AUTHORS: Teresa Fuentez & Tich Brewster
PUBLISHER: CHBB
PUBLISHING DATE: September 22, 2017
FROM GOODREADS: Tanya is a hardworking college student but her whole world is turned upside down when she meets a mysterious man on Halloween. All that she thought was fiction is now her reality. A night life filled with fangs and blood—and an evil vampire that wants her dead.
She and her friends are the chosen ones, destined long ago, to save this world from destruction. That’s not easy when your enemy is your sire’s son.
MY THOUGHTS: I feel like I'm really in the minority here but overall, I didn't enjoy "Princesses of the Night." Tanya is a college student who lives with 3 other roommates and they all happen to be best friends. These four individuals own and operate a book store (I'd like to know how that came to be because yea, all college students can own their own business at such a young age). On the way back from a Halloween party, Tanya and her friends are walking home when they are beckoned into a dark alley but a mysterious stranger. For a brief second (and I mean brief), they think something is off but then they enter the alley and soon follow this stranger home. Once there, they are all bitten and turned into 4 vampires, who are destined to save the vampire world as we know it.
First of all I felt this book was super choppy. It was under 250 pages yet had something close to 50 chapters. The format just wasn't working for me. Secondly, the characters made stupid decision after stupid decision. But that's not to say there weren't a few things I enjoyed because I did. I liked how the author portrayed the whole "vampire family" thing. Tanya and her friends were able to meet up with another vampire couple sired by the same "father" and once they did, I enjoyed the book a tad bit more. Also, I liked the "bad" vampires who are trying to kill Tanya and her crew and truth be told, I'd have probably enjoyed a book from their point of view more.
Overall I'm kind of done with the romantic vampire thing which isn't really the author's fault. I like my vampires dark, gritty and vicious and not love struck and silly. I'm sure plenty of people will enjoy this book and if you love vampire romance, it might be a book for you. Me though, I won't be finishing with the series even though this one ended on a huge cliffhanger. In my head, they all die, end of series.
I received this book from Xpresso Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.
RATING: 2 PAWS
I like romantic vampires lol. But it sounds like there are other things about this book that would bother me. Seems like lots of things are pretty coincidental.
ReplyDeleteto say that you like romantic vampires my ear is the understatement of the century :) ;-) that is so cute though :)
DeleteI know you love your vampires. However, I don't think I'd recommend this one to even the biggest vampire lovers.
DeleteSometimes I think if I found the right type of vampire book, it might spark my love for the genre again... but yeah, books like this however, are not going to do it for me.
ReplyDeleteThe only ones that have sparked my vampire love lately have been the ones where they are mean and vicious!
DeleteAs soon as you mentioned that they follow a stranger and ALL get turned into vampires, I realized this book wasn't going to be for me😏
ReplyDeleteYea...stupid stupid girls!
DeleteMy vampires can swing either way. lol I don't think meeting a mysterious guy on Halloween is a good start to any relationship.
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Nope, not a good sign.
DeleteYeah romantic vampires aren't a first choice for me! Also too many dumb choices would REALLY bug me!
ReplyDeleteThen stay away because there are plenty. For example...we should stay inside so no one knows what happened to us so hey, lets go shopping!
DeleteI shall be staying away from this one. The cliffhanger? The stupid sounding characters? Nope. Two strikes is enough for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd sadly there are probably more strikes than that.
Deletehummmm I think I like SOME romantic vampire stories. Were they are really bad asses and don't sparkle like The Dark Protector series. I loved that one!
ReplyDeleteThese bad guys in this one really have potential but even that potential isn't enough.
DeleteI don't mind a romantic vampire but I don't appreciate silly. I'd prefer the dark and gritty as well. Hmm, I don't know that this book would be for me, Barb. Not only the silly - and ugh! girls making stupid decisions! - but the formatting. I like a story to flow well so it keeps me engaged. I'm happy there were a few redeeming elements though so it wasn't a total waste of time. Great review!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, this sounds like it was quite a mess!! Great review though! :)
ReplyDeleteYou have just got to learn to put them bad ones down and grab a good one!! Review book or not don't torture yourself. :)
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