goodness the room that survived the fire, was a room that had its own attached bathroom!)
Since then I have rebuilt my beloved home, which really has become my haven, my “Serenity.” I share it now with my fiancé, Lance, and we have accumulated quite the little family together. “Little” being a relative term. We have a pair of English Mastiffs, Dozer and Daisy, who weigh 203 pounds and 208 pounds respectively, and a little pudgy English Bulldog named Niblet, who is bigger than both of them, inside her mind. We also have the aforementioned cat, Glorificus (“Glory” for short,) who adores her canine pups and keeps them firmly in line. And we've acquired a pair of stray cats as well, a mother and son, Luna (Lulu for short) and Butters aka Buddy. Lulu showed up pregnant during a lunar eclipse, had a litter, and vanished again. We found homes for all the kittens except one. Butters. We got him fixed and kept him. A few months later, Lulu returned, again expecting. This litter was born on the "Monster Moon." Again, all the kittens were spayed and neutered and placed in homes, and this time we got Lulu to the vet in time to spay her before the cycle could repeat.
Glory is not amused.
She has a story of her own, my old Glory cat, having been with me before the Dark Times descended, she went through it all with me, moved with me, survived the fire, and remains with me still. She's tolerating the newcomers. Barely.
My partner is an artist, a mechanic, a welder and an inventor, and the rumors are true, he is much younger than I
My house is a big, century old farmhouse. I moved in here after my divorce in 2006. Just a little over a year later, the house, which I had named, SERENITY, burned. It was 99% gutted, and I lost my two dogs, Sally, an 11-year-old great Dane, and Wrinkles, my 14-year-old, blind bulldog. This was the culmination of my Dark Night of the soul, which had seemed to hit me all at once in 2006-2007. My mother died that year, after a 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was only 60. The youngest of my five daughters had left home that same year, and while that’s not a tragedy at all, it felt like one to me. Then came the divorce. And finally there was the fire--it seemed my darkest night wasn’t quite finished with me after all. I had lost almost everything before that point, and as I poked through the wet ashes and soot the next day, I realized that I had now been stripped all the way to the bone.
No better time to start over. (And no, I didn’t come to that realization that day--there were a few days of wallowing in pity first, particularly the day after the fire, when I hit a deer and smashed up my car, which I was practically living in!)
That’s when I started to laugh. Just sat on the side of the road as the deer bounded, uninjured and carefree, out of sight, and laughed. It was just too ridiculous at that point, to do anything else!
And from there, I picked myself up, and brushed myself off, and said, okay, there’s only one way to go from here. Forward. And that’s what I did. There I was at the age of harrurmphemmph, living in my one, mostly undamaged remaining room, with a dorm-sized mini-fridge, a futon, a TV, my cat (nine lives!) and a laptop. And not much else. (Though thank goodness the room that survived the fire, was a room that had its own attached bathroom!)
Since then I have rebuilt my beloved home, which really has become my haven, my “Serenity.” I share it now with my fiancé, Lance, and we have accumulated quite the little family together. “Little” being a relative term. We have a pair of English Mastiffs, Dozer and Daisy, who weigh 203 pounds and 208 pounds respectively, and a little pudgy English Bulldog named Niblet, who is bigger than both of them, inside her mind. We also have the aforementioned cat, Glorificus (“Glory” for short,) who adores her canine pups and keeps them firmly in line. And we've acquired a pair of stray cats as well, a mother and son, Luna (Lulu for short) and Butters aka Buddy. Lulu showed up pregnant during a lunar eclipse, had a litter, and vanished again. We found homes for all the kittens except one. Butters. We got him fixed and kept him. A few months later, Lulu returned, again expecting. This litter was born on the "Monster Moon." Again, all the kittens were spayed and neutered and placed in homes, and this time we got Lulu to the vet in time to spay her before the cycle could repeat.
Glory is not amused.
She has a story of her own, my old Glory cat, having been with me before the Dark Times descended, she went through it all with me, moved with me, survived the fire, and remains with me still. She's tolerating the newcomers. Barely.
My partner is an artist, a mechanic, a welder and an inventor, and the rumors are true, he is much younger than I
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July 6, 2016
Bloodline es el libro numero 16 de la saga Wings In The Night creada por la autora Maggie Shayne y tiene como protagonistas a Ethan y Lillith.
Al comenzar al lectura me senti bastante confundida, no solo porque hacia como dos años que lei el libro anterior sino tambien porque no conseguia relacionar a los protagonistas de este libro con los personajes anteriores, hasta que no llegue a la mitad no me di cuenta de que este libro se podia leer como tomo unico, sin necesidad de haber leido los anteriores.
