Friday, September 21, 2012

Book Review and Giveaway ~ Birth of the Nyxian by Amanda R. Browning


This is a story about a young woman that is well studied, fairly alone, and strong minded. One night while walking home from work she comes face to face with death and he was hot as hell. Harlow’s fascination with vampire stories and the looks of the man before her, seemed to cancel out any fear she should have had. Harlow finds love and adventure while flying around the globe running from Hades himself. The book ends with just enough of a cliff hanger to leave you wanting more.  

I felt like the relationship moved way to fast between Harlow and Aiden in the beginning of the book. I would have liked to have had some more time to yearn for them to be together. The dialog was a little bit unrealistic at times, in my opinion. With that being said Amanda does a great job in the romance department. Her love scenes were written with taste and just the right amount of heat. The bond that Harlow and Aiden develop is uncrushable. It is hard not root for them.  

The beginning of the book moved a little slow, but once you get past the back story the book is full of action and suspense. Amanda had my jaw drop on occasion.

This is an author who does her research! It is evident that Amanda spent countless hours researching everything for this book. She is able to really set a scene and take the reader to places they might not otherwise visit.  I love the way Amanda integrates long standing mythologies into her vampire world. Amanda showed a lot of thought and creativity when writing in her mythological creatures we are all familiar with. 

While reading this book, I felt like I could see this writer growing as an author. I am looking forward to reading her next book and believe that it will be even better than this one. If you love vampire books, this is one to add to your shelf for sure.

Thank you so much Amanda for sharing this awesome giveaway!
 
 
 
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4 comments:

  1. The thing I love most about vampires is that they are normally hot! Most of them have been around for years so they will know loads of things about history which is pretty cool!

    Thank you for the giveaway! :)

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  2. The thing i love about vampires that they are sexy and most of them been around for a while which is pretty awesome thanks for the giveaway

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  3. While I love everything to do with Vampires I love most how mysterious they are. You never know a person is a vampire until, in some cases, it's too late. But that is what makes them so awesome. Of course, how hot they are is a given but how mysterious they are makes them even hotter in my book.

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  4. what i love most is their sizzling hot bodies and the mystery of all of them

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