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The Shadowfae Chronicles #4
Blood Cursed
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 who, for better or worse, knows his way around the vampire underworld. Smooth as silk and tougher than trolls, Diamond is Ember’s only chance to keep her magical blood inside her body, where it belongs. But he also poses a threat to Ember, a strange kind of danger she’s never experienced before: She’s falling in love with him…
Blood Cursed is the fourth book in Erica Hayes' thrilling paranormal fantasy series the Shadowfae Chronicles.
Diamond is a glassfairy who, for better or worse, knows his way around the vampire underworld. Smooth as silk and tougher than trolls, Diamond is Ember’s only chance to keep her magical blood inside her body, where it belongs. But he also poses a threat to Ember, a strange kind of danger she’s never experienced before: She’s falling in love with him…
Blood Cursed is the fourth book in Erica Hayes' thrilling paranormal fantasy series the Shadowfae Chronicles.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 2, 2011
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Erica Hayes
39 books274 followersErica 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.
She hails from Australia, where she drifts from city to city, leaving a trail of chaos behind her. Currently, she’s terrorizing the wilds of Northern Virginia, USA.
She hails from Australia, where she drifts from city to city, leaving a trail of chaos behind her. Currently, she’s terrorizing the wilds of Northern Virginia, USA.
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September 20, 2011
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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 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
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
October 14, 2011
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.
September 9, 2011
One of the better ones in the series. Diamond's dialect is cute for one chapter and exceedingly annoying for the next 300 pages.
November 21, 2011
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, dangerous, and oh-so wickedly delicious creatures that club it up at Unseelie Court, and wind down (or crash and burn) under the dark cover of Melborne, Australia's nights.
Blood Cursed follows the conflicts and triumphs of fairy hero Diamond, and fairy heroine Ember, as they fight for the lives of their cursed souls as well as fight for a love that neither feel worthy, or trusting, of. In a world where there's a hierarchy of control and power, both Diamond and Ember walk a fine line of maintaining control over their own lives and desires. This same world often dictates deceit of friendships and true love matches -- everyone is out for something, sometimes for someone, and of course, often for self preservation.
And, Diamond and Ember are no exception to this fate.
Ember is a beautiful Blood Fairy, her blood making her highly desired by vampires, but maintains a sense of denial that she is being both used as a means to gain her fairy mob boyfriends increase of power and act as his arm candy. Despite her beauty, she seriously lacks self-confidence. She knows she shouldn't put up with her boyfriends cheating, manipulation, and deceitful ways, including pimping her coveted blood out, but she feels like she has no other options than to put up with it.
Diamond has his own self-confidence issues. A glassfae with talents of blending in with backgrounds, forming ice, and reading minds, once deeply in love then deeply betrayed, he both loathes his ex and desires her at the same time. It makes her his greatest weakness and nemesis. But, he also can't deny his physical attraction to Ember and the desire to both protect her and make her aware of her self worth. When both are forced to work together -- and against each other -- to save their souls from being tricked and decieved by the their love interests once again, they find themselves and a love within each other that neither expected nor accepted -- at first.
I think many readers will be able to identify with the real issues of self-confidence and the obstacles to overcome them in this story. While previous books in the series all hinted on "real-life" issues, they primarily focused on the paranormal conflicts. In Blood Cursed, I felt like there were more identifiable internal conflicts within the characters, which seriously tugged on my empathy and sympathy in this book.
Alternating between first-person POV of Ember and third-person POV of the other characters allows for the reader to get a deeper sense of what's going on in the heroine's head.
The characters are definitely three-dimensional with life-like qualities only enhanced with additional conflicts that are defined by their paranormal/urban fantasy world. It seems like no matter what they do, there's always some conflict that they have to overcome -- whether internal or external. But that's what makes Blood Cursed so engaging! There's never a dull moment. Filled with twist-and-turns and an unexpected ending, I couldn't put this book down once I started.
Erica Hayes continues with her fabulous world of a dark Unseelie Court -- a club and hang out for the glamourfied supernatural and the unsuspecting few humans. This is a dark world where life is always on the line, sex induced creatures have no qualms in satisfying their needs and desires, and special fairy drugs enhance their loose morals, all while the creatures of Melborne's underworld adhere to demon bosses, vampire gangsters, fairies, sprites, and other creatures playing their roles in the hierarchy.