Esta saga es una de las primeras que lei en mi vida como lectora, ademas de una de las razones de mi amor por las historias sobrenaturales, especialmente las que tratan sobre vampiros, desgraciadamente esta serie ya no es lo que era, este libro en concreto fue una lectura decepcionante, no se exactamente que fue lo peor de todo : si la traduccion, que era horrible, si los personajes por no tener ningun desarrollo o si fue lo irreal que me parecio todo, ni siquiera parece haber sido escrito por Maggie Shayne, donde quedo su magnifica escritura? como puede crear libros tan buenos como Al Filo De La Oscuridad y luego crear esto?
En fin, una completa perdida de tiempo, si vas a leer algo de la autora te recomiendo los primeros libros, esos si que eran buenas historias.
Aun asi voy a leer los dos ultimos libros pero solo porque he esperado la historia de los gemelos desde hace años.
1 Estrella!
February 14, 2010
It was a different take on the Vampire genre. I found myself just wishing it were over...
May 4, 2010
Didn't really enjoy this one very much. Would have given it 2.5 stars but decided to be generous and round it up.
The premise of the story was great (why I picked it up in the first place). Woman awakening naked to find herself with no memory of how she got there... ends up finding she is a vampire... It all went downhill from there for me (and this was not far into the book).
Her acceptance of being a vampire was just so ho-hum. No drama, no excitement or anything... she just very casually accepted it.
Also there was absolutely no chemistry between h & h. There was sex - which also was a bit of a letdown - but no real passion. Not that I felt anyway. The heroine was a virgin, the hero an all-but virgin and yet there was no build-up, no sexual tension nothing. And then once the deed was done?? Well she turned into a virtual nympho. No my cup of tea at all.
The whole thing I can only describe as.... well mechanical seems to be the only word I can come up with.
Having said that, I still read the book til the end. It was just very annoying in parts and I was more frustrated at the end than happy. First book I have read by this author and I won't be rushing out to read anymore.
The premise of the story was great (why I picked it up in the first place). Woman awakening naked to find herself with no memory of how she got there... ends up finding she is a vampire... It all went downhill from there for me (and this was not far into the book).
Her acceptance of being a vampire was just so ho-hum. No drama, no excitement or anything... she just very casually accepted it.
Also there was absolutely no chemistry between h & h. There was sex - which also was a bit of a letdown - but no real passion. Not that I felt anyway. The heroine was a virgin, the hero an all-but virgin and yet there was no build-up, no sexual tension nothing. And then once the deed was done?? Well she turned into a virtual nympho. No my cup of tea at all.
The whole thing I can only describe as.... well mechanical seems to be the only word I can come up with.
Having said that, I still read the book til the end. It was just very annoying in parts and I was more frustrated at the end than happy. First book I have read by this author and I won't be rushing out to read anymore.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 9, 2018
Nyt on tullut luettua kaikkea aika vakavaa settiä, joten miten tämmöstä hömppää pitäisi arvostella? Siis aivan järkyttävän huonoa kirjallisuutta, henkilöhahmot toistaan tyhmempiä. Ihan ok viihdearvo.
February 6, 2022
I picked this book up from an exchange box on the side of the road of a beach town. I haven't read any Maggie Shayne books and was just hoping I could follow along as it seems part of a series. It was all pretty straight forward until the vampires (Rhiannon) appeared didn't really know about them but obviously previous books were about them.
Anyway, the first part of the book really piqued my interest and I read the first half pretty quickly. I really liked the mum's POV the most, I was so keen for her to find her baby. Then it turned tragically bad. It took me weeks of reading like a couple of pages a time and putting it down. I don't like DNFing books so ended up skimming through the last 100 pages as fast as I could one afternoon and trying my best to not die of second-hand embarrassment reading. Who in the hell has sex during a rescue mission!? And like their sex scenes were just so cringy and sounded like they had sex for forty seconds and it was all done.
The last couple of pages were so corny as well. The devotion of love after knowing each other for like 3 days was so weird and it ended so abruptly like the writer had a page limit and just made the last scene a quarter of the length. Yikes I am tempted on donating this book to a second-hand store as I'm not sure I want to admit I read this book and I have some pretty cringe vampire books in my collection.
Anyway, the first part of the book really piqued my interest and I read the first half pretty quickly. I really liked the mum's POV the most, I was so keen for her to find her baby. Then it turned tragically bad. It took me weeks of reading like a couple of pages a time and putting it down. I don't like DNFing books so ended up skimming through the last 100 pages as fast as I could one afternoon and trying my best to not die of second-hand embarrassment reading. Who in the hell has sex during a rescue mission!? And like their sex scenes were just so cringy and sounded like they had sex for forty seconds and it was all done.
The last couple of pages were so corny as well. The devotion of love after knowing each other for like 3 days was so weird and it ended so abruptly like the writer had a page limit and just made the last scene a quarter of the length. Yikes I am tempted on donating this book to a second-hand store as I'm not sure I want to admit I read this book and I have some pretty cringe vampire books in my collection.
