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Kate Hill - The Darkness Therein and The Immaculate - Page 5

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vampire qualities and strength. Without blood, they have only normal human strength. No insane blood craving or need to take blood every night, but they do need blood to heal. Second, is the idea that the vampire takes on the qualities of the person they feed on, so as Jocelyn takes blood from Charlie, he becomes more human, more caring, and when he is about to go against Edrick, he goes out and finds a bunch of the meanest, evil bastards that he can and stocks up to increase his vampire powers. At the beginning of the story, it seems as though there are only two vampires, one good and one evil, but later in the story, Jocelyn meets another vampire, and we discover though rare, other vampires do exist, although they are mostly solitary creatures.

Despite the fact that Kate Hill's story follows closely the paranormal romance formula--can the love of the right woman save the monster, it is well written and captures and holds one's attention. Jocelyn makes for a very interesting character as we delve into his past as a young slave to a perverted master in Istanbul, to the love he feels for his daughter, to his consuming hatred of Edrick, and his dark past as a warrior. Charlie is a likable, no nonsense heroine, who though Jocelyn thinks she goes off half- cocked, really doesn't. The dynamic between them is very good. The Darkness Therein is well worth reading.

The Immaculate

The year before Mara had been attacked by the evil vampire Edrick. Though her friends assume she remembers nothing of the attack, bits and pieces remain, and despite feeling she is crazy for believing she was attacked by something more than human, she begins a search for information about vampires.

In a library in Spain, she meets Adam, who offers to translate a book for her. She finds herself, for the first time in over a year, attracted, even comfortable and safe in a man's presence.

When Adam hears her story, he realizes that for Mara's sanity, she must know the truth about him, about her friends Charlie and Joycelyn, and about vampires. Adam is an Immaculate, a rarity, a vampire actually born, not made. Adam is much stronger than the normal vampire and exists on the blood of other vampires, not human blood. Because of a prophecy that he will be the one to kill the First Father, one of the original vampires and the most evil, Adam has spent his life training and preparing, mentally and physically.

Mara takes Adam's revelations quite well, having fallen in love with him. She

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