If there's anything that I clearly want to point out to interested readers, it's the absolute fabulous and unique voice that author Erica Hayes has continuously delivered in all of her books. In Blood Cursed, she took the lyrical qualities of her writing a step further by creating a highly unique, fun, interesting, and captivating character in Diamond!! His dialogue consisted of his own "Diamond-ese" speak, with words ending in "ified" and "ication". I have to admit that I stumbled at first, trying to get used to the different dialogue and internal conversations, especially during the first chapter, but once I did I was hooked! It was so catching that I even caught myself integrating his word-speak in my real life! LOL!
Can romance be found in a dark and dangerous world you ask? Absolutely! In fact, the dramatic ambiance may even enhance it! After all, when you find something worth finding, protecting, and loving, deep within the dark, you could only hope to hold on even tighter than ever in fear that you may loose it. And, Diamond and Ember are clear examples. Both are willing to sacrifice themselves -- their very souls -- in order to save a love neither feels worthy of having, yet wants so deeply. And while I enjoyed both lead characters, Diamond was my favorite. His broken, sexy, bad boy, and delicious self really appealed to me, if you know what I mean! :)
Sexual tension is up there, making you anticipate when the hero and heroine will finally give in. What pleasantly surprised me with the culmination was the heartfelt emotions that went along with it. It was a meaningful and table-turning event that got even better as the story continued. The innuendos and sexual acts throughout Blood Cursed are borderline erotic and well written.
The secondary characters -- oh, the secondary characters! There's so many of them that often times I had to stop and make sure I was following the right "person". But on the flip-side, I couldn't imagine the book without them. They're there for a reason, and anyone who has followed this series from the beginning will start to be able to identify the overlapping characters, cameo appearances of others, and feel as though there would be something missing if they didn't show up every once-in-awhile. Plus, there's nothing flat about them! Their quirky and differentiated personalities jump off the page just as much as the main characters, but don't encroach on the hero and heroines spotlight.
So, can you read this book as a stand alone if you haven't read any of the previous ones? Yes, you can. However, like I mentioned in the previous paragraph, readers who start at the beginning with Shadowfae (Book 1) may have a deeper connection to the world and characters. And, if you haven't started this series, I highly recommend you do!!! You will be seriously whisked away by Erica Hayes very unique voice and style of writing!!
The bottom line is that Blood Cursed is another fabulous edition to the Shadowfae Chronicles series! Erica Hayes gifts readers with a writing style highly unique and engaging. Her imagination brings to life a dark side of paranormal creatures in a setting (Australia) that is just as distinct as her voice, characters, and world-building. This series has been, and will continue to be, on my list of series recommendations! I can't wait to see what Ms. Hayes will gift us next!
Blood Cursed follows the conflicts and triumphs of fairy hero Diamond, and fairy heroine Ember, as they fight for the lives of their cursed souls as well as fight for a love that neither feel worthy, or trusting, of. In a world where there's a hierarchy of control and power, both Diamond and Ember walk a fine line of maintaining control over their own lives and desires. This same world often dictates deceit of friendships and true love matches -- everyone is out for something, sometimes for someone, and of course, often for self preservation.
And, Diamond and Ember are no exception to this fate.
Ember is a beautiful Blood Fairy, her blood making her highly desired by vampires, but maintains a sense of denial that she is being both used as a means to gain her fairy mob boyfriends increase of power and act as his arm candy. Despite her beauty, she seriously lacks self-confidence. She knows she shouldn't put up with her boyfriends cheating, manipulation, and deceitful ways, including pimping her coveted blood out, but she feels like she has no other options than to put up with it.
Diamond has his own self-confidence issues. A glassfae with talents of blending in with backgrounds, forming ice, and reading minds, once deeply in love then deeply betrayed, he both loathes his ex and desires her at the same time. It makes her his greatest weakness and nemesis. But, he also can't deny his physical attraction to Ember and the desire to both protect her and make her aware of her self worth. When both are forced to work together -- and against each other -- to save their souls from being tricked and decieved by the their love interests once again, they find themselves and a love within each other that neither expected nor accepted -- at first.
