Item: Bound by Night
Rating: 4.00
Author: cocktailsandbooks

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 . . .

I’m probably only one of the only people on the planet who haven’t read everything Larissa Ione has written, and after reading Bound by Night, the first in a new series by her, I finally see what I’ve been missing out on. I really enjoyed it. There is some major world building going on and I think that could be hard for some readers. This is a promising start to a new series.

I love the different idea of vampires as slaves and the way that Ms. Ione gives them a foundation with Native American roots and traditions.

I really liked the characters. Nicole and Riker don’t seem like characters who could fall in love but somehow Ms. Ione makes it work. She allows Nicole and Riker to find the good in each other and does it beautifully. They are both strong characters in their own right, and I enjoyed getting to know them.

There is a great cast of secondary characters that support the main characters throughout the whole story.

I highly recommend this story for both fans of Larissa Ione and new fans alike. It’s a great start to a new series and I can’t wait to read the next in the series. I look forward to seeing where she takes the rest of the characters and how this world continues to change and unfold.

Reviewed by Sheri for Cocktails and Books

Bound by Night (Moonbound Clan Vampires, #1)

by Larissa Ione

Reviewed by Cocktails and Books on Jul 18, 2013

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