November 8, 2018
This felt like a Wings in the Night book. I started reading the series when it first came out in the early 1990s and fell in love with its world. But then, there were the three offshoots in the series that just ... didn't work. After the first of these, where I was struck that the author somewhat tellingly didn't even use the same "Twilight" naming style, I suspected that Shayne was just done with the series and needed to fulfill a contract with her publisher. Well, thankfully, Bloodline was different. It felt like a return to what I loved originally.
It's probably worth mentioning that when I finally picked up this long-abandoned paperback from my bookshelf that it was so old as to have a price tag from Borders.
But overall, I'm glad I came back, and I'm sure in the next few months I'll finally finish out the series with the last two of the series.
It's probably worth mentioning that when I finally picked up this long-abandoned paperback from my bookshelf that it was so old as to have a price tag from Borders.
But overall, I'm glad I came back, and I'm sure in the next few months I'll finally finish out the series with the last two of the series.
September 2, 2023
Bloodline
Maggie Shayne & J R Ward are my favourite vampire lifelines that I cherish & if you miss out on reading this 'Wings in the Night' series, then I do not know what is wrong in this world. Please read book 1 & I promise you that you will be hooked on this series as much as I am & I cannot go a few hours without delving into the vampire world, I know you probably think that's a problem but if that's my only problem, well I can deal with that one & I wish everyone else had the same problem & no other. World Peace ✌️ read more books!!!!
Maggie Shayne & J R Ward are my favourite vampire lifelines that I cherish & if you miss out on reading this 'Wings in the Night' series, then I do not know what is wrong in this world. Please read book 1 & I promise you that you will be hooked on this series as much as I am & I cannot go a few hours without delving into the vampire world, I know you probably think that's a problem but if that's my only problem, well I can deal with that one & I wish everyone else had the same problem & no other. World Peace ✌️ read more books!!!!
March 13, 2024
Juoni oli minusta ajatuksen tasolla kiinnostava, ja käänteet olivat ihan hyviä, paitsi ihan viimeiset kaksi, jotka olivat enemmänkin turhauttavia kliseitä. Kieli oli helppolukuista, mutta aika tönkköä. En tiedä onko näin myös alkuperäiskielen kohdalla, vai johtuuko tämä käännöksestä. Päähenkilö muutti ainakin kerran mielipidettään täysin selittämättömästi ja ilman mitään hahmokehitystä. Lopussa oli huonosti pedattu Deus ex machina. Kirjailijan luoma maailma ja tarina olivat kuitenkin perusluonteeltaan kiinnostavia, mutta ainakaan tämä teos Shaynelta ei vakuuttanut minua.
October 4, 2021
A lot of action and steamy romance in this book. You got to know and care for the characters and root for them in their fight against another diabolical plot from the DPI. Maggie delivers another terrific Wings of the night chapter and another admirable heroine! This series never gets stale! I highly recommend it!
August 21, 2017
I liked this book, but not sure how I feel about it in the series. Parts were ridiculous (sorry if spoiler but seriously who has sex while trying to escape enemies?) Overall a good book with sad parts. It would be really nice if the DPI could be squashed for good.
October 1, 2018
I picked this up at a book sale- and started it and put it down again.
Today I picked it up again and finished it.
Lovely story.
Not the best book I’ve ever read but entertaining nonetheless.
Today I picked it up again and finished it.
Lovely story.
Not the best book I’ve ever read but entertaining nonetheless.
Want to read
February 23, 2021I may have read this but can't recall. Pretty sure I've read all of the Wings in the Night series but who knows. LOL
July 12, 2013
I do like me some cheesy, paranormal romance type books, but this one is not one of them. As much as I like vampires I am really over the 'undead' type. Cursed by Apollo and descendents of Atlantis make more sense then just random undead. Especially when the premise of these people being able to become vampires is because they have a rare antigen in their blood. And the main character of Lilith is ridiculous. She wakes up naked, under a bridge with no memories. Upon waking an SUV pulls up, person inside threatens her, and then shoots at her, so she runs off and realizes she has super speed and senses. She finds herself drawn to a small farm where there is some she "feels" she knows but does not remember. Ethan, however, remembers her. They were both orphans raised at a place called the Farm, that was raising children with the antigen to become a vampire army for the US government. Over the next few days a few of her memories return, in which she decided that with no backup, no resources, no plan, and oh yeah, NO CLOTHES, she must go back to the Farm and save all the other prisoners. It is just so dumb. Ethan doesn't want to save the others, he is still looking for his brother, as he has for the past two years. Who just happens to show up for a moment to send them to a safe house. And though the government seems to always know where they are, Ethan refuses to be suspicious of his brother. And while he professes his love for Lilith, how he has always loved her and wanted to go back for her, he never did. Never really thought about it. He lies to her about not knowing her, and then promises not to contact his brother anymore, a promise that lasts about five minutes. Lilith "loves" and "trusts" him like she never has anyone else, but really she is just horny and dumb. Also, after 21 years Lilith finally meets the mother who has been looking for her since she was stolen as a newborn. But *gasp* it is not enough to detract her from her need to rescue the other vamps in training at the Farm today. Also, dumbest army ever. The vampires are so sensitive to bleeding out that a bullet could kill them. They do not stop bleeding easily and it takes hours for them to heal. Sunrise forces them into a death-like sleep and they weaken quickly without constant blood. And they are suppose to be big, scary, bad-ass soldiers? Sorry, but no.