I think many readers will be able to identify with the real issues of self-confidence and the obstacles to overcome them in this story. While previous books in the series all hinted on "real-life" issues, they primarily focused on the paranormal conflicts. In Blood Cursed, I felt like there were more identifiable internal conflicts within the characters, which seriously tugged on my empathy and sympathy in this book.
Alternating between first-person POV of Ember and third-person POV of the other characters allows for the reader to get a deeper sense of what's going on in the heroine's head.
The characters are definitely three-dimensional with life-like qualities only enhanced with additional conflicts that are defined by their paranormal/urban fantasy world. It seems like no matter what they do, there's always some conflict that they have to overcome -- whether internal or external. But that's what makes Blood Cursed so engaging! There's never a dull moment. Filled with twist-and-turns and an unexpected ending, I couldn't put this book down once I started.
Erica Hayes continues with her fabulous world of a dark Unseelie Court -- a club and hang out for the glamourfied supernatural and the unsuspecting few humans. This is a dark world where life is always on the line, sex induced creatures have no qualms in satisfying their needs and desires, and special fairy drugs enhance their loose morals, all while the creatures of Melborne's underworld adhere to demon bosses, vampire gangsters, fairies, sprites, and other creatures playing their roles in the hierarchy.
If there's anything that I clearly want to point out to interested readers, it's the absolute fabulous and unique voice that author Erica Hayes has continuously delivered in all of her books. In Blood Cursed, she took the lyrical qualities of her writing a step further by creating a highly unique, fun, interesting, and captivating character in Diamond!! His dialogue consisted of his own "Diamond-ese" speak, with words ending in "ified" and "ication". I have to admit that I stumbled at first, trying to get used to the different dialogue and internal conversations, especially during the first chapter, but once I did I was hooked! It was so catching that I even caught myself integrating his word-speak in my real life! LOL!
"He slams on the tap, and cold water rushes, soothing his bloody palm. His thoughts scramble wild. He doesn't know it's truthful, this soul-bindy-twiny-whatever. The stone could be tricksy lies, some elaborate swindlicality Rosa invented to taunitfy him.
Or Ember could be falsing. ....
But the hopeless fear in her eyes still slashes his heart like poisoned steel, and he spits a curse. His glasstalent doesn't lie. The hot, searching desperation in her touch wasn't fakified. She's telling real. Has to be.
And now he must choosify."
Can romance be found in a dark and dangerous world you ask? Absolutely! In fact, the dramatic ambiance may even enhance it! After all, when you find something worth finding, protecting, and loving, deep within the dark, you could only hope to hold on even tighter than ever in fear that you may loose it. And, Diamond and Ember are clear examples. Both are willing to sacrifice themselves -- their very souls -- in order to save a love neither feels worthy of having, yet wants so deeply. And while I enjoyed both lead characters, Diamond was my favorite. His broken, sexy, bad boy, and delicious self really appealed to me, if you know what I mean! :)
Sexual tension is up there, making you anticipate when the hero and heroine will finally give in. What pleasantly surprised me with the culmination was the heartfelt emotions that went along with it. It was a meaningful and table-turning event that got even better as the story continued. The innuendos and sexual acts throughout Blood Cursed are borderline erotic and well written.
The secondary characters -- oh, the secondary characters! There's so many of them that often times I had to stop and make sure I was following the right "person". But on the flip-side, I couldn't imagine the book without them. They're there for a reason, and anyone who has followed this series from the beginning will start to be able to identify the overlapping characters, cameo appearances of others, and feel as though there would be something missing if they didn't show up every once-in-awhile. Plus, there's nothing flat about them! Their quirky and differentiated personalities jump off the page just as much as the main characters, but don't encroach on the hero and heroines spotlight.
So, can you read this book as a stand alone if you haven't read any of the previous ones? Yes, you can. However, like I mentioned in the previous paragraph, readers who start at the beginning with Shadowfae (Book 1) may have a deeper connection to the world and characters. And, if you haven't started this series, I highly recommend you do!!! You will be seriously whisked away by Erica Hayes very unique voice and style of writing!!
The bottom line is that Blood Cursed is another fabulous edition to the Shadowfae Chronicles series! Erica Hayes gifts readers with a writing style highly unique and engaging. Her imagination brings to life a dark side of paranormal creatures in a setting (Australia) that is just as distinct as her voice, characters, and world-building. This series has been, and will continue to be, on my list of series recommendations! I can't wait to see what Ms. Hayes will gift us next!
