Stolen Nights (Vampire Queen, #2)

by Rebecca Maizel

[e_rodz_leb]

Finally! I read Infinite Days in 2010 and let me tell you, two years is an awful long time to wait, especially when I loved it (and the cliffhanger, thank you very much)!

I’m a bit ambivalent about Stolen Nights, I’m not sure what I was waiting for, but I felt that this book to a whole new direction from where it was going. Am I the only one that felt that way? I think my biggest issue was Lenah, she went from being a kick-ass queen to a simpering, weak and selfish girl. Evidently, having lived for so many years didn’t mean she gain any wisdom whatsoever. She used Justin really badly and I just can’t stand that kind of behavior from anyone.

Don’t get me started on Rhodes. From the first book and Lenah’s flashbacks about him, he was supposed to be this wise, handsome, loving vampire. Although, it’s obvious that he loves Lenah, he is so difficult and restraint. As I said, I just don’t understand where this is going.

One of the redeeming points of the book is Vicken. He turned out to be a true friend; he is funny, loyal, brave, ready for action and quick to sarcasm. Lenah’s friends are dying all over the place (since book one, so I’m not giving anything away), and this doesn’t seem fair. I feel like Maizel created these characters just for fluff, with the sole purpose to kill them off. Also, what is up with the Aeris? If they are so powerful, why on earth didn’t they help more? And the explanation about why Rhode and Lenah can’t be together doesn’t even make sense!

The plot was all over the place. I did like the writing, it is beautiful, but not enough to love the book as much as I did the first one.

I just can’t tell you how disappointed I was about this book. I wish that Lenah didn’t wait until the end to do right, and I can’t understand the purpose of the ending or how is the next installment going to proceed. This was supposed to fix everything and evidently, it didn’t.

Quotes:

"Promise me. Promise me that no matter what happens, you will always be ther for me". I pulled away and looked into Rhode's vampire eyes. So glorious, they were the color of the summer sky. My sky. "We don't know what will come, but if I know you will always be there for me, I can bear it"
"I promise", he said. " No matter what may come" - Lenah to Rhode

"This love is so deep, it cannot be undone" - Rhode

"Vicken exhaled heavily, then said, "I don't know about yoiu, but this house says to me: Come inside if you want to die" - Vicken