Title: Vampyre Kisses
Author: Elizabeth J. Kolodziej
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
Vampyre Kisses is an enthralling story about a young
woman named Faith, who was content with her life, but deep down craved more
excitement. Then a mysterious man named Trent enters her life and everything
changes. Surprising to Faith, Trent is a green-eyed vampire from Ireland. She
is even more surprised to find out that she is a witch, and the last of her
kind. Faith finds out that she is destined to restore her witch line and
becomes more powerful as she gains confidence and knowledge, but danger lurks
everywhere. Especially when unknown assailants steal the most important gems
from the vampire master and werewolf royalty. Now surrounded by a world full of
mystifying vampires and werewolves, can Faith gain enough power to help her
friends and rescue the stolen gems?
Excerpt:
After
a half hour, I decided to sit down for a minute to catch my breath. I ordered a
shot and a water to get some liquid into me, and searched around for Mac. He
wasn’t visible anywhere over the mass of bobbing heads and twisting bodies. As
I continued to look around, I noticed two men at a corner table observing the
dancers. One of the men must have felt my eyes on him, because he turned to
look at me. He gave me a half smile and got out of his seat to walk over to my
table. A slower-paced song with a good beat came on. I looked up into his pale
green eyes and he offered his hand. I took it, and he led me to the dance
floor. He put his strong hands on my back and we moved to the music. His curly
dark reddish-brown hair fell past his ears and framed his flawless oval face,
complemented by deep-set round eyes and a pointed nose. He licked his thick
lips and showed his perfect white teeth with a small smile. With my heels on,
our eyes met perfectly opposite one another. His silk black shirt swayed back
and forth as we moved. A few buttons were undone to show his smooth chest.
Leather pants hung on his hips that pressed against my bare thighs at different
points when we moved. We stared at each other during each song that played; I
felt like a feather floating in the warm brisk air.
With
a tap on my shoulder, I turned around to find Mac staring at me, then at the
man. He put his lips to my ear: “I need to talk to you for a sec.” I turned
back to the man and put one finger up to let him know I would be right back. He
nodded, and I turned to follow Mac off the dance floor.
“That
man is bad news,” he said, his lips next to my ear.
Faith Character Bio:
BASIC INFORMATION
Full name: Faith Scott
Nickname(s) or
Alias: Little one (from
Trent ::grin::)
Gender: Female
Species: Witch
Age: early-mid twenties depending on
which book you are reading
Birthday: Taurus baby!
Sexuality: Straight
City or town of
birth: New York
Currently lives: New York, but traveling
Languages spoken: English
Relationship
Status: Together with Trent
... currently ...
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Height: Five seven
Weight: buck twenty
Figure/build: Athletic but curvy
Hair color: Brown Curly
Eye color: Green
Skin/fur/etc
colour: White
Faith
Scott starts off in Vampyre Kisses as a real simple kind of girl. No tattoos,
no piercings and a total innocent of the supernatural world. The only piece of
jewelry she wears every day is the heart shaped locket her father gave her. She
is just a jeans and a tshirt kind of girl. However, she did use to smoke and
her drinking can look obsessive to some people. But I would personally need a
glass of vodka every time someone tried to kill me too.
Faith
turns out to be the type of witch that wants to solve the issue rather than
battle it out over blood. At least that is how she begins her journey in
Vampyre Kisses. Her character does truly grow has the series goes on. I think
her biggest fear thus far is hurting the people around her accidentally by
getting them kidnapped or killed because of people coming after her. She is the
last witch in the world and there is a Salt Whip on her butt most of her days
trying to kill her. A Salt Whip being what a slayer is to a vampire.
What
I love most about Faith is her taste in music though. She is a Humble Gods
lover and does the head banging in the morning to some Kottonmouth Kings and
other punk rock hip hop bands. She loves all kinds of music and is not ashamed
of that at all.
However,
what AMAZES me about Faith is how her combat skills have grown. First she
learns from Akilah and than from Morgan AND THAN from Vincent and a slayer.
You’ll have to read the books to figure out how that happens, but her fighting
styles are so diverse because of the different types of mentors she has had
over the years. I believe in Vampyre Kisses her favorite element is water and
earth but this turns to fire later on. Though she is pretty profound with most
elemental magic. Her weapon of choice (besides magic): throwing knife.
I
truly believe you will get a kick out of Faith as a character. She grows a lot
more than a lot of characters you might read about...especially in Witch
Devotions. So give Vampyre Kisses a shot. You may be surprised with how much
you fall in love with Faith.
My Review: 4 stars
This was an interesting book. There was so much new lore that Elizabeth came up with that was just amazing. This was well written, the characters developed nicely along with the relationships between them. The storyline moved along nicely. I really liked the fact that Faith was able to contribute to whatever was going on instead of just being the helpless girl. I loved that her friends stood behind her and helped guide her through the new and dangerous world that she had discovered. Loved Trent! But not as much as Faith obviously did. This was a fantastic start to what I hope will be a long and interesting series.
Author
Bio:
Elizabeth J Kolodziej, a young fiction writer originally
from Torrance California, is a smart and original thinker who has researched
the origins of vampires, werewolves, and witches for many years. She writes her
books from the knowledge she has gained while trying to be as original and
inspiring as possible. Her books encompass both true folklore facts along with
innovative ideas motivated by the great writers around her. This book is her
first, but not her last, in a new series entitled Vampyre Kisses.
Author
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