July 3, 2017
This is book 16 in Ms. Shayne’s Wings in the Night (vampire) series.
I don’t recommend reading these out of order. Everything should make sense, but you won’t get the most out of the series that way. For example, the main thread in the story is the constant “bad guy” the DPI (Division of Paranormal Investigation) which is an ultra secret subdivision of the CIA. The heroine, Lilith, is a very strong willed vampire, who escaped from The Farm. The Farm is where the DPI keep the kidnapped Chosen to program/brainwash them. Ethan, the hero, is a fellow vampire and escapee. Ms. Shayne introduces some new terms in this book. The Bloodliners and the Wildborns. The Bloodliners are the Chosen on The Farm who, when turned into vampires, are turned from a single vampire to keep their “bloodline pure.” Hence, Bloodliners. The DPI have told the Chosen on The Farm that the Wildborns are all the “other” vampires out in the world and are uncivilized and extremely dangerous (of course, not true). I was glad Ms. Shayne took the time to explain it 3-4 different times, for me at least, I didn’t get it the first time.
This all seems like a great book… and it is… at the end. The beginning was very slow. If you can get past the first 100 pages, you should be okay. The other reason why I have this book 3 stars is because, unfortunately, Lilith and Ethan have NO chemistry. This really surprised me, because Maggie Shayne is usually wonderful with spinning her tales with very passionate characters. The plot of the book and the action was great! But, the characters… not so much. For you long-time fans of this series, you will be happy to know that Rhiannon makes an appearance- albeit a very short one. Ms. Shayne’s vampire series is my all-time-favorite, and while I love every one, I do like some more than others. FYI- the next in the vampire series will be published sometime in 2011 because she is publishing her Secrets of Shadow Falls trilogy back to back July- Sept. 2010.
I don’t recommend reading these out of order. Everything should make sense, but you won’t get the most out of the series that way. For example, the main thread in the story is the constant “bad guy” the DPI (Division of Paranormal Investigation) which is an ultra secret subdivision of the CIA. The heroine, Lilith, is a very strong willed vampire, who escaped from The Farm. The Farm is where the DPI keep the kidnapped Chosen to program/brainwash them. Ethan, the hero, is a fellow vampire and escapee. Ms. Shayne introduces some new terms in this book. The Bloodliners and the Wildborns. The Bloodliners are the Chosen on The Farm who, when turned into vampires, are turned from a single vampire to keep their “bloodline pure.” Hence, Bloodliners. The DPI have told the Chosen on The Farm that the Wildborns are all the “other” vampires out in the world and are uncivilized and extremely dangerous (of course, not true). I was glad Ms. Shayne took the time to explain it 3-4 different times, for me at least, I didn’t get it the first time.
This all seems like a great book… and it is… at the end. The beginning was very slow. If you can get past the first 100 pages, you should be okay. The other reason why I have this book 3 stars is because, unfortunately, Lilith and Ethan have NO chemistry. This really surprised me, because Maggie Shayne is usually wonderful with spinning her tales with very passionate characters. The plot of the book and the action was great! But, the characters… not so much. For you long-time fans of this series, you will be happy to know that Rhiannon makes an appearance- albeit a very short one. Ms. Shayne’s vampire series is my all-time-favorite, and while I love every one, I do like some more than others. FYI- the next in the vampire series will be published sometime in 2011 because she is publishing her Secrets of Shadow Falls trilogy back to back July- Sept. 2010.
July 23, 2025
The heroine wakes up naked and hungry under a bridge with no memory of who she is or how she came to be there. She's immediately set upon by armed men in a blank SUV and barely manages to escape. She's fast, and strong and can hear and smell things she knows she should be about to. But she's drawn to one barn in a small town by invisible threads and a vague memory of a kiss with a man. There she meets the hero who at first thinks she's there to kill him but soon realizes she's vulnerable and needs his help to survive.
