The Blurb:
The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case, but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control. There is something twisted about this death, something that whispers of centuries long past...but Dmitri's need to discover the truth is nothing to the vicious strength of his response to the hunter assigned to decipher the tattoo.
Savaged in a brutal attack that almost killed her, Honor is nowhere near ready to come face to face with the seductive vampire who is an archangel's right hand, and who wears his cruelty as boldly as his lethal sensuality...the same vampire who has been her secret obsession since the day she was old enough to understand the inexplicable, violent emotions he aroused in her.
As desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that might destroy them both, it becomes clear the past will not stay buried. Something is hunting...and it will not stop until it brings a blood-soaked nightmare to life once more...
The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case, but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control. There is something twisted about this death, something that whispers of centuries long past...but Dmitri's need to discover the truth is nothing to the vicious strength of his response to the hunter assigned to decipher the tattoo.
Savaged in a brutal attack that almost killed her, Honor is nowhere near ready to come face to face with the seductive vampire who is an archangel's right hand, and who wears his cruelty as boldly as his lethal sensuality...the same vampire who has been her secret obsession since the day she was old enough to understand the inexplicable, violent emotions he aroused in her.
As desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that might destroy them both, it becomes clear the past will not stay buried. Something is hunting...and it will not stop until it brings a blood-soaked nightmare to life once more...
From the moment I started this series, I wanted to know more about
Dmitri. I was super excited for this one, as he is the main focus. I got
the audible for it so I could hear all the different accents for each
character. Worth it.
Honor is a hunter at the Guild who was captured and tortured for 2 months by vampires during the timeline of the previous books. She has recently returned to active duty, but not without some hardcore PTSD. Only a few of her captors were killed during her rescue. The rest remain unaccounted for.
I found it a little insane that Sarah, the Guild Director, decided that sending Honor to work for Dmitri was the most sensible way to ease her back into the field. Elena literally had to cut his throat the last time he got too aggressive. He's one of the most powerful vamps in the world, sex literally emanating from his pores, AND he has very well known penchant for pain. Seems legit to send your trauma victim to work alongside him. Go hard or go home.
Dmitri is just so deliciously dark and apathetic about the world around him. He's well on his way to becoming like Raphael was before he met Elena. But when he meets Honor, we see he still has some of his heart intact when he offers to assist her with tracking down the vamps that had tortured her.
Some people just really have the whole evil sexy smirk down to a science.
I really liked the attention paid to Honor's trauma and the way it impacted her ability to engage in any kind of romantic relationship. Her PTSD is a topic that is discussed with much detail, which also serves as an opportunity for Dmitri to demonstrate that he's not a completely heartless asshole after all.
One of my favorite parts was when Dmitri moved to kiss Honor and she slashed his face with a knife. This was an ongoing reactionary issue for Honor, one that he was unfazed by. He simply assures her that he will be trying again, so they decide the divest themselves of weapons ahead of time.
[The story of his dead wife Ingred is agonizing, but I wasn't 100% sold on the whole reincarnation bit. Has this ever existed in their world before? It's never been mentioned. How often does it happen? It seemed like a convenient way to excuse Dmitri from loving another woman. I get it, though. Because one consistent thought I kept having as I was reading was how Dmitri was ever going to accept being in love with Honor without feeling like he'd betrayed his dead wife. (hide spoiler)]
Moving right along to the next story! I just saw that Venom has his own book later on down the road as well. Yesss.
Honor is a hunter at the Guild who was captured and tortured for 2 months by vampires during the timeline of the previous books. She has recently returned to active duty, but not without some hardcore PTSD. Only a few of her captors were killed during her rescue. The rest remain unaccounted for.
I found it a little insane that Sarah, the Guild Director, decided that sending Honor to work for Dmitri was the most sensible way to ease her back into the field. Elena literally had to cut his throat the last time he got too aggressive. He's one of the most powerful vamps in the world, sex literally emanating from his pores, AND he has very well known penchant for pain. Seems legit to send your trauma victim to work alongside him. Go hard or go home.
Dmitri is just so deliciously dark and apathetic about the world around him. He's well on his way to becoming like Raphael was before he met Elena. But when he meets Honor, we see he still has some of his heart intact when he offers to assist her with tracking down the vamps that had tortured her.
Some people just really have the whole evil sexy smirk down to a science.
I really liked the attention paid to Honor's trauma and the way it impacted her ability to engage in any kind of romantic relationship. Her PTSD is a topic that is discussed with much detail, which also serves as an opportunity for Dmitri to demonstrate that he's not a completely heartless asshole after all.
One of my favorite parts was when Dmitri moved to kiss Honor and she slashed his face with a knife. This was an ongoing reactionary issue for Honor, one that he was unfazed by. He simply assures her that he will be trying again, so they decide the divest themselves of weapons ahead of time.
[The story of his dead wife Ingred is agonizing, but I wasn't 100% sold on the whole reincarnation bit. Has this ever existed in their world before? It's never been mentioned. How often does it happen? It seemed like a convenient way to excuse Dmitri from loving another woman. I get it, though. Because one consistent thought I kept having as I was reading was how Dmitri was ever going to accept being in love with Honor without feeling like he'd betrayed his dead wife. (hide spoiler)]
Moving right along to the next story! I just saw that Venom has his own book later on down the road as well. Yesss.
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