Bound by Night by Larissa Ione

Bound by Night (Moonbound Clan Vampires, #1)

by Larissa Ione

Nicole Martin was only eight years old when she narrowly survived a massacre: her family's vampire slaves rebelled and killed everyone in her household. Twenty years later, Nicole now dedicates herself to finding a vaccine against vampirism . . . and eradicating the gruesome memories that give her nightmares.

Riker, a member of the wild vampire Moon Clan, is haunted by his own demons - his wife Lorraine had been captured and enslaved by the Martin family. It was during a botched escape attempt that she was killed, along with their unborn child. Still wracked with grief and anger, Riker is now fuelled solely by the desire to rescue vampire slaves . . . and slaughter their owners.

When Riker stumbles upon Nicole in a chance meeting, he immediately recognizes her as a member of the Martin family that once enslaved his wife -and she recognizes him as the wild vampire she saw kissing a pregnant slave in the moments before her violent death - an image that has haunted her dreams for years.

When Riker kidnaps Nicole and they spend a night together in a cave on the way back to his clan, suddenly they begin to realize that they aren't as different from one another as they may have thought - and they're finding themselves drawn to one another . . .

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3 of 5 stars

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Ione's Bound By Night follows Nicole, a human who HATES vampires, with good reason, and Riker, a vampire who hates Nicole's family, again, for good reason. So you know there is going to be a lot of back and forth, a lot of tension, and a lot of fighting of feelings before they finally give in.

This story is unique in that not only are vampires not hidden from society, they are actually considered a lower class, not even treated with human compassion by most of the world. They are little more than domesticated animals, that can be used as house servants. Which gave the story a unique twist I hadn't seen before.

However I did find the characters a little flat and predictable. Their "relationship" as it is, can really only be explained by Stockholm Syndrome. As often as it happens in Paranormal Romance, the whole falling in love with your kidnapper thing has to be done right, and in this instance it fell a little short.

Overall, this was an enjoyable read however, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an easy to read PNR.

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