He reveals to her that they came from the same facility, the one he escaped and has been hiding from for so long. But in his escape, he left her behind because their prisoners had kept her drugged and feeble minded. He's felt guilt about his actions for so long and now feels compelled to help her in any way he can. Slow, bit by bit she begins to remember things and becomes determined to save the other imprisoned men and woman by returning to the Farm and destroying it. But she's weak, she has no memory and though she's a vampire, she's not immortal. If she's wounded, she'll bleed out if not careful but she's stubborn and naïve and she's horribly selfish. Though she had just cause to feel betrayed by the hero leaving her behind, she ignores the fact that her actions put his life in danger as much as her own. She knows that he will follow her anywhere and if she goes to the facility there's a chance both of them will be recaptured but she doesn't care. Also, she's moody and doesn't understand why the hero can't just cut ties with his brother and goes into a hissy fit when she's denied something. I've read a few of Maggie Shaynes books now and I can't say that I really truly enjoyed any of them. They are one dimensional and often portray annoying heroin's and weak hero's. I try but I can never be engaged in the story and find myself skimming pages after a third of the way through. I think it will be some time before I attempt another book in the series.
He reveals to her that they came from the same facility, the one he escaped and has been hiding from for so long. But in his escape, he left her behind because their prisoners had kept her drugged and feeble minded. He's felt guilt about his actions for so long and now feels compelled to help her in any way he can. Slow, bit by bit she begins to remember things and becomes determined to save the other imprisoned men and woman by returning to the Farm and destroying it. But she's weak, she has no memory and though she's a vampire, she's not immortal. If she's wounded, she'll bleed out if not careful but she's stubborn and naïve and she's horribly selfish. Though she had just cause to feel betrayed by the hero leaving her behind, she ignores the fact that her actions put his life in danger as much as her own. She knows that he will follow her anywhere and if she goes to the facility there's a chance both of them will be recaptured but she doesn't care. Also, she's moody and doesn't understand why the hero can't just cut ties with his brother and goes into a hissy fit when she's denied something. I've read a few of Maggie Shaynes books now and I can't say that I really truly enjoyed any of them. They are one dimensional and often portray annoying heroin's and weak hero's. I try but I can never be engaged in the story and find myself skimming pages after a third of the way through. I think it will be some time before I attempt another book in the series.
October 3, 2009
Bloodline by Maggie Shayne is about a girl named Lillith. She wakes up under a brigde naked and not remembering who she is. She is led by intuition to a barn where dhe meets a guy named Ethan. Lilith feels like she remembers Ethan, she just cant be sure if she does. She still didnt know what she was by the time she arrived to Ethans barn and he told her that she was a vampire, like him. They also had intimite relationship before she was a vampire. Some memories come back to her that she was raised in a secret school called The Farm. Its a place only with people who have rare blood can go to. People who have this rare blood can be changed into vampires. When these kids were little they would get kidnapped from their parents and live in the Farm. Their parents would also get killed so no trouble happens. But Liliths mother wasnt killed.
I would make a text to text connection. This book reminds me of the book Vampire Academy because Lillith and the character Rose from Vampire Academy were both raised in a school made for Vampires. The only difference is that the kids from VampireAcademy were not born human, they were either born a vampire or a body guard for vampires.
I would give this book 3 stars. I didnt really like this book much. It was very intimate and descriptive that it was sort of disgusting to me. Im not saying it was a bad book but the author should change the book a little. I recommend this book to people wwho liked Vampire Academy.
I would make a text to text connection. This book reminds me of the book Vampire Academy because Lillith and the character Rose from Vampire Academy were both raised in a school made for Vampires. The only difference is that the kids from VampireAcademy were not born human, they were either born a vampire or a body guard for vampires.
I would give this book 3 stars. I didnt really like this book much. It was very intimate and descriptive that it was sort of disgusting to me. Im not saying it was a bad book but the author should change the book a little. I recommend this book to people wwho liked Vampire Academy.
August 2, 2011
Firstly, I read this in Finnish so the review has been colored with reading the Finnish language version.
Second, it was "shivers" kinda bad.
First person account of a memory loss, just doesn't play well, the first two pages were okay then it took a nose dive, and I did manage to get half way through the book before having to but it down and rather get bored to death ( I'm not kidding, I had nothing to do with only this book on hand and I chose to put it down ).
That said I did notice that if I translated sentences to English in my head it was much better, so I'm thinking this 'yawn' is to be blamed on the translation, mostly.
But then to the characters, Lilith isn't interesting, you can't go too far with I don't know/I don't remember, Serena is so one dimensional it's cringe worthy, Ethan is boring, without more than few parts where he isn't just explaining things.
The plot is okay, but you can't just get invested in The Farm as the tension doesn't build on it as she can't remember it. The plot is pretty Dark Angel if you think about it, but not as good.
