Chained by Night (MoonBound Clan Vampire #2)
by Larissa Ione
Blurb:
THE FUTURE OF HIS TRIBE
Leader
of the vampire clan MoonBound, Hunter will do what he must to save his people
from extinction—or worse, a torturous eternity as vampire slaves and subjects
of human experimentation.To keep his enemies at bay, he has agreed to mate a
rival clan leader’s daughter in return for peace between the clans and an ally
in the looming war with the humans.
THE LOVER OF HIS SOUL
But
survival comes at a price. First, Hunter must break an ancient curse by
successfully negotiating three deadly tests. Then he must resist the searing
passions of the gorgeous vampire warrior he despises but is bound to mate. Will
Hunter stay true to his word? Or will he risk everything for the woman he
really loves: the vampire seductress’s identical twin sister?
Themes: paranormal,
vampires, demons
Rating: 4.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
The amazing Larissa Ione strikes again with
her return to the futuristic and intense world of the clan vampires and the
humans that are plaguing them. While I
was surprised just how much I enjoyed this series when I first began it with book 1,
but though the story is definitely dark and often scary, the characters,
settings and emotional entanglements of the characters are what grab you and
move you. My favorite series of Larissa’s continues to be her Demonica series,
but the Moonbound Clan has captured my heart and mind as well and I am looking
forward to future stories and learning more about the characters we have met
in these two stories. With so rich a
setting, a world so similar to ours, but yet so different, this is a world full
of bigotry that reminds us how easily the human nature can lapse into the hate
we have so recently overcome. Readers cannot overlook the true greatness of
this series, which is the characters and how wonderful they are.
The
story follows the journey of Moonbound leader, Hunter, as he embarks on a new
stage in his life—mating. Sadly his
mating is not one stemming from love, but instead from the duty of a bargain
made to keep his clan members safe and his future mate is the epitome of the
word “bitch”. From the moment he
agrees, Hunter knows his life will be miserable, though he never imagined it
would come out quite this way. Hunter’s new mate arrives, in a hail of bullets,
as humans attack and when he stages his rescue he has no idea that he has
altered his destiny forever. Aylin is
immediately drawn to Hunter when he rescues her, but as they fall into
their passion things quickly get out of control—especially since Hunter thinks she’s
really her twin sister, who is actually his mate. Forced with the ultimate decision of
forfeiting her life for her sister’s Aylin joins hunter on his quest to keep
his future children safe, but the passion between them grows into something
more as they work together to overcome all obstacles. In the end it comes down to a simple but
terrifying choice for Hunter: give up the woman he loves or start a multi-clan
war that could decimate the vampire population and leave his clan leaderless?
Aylin
is a wonderful character, one with a compassionate heart, a loving nature, and
totally born into the wrong clan and family. Born with a physical impairment
that has left her an outcast in her own family, Aylin has only ever really
loved one person and that is her sister and she is determined to protect her at
all costs, even her own life. The
loyalty Aylin shows for her sister —definitely not deserved— is a shining part
of her soul that is obviously overlooked by the warring and vicious clan she
was born into. Though I understand her
love and loyalty to her sister, to me she didn’t extend her claws soon enough,
I felt she should have kicked her sister’s sorry butt long before she finally
stood up for herself. It was obvious her
feelings for Hunter developed quickly, and as she fell deeper and deeper I felt
so sorry for her since Hunter stood on his duty and decision to give up their
love. Seeing her confidence bloom and
her faith in herself grow as she overcame barrier after barrier was like
seeing a butterfly emerge, full of life and finally assured of her place in the
world and her chances of a future. In
the end I was so thrilled to see Aylin get her man and find herself in a clan
that could actually appreciate and understand her.
Hunter, on the other hand, needed his ass kicked quite a bit; and I would have loved to
see Aylin put him into his place from the beginning. He is obviously a great
leader, one that is willing to sacrifice his own happiness to protect his clan
and keep war from their borders. Making the deal with his enemies to bring a
mate in from an enemy clan, Hunter knows there will be many challenges, but he
never imagined it would make his life this complicated. His strength and
leadership are his greatest assets as he deals with the other clan and the members
of his own clan as well. Sadly I felt
that his adherence to the rules, and fear of shaking things up too much, left
him floundering as he tried to overcome his desire for the woman he’s fallen
for and adhere to his duty to his clan. As he
becomes more and more agitated and angry with his obviously difficult choice,
Hunter finds his faith in the future and his decision to embrace happiness for
himself and for Aylin becomes an easy one.
Chained
by Night is a story of love, overcoming impairments, finding true love, and
accepting the love that sometimes comes at an inconvenient time, but is always
necessary for life. The danger that
stalks hunter and Aylin as they slowly find victory in their battles heightens
their emotions and the desire burning between them becomes truly
irresistible. Aylin is the type of woman
that every woman wants to be, and every man wants for his own—at least the
decent males, if not the ones from her birth clan. When she blossoms from the shy, slightly
terrified, and mostly lonely young woman she’s always been, into a seasoned
warrior, with confidence in her own abilities and the passion she can find with
another, Aylin becomes even more irresistible, a true gem in a world of
darkness. Hunter has his head up his
butt a good bit of the story—let’s be honest—but shows us in the end he is a
male worthy of a woman like Aylin and the future they could have. He is definitely a male that deserves of all
the happiness in the world which is why I don’t understand why he fought so
hard to deny his love for Aylin. Packed
with danger, drama, intrigue, betrayal, and ultimately the overpowering victory
of true love, Ione’s newest vampire tale takes us through a journey of love and
redemption, one that will leave you breathless as the ending arrives and the
world is forever changed for this clan, but the changes will affect the
entire world around them. Ione has done it again!
*eARC provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No
compensation was provided.
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