My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles, #1) in The Not-So Austen Bookclub

Dec 06, 2017 Dayla rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Why am I trash for these types of books?

This was so surprisingly addicting that I couldn’t put it down. It’s light and fluffy and full of angsty romance. I don’t care how old I am, I’m a sucker for these types of books.

Happy reading!

P.S. potential binge alert.

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Aug 26, 2010 Miss Clark rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, modern-presentday

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Drake family is one of the few ancient vampire families into which vampires are born, not made. Solange Drake is the first girl to be born into the Drake family, thus fulfilling an ancient prophecy that says she will rule the vampires. Obviously, this irritates and worries the current vampire rulers, notably Lady Natasha and Montmartre, who each have their special way of dealing with this unwanted threat to their power struggle. Lady Natasha puts a bounty on Solange (after having exiled the The Drake family is one of the few ancient vampire families into which vampires are born, not made. Solange Drake is the first girl to be born into the Drake family, thus fulfilling an ancient prophecy that says she will rule the vampires. Obviously, this irritates and worries the current vampire rulers, notably Lady Natasha and Montmartre, who each have their special way of dealing with this unwanted threat to their power struggle. Lady Natasha puts a bounty on Solange (after having exiled the ...more The Drake family is one of the few ancient vampire families into which vampires are born, not made. Solange Drake is the first girl to be born into the Drake family, thus fulfilling an ancient prophecy that says she will rule the vampires. Obviously, this irritates and worries the current vampire rulers, notably Lady Natasha and Montmartre, who each have their special way of dealing with this unwanted threat to their power struggle. Lady Natasha puts a bounty on Solange (after having exiled the entire Drake family for years), while Montmartre, who comes off as even creepier than her (and that is no mean feat), tries to court her.

Solange, who is not all that keen on becoming a vampire, much less ever ruling them, feels stifled by her family that is simply trying to protect her and it is only her human friend, Lucy Hamilton, that helps draw her out of her lassitude and worry. Lucy, who is a main character in her own right, is not only worrying about her best friend who may die when she changes on her upcoming 16th Birthday, but is also thrown by her newfound crush on Solange's brother Nicholas.

Then that bounty gets put out on Solange and her family and everything goes all to heck. Solange is taken by Natasha, falls for Kieran Black, the vampire hunter who tried to kill her at the beginning of our story, and just barely survives her change. Lucy and Nicholas go after Solange, only to get thrown in jail and then help save Solange (not through any brilliant plotting on their behalf), and amongst all the goings on they declare their mutual attraction.

The plot seems really brief and bare-boned, but we get that more and more with series. *sigh* Things were also a bit rushed and there were moments when I was not sure quite what was going on. Everybody falling in love was a bit unbelievable. Nicholas and Lucy I can buy because they have known each other for so long, but Kieran and Solange did not feel authentic. At least, not at this point. The writing style was very contemporary and efficient. I enjoyed this vision of the vampire world, the Drake family in particular. (Helena is so bad-ass!) But I really wish that they had all been fleshed out. Hopefully in the future books we will get some more depth and personality behind all these family members. Also, our villains. ...more

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May 19, 2012 Bree rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, i-own, vampires, paranormal

I absolutely loved this book!
The story was super, the characters were brilliant and everything was just well done.
Something that surprised me was that this book was really quite thin! I was expecting it to be a bit thicker but dont let what I'm telling you sway you.
Because.
The story felt just right and if it was any longer it had the possibility of dragging.
So hooray for Alyxandra Harvey for creating an awesome book that is a quick but great read.
Meet the Characters:

Solange:
Just imagine a teen ...more

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