I can't say I liked this, sorry.
Now that said, I really liked Maggie Shayne's "Twilight Illusions", it was Great! That one I read in Finnish as well, which didn't harm the story at all.
Rating :
☆ ★ ★ ★ ★
Pretty Bad, but had redeaming qualities
Started Reading : 30th of July 2011
Finished Reading : didn't
Second, it was "shivers" kinda bad.
First person account of a memory loss, just doesn't play well, the first two pages were okay then it took a nose dive, and I did manage to get half way through the book before having to but it down and rather get bored to death ( I'm not kidding, I had nothing to do with only this book on hand and I chose to put it down ).
That said I did notice that if I translated sentences to English in my head it was much better, so I'm thinking this 'yawn' is to be blamed on the translation, mostly.
But then to the characters, Lilith isn't interesting, you can't go too far with I don't know/I don't remember, Serena is so one dimensional it's cringe worthy, Ethan is boring, without more than few parts where he isn't just explaining things.
The plot is okay, but you can't just get invested in The Farm as the tension doesn't build on it as she can't remember it. The plot is pretty Dark Angel if you think about it, but not as good.
I can't say I liked this, sorry.
Now that said, I really liked Maggie Shayne's "Twilight Illusions", it was Great! That one I read in Finnish as well, which didn't harm the story at all.
Rating :
☆ ★ ★ ★ ★
Pretty Bad, but had redeaming qualities
Started Reading : 30th of July 2011
Finished Reading : didn't
October 31, 2009
Bloodline is about a women named Lilith who woke up naked under a bridge with no memory of who or wat she is. She meets Ethan a man who helps her get her memory back not knowing that they have a past. When Ethan finds her he remebers seeing the love of his life but he cant tell her that, while he helps her get her memory back he starts to see the old Lilith. They race against time to go to the old institution that the both hated to free everyone in their. But is love worth sacrificing your life?
I would give it a text-to-text connection. I said it was a text-to-text connection because it reminds me of this story that I read on this website called quizilla.com. The story was called Everyone Thinks They Found There Prince But I Littereally Have and he Has a Secret, thhe girl Rayne is suppose to meet a prince but she keeps having a reacuring dream that when she was eight she was told by a young boy she was going to have to marry him and she lost that memory. Both Lilith and Rayne lost their memorys but when they got to know the men that they loved they both retreived that lost memory.
I gave it four stars because it was graphic. It kind of drags along too, it has an excellent part and then it kind of drags along. It has the action and the loss all togethor. It's kind og like a soap oper, a awsome one.
I would give it a text-to-text connection. I said it was a text-to-text connection because it reminds me of this story that I read on this website called quizilla.com. The story was called Everyone Thinks They Found There Prince But I Littereally Have and he Has a Secret, thhe girl Rayne is suppose to meet a prince but she keeps having a reacuring dream that when she was eight she was told by a young boy she was going to have to marry him and she lost that memory. Both Lilith and Rayne lost their memorys but when they got to know the men that they loved they both retreived that lost memory.
I gave it four stars because it was graphic. It kind of drags along too, it has an excellent part and then it kind of drags along. It has the action and the loss all togethor. It's kind og like a soap oper, a awsome one.
October 30, 2015
OK - we're moving in the right direction again, although with the sudden reappearance of the DPI I was a little thrown. I think I've seen them eliminated two or three times now, but I guess they are the cockroaches of evil agencies and you just can't seem to get rid of them. We also get another visit from the Order of Athena - which was really fun. I wish they had been more of a presence throughout the series, I really enjoy their lore and history.
Lilith and Ethan have a lot more in common than we first realize. Both are "orphans" that were raised in some crazy strange compound meant to brain wash people. But they somehow resisted and escaped. OK - sounds like a fantastic beginning. But it gets a little too crazy and out there (even for a vampire romance) about half way through.
Ehtan and Lilith have a ton of trust issues - partly because Lilith doesn't remember much of of anything at first and then misinterprets a lot after that. But also because Ethan is keeping all sorts of stuff from her. I got very frustrated at both of them several times.
Overall this was a very exciting read. We got to briefly see the original vamps and I always like seeing them. I just wish they didn't come in to save the day and then disappear all the time. The romance didn't quite make it for me though - they just never seemed to sit right.
Lilith and Ethan have a lot more in common than we first realize. Both are "orphans" that were raised in some crazy strange compound meant to brain wash people. But they somehow resisted and escaped. OK - sounds like a fantastic beginning. But it gets a little too crazy and out there (even for a vampire romance) about half way through.
Ehtan and Lilith have a ton of trust issues - partly because Lilith doesn't remember much of of anything at first and then misinterprets a lot after that. But also because Ethan is keeping all sorts of stuff from her. I got very frustrated at both of them several times.
