Enchant the Night
by Amanda Ashley
Blurb:
Hungarian vampires are born, not made--and can breed with mortal females. Being one of the oldest of
his kind, Quill Falconer has honed his skills at hunting just the right kind of prey, which is why his latest victim confounds him. She shouldn't remember his drinking her blood. And he shouldn't still be craving more . . .
Callie Hathaway's
life is as normal as it can be after the death of the beloved grandmother who
raised her. Until one night, feeling foggy and fatigued, she realizes that a
strangely sensual encounter with a dark, handsome man didn't occur only in her
imagination.
As Callie and
Quill's unique connection draws them together, an ancient order of knights
seeks Quill's destruction. Being together puts Callie in mortal danger--until
she uncovers a magical family legacy. Side by side they'll fight for survival,
and for each other, as the brotherhood of vampire hunters gather for one final
showdown.
Themes: Paranormal,
Vampires, Witches
Rating: 2.75 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
Normally I have a hard time finding the words
for a book because I enjoy it so much that I want to spoil all the surprises
and it’s hard not to do that in a review, but I am sad to say that is just not
the case with this story. To be honest,
it would have ended up in the DNF pile if I didn’t have an obligation to finish
the story in order to review it. I have
read a lot of different authors, with different takes on the vampire myth and
usually love when they pull in witchcraft too, but this one did not strike my
fancy at all. The meeting between Callie
and Quill was simple enough, but then story just went off the rails. The romance between them was not believable
to me as there was no instant mate feeling, there was no slow buildup of
passion or feeling and there was very little depth to their connection I could
feel. There was also just entirely too
much going on in this story. First there
were these knights, and then there was Callie learning about a secret legacy of
witchcraft in her family, and a family member coming back from the grave. Then it just got even more and more
complicated and it just became too much for the story to carry it. Quill is not
a very likeable vampire, one minute being a showoff flaunting his money and
power and the next he being a badass killing machine defeating his enemies, but
the character just wasn’t balanced or believable to me. Callie also struck me as
weak character, very superficial, especially in that she never asked the right questions,
just going along with everything that Quill says even when she is uncomfortable
with the situation. I have read other
stories by this author in the past and liked them more, but not enough to keep
trying, maybe this author and I just don’t see eye-to-eye, but I can’t see
myself enjoying another story by her.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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