January 27, 2012
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 it just add ism to any word and you've got this speech down, I thought the author would explain at some point make the speech thing a part of the type of fae he was to explain the childish activity by some drug dealing mob guy but no. Even more baffling is no one else talks this way in the book but none of the characters find his speech weird or irritating come on. This book made me want to pull my hair out the female lead is a whiny oh poor me attitude really topped my distaste for this book. I feel bad seeing as it's the only book I've read by the author but I can't imagine I will pick up anything else after reading this I didn't even finish it bought it yesterday got halfway and said screw it I'm getting my money back and returned it. This is a new thing for me cause I've never disliked a book so much that I've returned one.
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 it just add ism to any word and you've got this speech down, I thought the author would explain at some point make the speech thing a part of the type of fae he was to explain the childish activity by some drug dealing mob guy but no. Even more baffling is no one else talks this way in the book but none of the characters find his speech weird or irritating come on. This book made me want to pull my hair out the female lead is a whiny oh poor me attitude really topped my distaste for this book. I feel bad seeing as it's the only book I've read by the author but I can't imagine I will pick up anything else after reading this I didn't even finish it bought it yesterday got halfway and said screw it I'm getting my money back and returned it. This is a new thing for me cause I've never disliked a book so much that I've returned one.
August 16, 2013
Poison Kissed, book 3 of this series, is one of my favorites for 2013 (so far). I found this book (#4) good, with an intricate plot that kept me reading, but I have to admit, I found Ember to be a bit wishy-washy valley girl. Diamond was a great character, but he could have done better than a girl that had such a hard time believing in him (yeah, yeah, we get the whole low self esteem thing), I would have preferred a stringer female to pair him with. That said, this is a terrific author, and book 4's plot may pale when compared to the Poison kissed,, but it is still a good story and I love the author's writing style. NOTE: I am reading this series out of order. Although the characters cross over, their stories don't impact each others' chronologically
July 20, 2012
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 actually enjoying it. By then, Ember's personality had much improved and I had gotten used to Diamond's dialogue. Not great but at least it was entertaining.
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October 7, 2012BLOOD 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
Received from the publisher for an honest review by MY BOOK ADDICTION AND MORE
Rating: 3
Reviewed by: KellyR
Received from the publisher for an honest review by MY BOOK ADDICTION AND MORE
February 7, 2015
Melbourne is overrun with fairies and vampires and this story follows two fairies who are not beautiful or loving people.
Diamond is a glass fairy and a mid level gangster
Ember is a blood fairy and she has been clinging to a bad relationship because she feared being alone more.
revenge and betrayal is prominent in this story but slowly these two start to see more than their eyes did see....
Fractured and hard, the ending is not glorious and uplifting but satisifying when you realise that they will make make it...
Diamond is a glass fairy and a mid level gangster
Ember is a blood fairy and she has been clinging to a bad relationship because she feared being alone more.
revenge and betrayal is prominent in this story but slowly these two start to see more than their eyes did see....
Fractured and hard, the ending is not glorious and uplifting but satisifying when you realise that they will make make it...
October 4, 2011
I did not like Ember... she was stupid, weak, boring... blah. I can see why all her friends left her.. I would too.
Diamond however I loved to bits. I'd have given Diamond 5 stars but Ember just poo-pooed the story for me.
I was a little upset that Vincent got snuffed out so easily as well, he was just starting to get interesting.
And why did Kane get so little page-time? That gave me the sads.
Diamond however I loved to bits. I'd have given Diamond 5 stars but Ember just poo-pooed the story for me.
I was a little upset that Vincent got snuffed out so easily as well, he was just starting to get interesting.
And why did Kane get so little page-time? That gave me the sads.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 25, 2016
Cute Novel! I loved the way that the glassfairy Diamond, has a way of talkifying! ...I love paranormal romances...!
Who needs MEN??? Just give me my cat and a good romance novel!!! Unconditional love, free cuddles, shelf the book when not needed, no bitching, snoring, or cheating! And you get the bed to yourself!
Sigh...!
Who needs MEN??? Just give me my cat and a good romance novel!!! Unconditional love, free cuddles, shelf the book when not needed, no bitching, snoring, or cheating! And you get the bed to yourself!
Sigh...!
March 21, 2013
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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