Overall this was a very exciting read. We got to briefly see the original vamps and I always like seeing them. I just wish they didn't come in to save the day and then disappear all the time. The romance didn't quite make it for me though - they just never seemed to sit right.
May 15, 2009
Finally! A new Maggie Shayne book that doesn't sap me to death or completely bore the hell out of me.
Granted this book did have the ever present Rhiannon, but it was brief enough that this book felt like it could stand on its own and not have to rely on so many books from the Wings in the Night series. It still incorporates a lot of the concepts from those other books, but its still a separate entity.
I loved the concept of Bloodliners and Wildborns. The idea was explained a decent amount and at first (prior to Rhiannon showing up) it leads the reader to believe that Wildborns are indeed savage vampires. The way Shayne portrayed a lot of Ethan's and Lilith's beliefs makes you believe them yourself until they are proved otherwise.
The Sisterhood of Athena was interesting, but I don't think its necessary to include them in other books. They served their purpose in this book for the most part.
Overall I was happy I picked this one up. I really was bracing for a really bad reading experience and it wasn't half bad.
Granted this book did have the ever present Rhiannon, but it was brief enough that this book felt like it could stand on its own and not have to rely on so many books from the Wings in the Night series. It still incorporates a lot of the concepts from those other books, but its still a separate entity.
I loved the concept of Bloodliners and Wildborns. The idea was explained a decent amount and at first (prior to Rhiannon showing up) it leads the reader to believe that Wildborns are indeed savage vampires. The way Shayne portrayed a lot of Ethan's and Lilith's beliefs makes you believe them yourself until they are proved otherwise.
The Sisterhood of Athena was interesting, but I don't think its necessary to include them in other books. They served their purpose in this book for the most part.
Overall I was happy I picked this one up. I really was bracing for a really bad reading experience and it wasn't half bad.
March 20, 2011
A little reminescent of Lynn Viehl's stories of vampires that are experimented upon in labratories by evil doers who want to create obedient super killers, but not the same so they stand alone and separate from each other.
Add to the plot a group of women who are not interventionists unless there is need. They are watchers of the paranormal, and their role is to maintain the balance and protect those who live within the code of live and let live.
There are Undead vamps who are evil and are tools used by the the ruthless people who run the camps and labratories at the Farm, stealing human children who carry the rare blood types that allows them to turn them into their Undead weapons.
The Wildborn vamps are innocent of evil, and can be unwilling victims kidnapped by the Farm to supply the blood that can 'turn' the children who live their lives being trained and brainwashed until they are prime candidates.
Some have managed to escape. And the hunt begins.
Add to the plot a group of women who are not interventionists unless there is need. They are watchers of the paranormal, and their role is to maintain the balance and protect those who live within the code of live and let live.
There are Undead vamps who are evil and are tools used by the the ruthless people who run the camps and labratories at the Farm, stealing human children who carry the rare blood types that allows them to turn them into their Undead weapons.
The Wildborn vamps are innocent of evil, and can be unwilling victims kidnapped by the Farm to supply the blood that can 'turn' the children who live their lives being trained and brainwashed until they are prime candidates.
Some have managed to escape. And the hunt begins.
March 9, 2011
Bloodline by Maggie Shayne is about a girl named Lillith. She wakes up under a brigde naked and not remembering who she is. She is led by intuition to a barn where she meets a guy named Ethan. Lilith feels like she remembers Ethan, but she just cant be sure if she does. She still didnt know what she was by the time she arrived to Ethans barn and he told her that she was a vampire, like him. They also had intimite relationship before she was a vampire. Some memories come back to her that she was raised in a secret school called The Farm. Its a place only with people who have rare blood can go to. People who have this rare blood can be changed into vampires. When these kids were little they would get kidnapped from their parents and live in the Farm. Their parents would also get killed so no trouble happens. But Liliths mother wasnt killed.
January 6, 2013
I have not read a Maggie Shayne in *YEARS*! I know I have read one of hers because her name is familiar and I'm sure if I were to go back through all my years of "Books Read" records I could tell you exactly which book and what year I read of hers but it doesn't really matter... suffice it to say, it has been YEARS and it was so memorable I cannot even recall the book... until now!
How have I lived without reading this author all the time? Is Bloodline the only good book by her? I sincerely hope not! I *LOVED* this book! From the first page to the last I enjoyed it. Her style of writing makes her characters come alive and seem startling realistic.
I cannot wait to read more by Maggie Shayne. The next trip I make to the library will include more of her writings.
How have I lived without reading this author all the time? Is Bloodline the only good book by her? I sincerely hope not! I *LOVED* this book! From the first page to the last I enjoyed it. Her style of writing makes her characters come alive and seem startling realistic.
I cannot wait to read more by Maggie Shayne. The next trip I make to the library will include more of her writings.
