mini- Review: Enchant the Night

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

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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.