Sunday 15 February 2015

Book review 9: Shadow's Claim, Kresley Cole

Shadow's Claim (The Dacians #1) by Kresley Cole

German Version
Things to know:

  • I read the translated German version (original in English)
  • It was published Nov 2012 (German version in March 2014)
  • It has 448 pages (German 564)
  • It is set in Dacia and Abaddon, a date is not given, but I'd say early 21st
  • I started: 12th February 2015 and ended it: 14th Feb
  • Book 1 of "The Dacians" Series, Book 12.5 of "Immortals After Dark" Series


First of all, I would recommend you to start with the "Immortals After Dark" series, but it's not a must, you'd understand it anyway, though the happenings of the former series do have influence on this series!

But when giving a review of this book, I'll try to act as if I only know about "The Davians" :)

Trehan Daciano is about 900 years old and a dacian Vampire. They live in secret in Dacia and don't drink the blood of living. Trehan works as an assassin for his Kingdom. Bettina of Abaddon on the side, is only 22 and the princess of the death bringing demons of Abaddon, but she is only a half blood; half demon, half Sorceri. She is more of a Sorceri though, with her fragile body and her magic. 

After Bettina was attacked, a deadly tournament is opened to find the strongest man to marry her and rule the country next to her. Bettina doesn't want to marry those monsters participating though, thus she tries to seduce her first love, Cas, to take her as his wife, but he doesn't love her. Cas also tells her, that he broke one of the main laws of Dacia, and now an assassin is after him, and he doesn't know if he'll survive the night. 
The assassin turns out to be Trehan, who comes into Bettina's room in search for Cas, but when he sees her, his heart starts to beat again. (That happens to vampires when they see their destined mate)
To win Bettina, Trehan participates in the tournament, and so does Cas. Who will win? and will Bettina even want Cas to win if he doesn't love her?

I've read a lot of Kresley Cole before, and I am always fascinated by all those scenarios she comes up with, which I absolutely love! I really love her books, but I have to criticise, that her plots are quite similar: men falls in love with women, but the women doesn't respond to his love. The men tries everything to make her love him, and she slowly does fall in love with him, but then usually something happens between those two which makes the relationship complicated again, until in the end they live happily ever after...
Not all her books are like this ofcourse, I remember "MacRieve" where Chloe and Uillium more or less fall in love with each other at first sight. And also, somehow, all love stories seem to have a similar plot. 
And as I already said, I LOVE the scenarios Cole comes up with!

If you like fantasy-romance books, then read this!!

Lisa~

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