July 1, 2010
Very good. It held my interest and was very entertaining. I would reread it sometime.
Lilith awakens cold, naked and alone, knowing nothing—not even who she is—except that she has to run, run for her life…because someone is after her.
When Ethan discovers the terrified woman hiding on his ranch, he knows immediately not only who she is, but what. He's never forgotten her, not in all the time since he escaped their joint prison, a clandestine CIA facility where humans are bred into vampires willing to kill on command. He refused to accept that fate, and since he won his freedom he's become a legend to those he left behind. With her own escape, Lilith has become a legend, too, and now—together—they have no choice but to fight those who would become a legend by killing one.
Lilith awakens cold, naked and alone, knowing nothing—not even who she is—except that she has to run, run for her life…because someone is after her.
When Ethan discovers the terrified woman hiding on his ranch, he knows immediately not only who she is, but what. He's never forgotten her, not in all the time since he escaped their joint prison, a clandestine CIA facility where humans are bred into vampires willing to kill on command. He refused to accept that fate, and since he won his freedom he's become a legend to those he left behind. With her own escape, Lilith has become a legend, too, and now—together—they have no choice but to fight those who would become a legend by killing one.
July 9, 2012
I have not read a Maggie Shayne in *YEARS*! I know I have read one of hers because her name is familiar and I'm sure if I were to go back through all my years of "Books Read" records I could tell you exactly which book and what year I read of hers but it doesn't really matter... suffice it to say, it has been YEARS and it was so memorable I cannot even recall the book... until now!
How have I lived without reading this author all the time? Is Bloodline the only good book by her? I sincerely hope not! I *LOVED* this book! From the first page to the last I enjoyed it. Her style of writing makes her characters come alive and seem startling realistic.
I cannot wait to read more by Maggie Shayne. The next trip I make to the library will include more of her writings.
How have I lived without reading this author all the time? Is Bloodline the only good book by her? I sincerely hope not! I *LOVED* this book! From the first page to the last I enjoyed it. Her style of writing makes her characters come alive and seem startling realistic.
I cannot wait to read more by Maggie Shayne. The next trip I make to the library will include more of her writings.
September 8, 2014
In the 16th edition of the Wings in the Night series, Maggie Shayne gave us an intertwining storyline of three people involved into this story. In the first half of Bloodline, we were introduced to Serena Monroe, a young mother who's baby daughter were taken away from her. In alternating POVs, we go to 21-year-old daughter Lilith, who had been raised on a Farm with other bloodliners who had the rare antigen Belladonna in their blood. That's where she met Ethan, another vampire with the rare antigen. For Serena, she searched for her daughter and wanted her safe. For Ethan who was in love with Lilith, he looked for his brother and dealt with his betrayal. And for Lilith, she found Serena, trusted Ethan, and wanted to break free from captivity. An enjoyable read!
May 16, 2009
Unfortunately - due to the way this book was written - I had a hard time getting into the book. The interweaving of 3rd person-based story lines with a 1st person story line was bad enough. It was made worse by the lack of proper transitions. Every time I found myself getting into a segment of a story line, it would quickly jump to one of the others without any kind of rhyme or reason. It was very frustrating.
All in all, the concepts were good. I just did not care for the layout.
I think the book would have been better if it all had been written in 3rd person with the past flashbacks at properly placed transitions.
All in all, the concepts were good. I just did not care for the layout.
I think the book would have been better if it all had been written in 3rd person with the past flashbacks at properly placed transitions.
September 6, 2010
I know I have read a couple of books in this series but I have to say this one just didn't do it for me. Sure it had a few interesting parts but there were so many repeats of phrases and convo's between the leads it was hovering over that fine line into dull. I was really surpised by that as I usually like MS's books. This one just wasn't up to par with the other's I've read and to say the least I was let down.
It would prob. be better to read them all at once and in order but I doubt that would make this one any better. The rating of three stars were the few interesting parts in this book.
It would prob. be better to read them all at once and in order but I doubt that would make this one any better. The rating of three stars were the few interesting parts in this book.
October 3, 2010
My only problem with this book is that the author switches between third person perspective and first person perspective throughout the novel. It was extremely annoying and I thought that it really took away from the flow of the story. I mean, I always thought that you weren't supposed to do such a thing in a published novel! Whether or not that is true, I think it looks unprofessional to switch like that. I think she could have gotten her point across just fine all in third person instead of switching at all.
January 16, 2011
This wasn't just boring but totally soulless. I didn't get any real feelings and characters were thin as paper. Just a another "countryside" romance novel with horses and all but with a touch of vampire aspect. There were no logic in the farm and the make believe that chosen ones has been there for all their young lives. No true love, no steaming hot sex, no interesting plot twists or even some humor to save some of it.
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