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Laws Of The Blood #3
Companions
Selena Crawford is a Chicago homicide detective. She is also the unwilling companion of Istvan, chief of the Enforcers. They do their best to avoid one another-until they both find themselves investigating the murder of a vampire.
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2001
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Susan Sizemore
116 books606 followersSusan Sizemore's life and interests include such varied activities as medieval costuming and embroidery, being a chef, and working in the defense industry.She is owned by her spoiled rotten, beloved mutt dog, rather than the other way around, and this is just fine with her.Current hobbies include hiking and studying t'ai chi. She travels whenever she can, loves history, loud music, movies, good coffee, and writes constantly.She hopes readers enjoy her stories as much as she enjoys writing them.She has won the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award and has been nominated for two Romantic Times awards.
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August 20, 2014
Unpleasant. Don't bother. This series sucks. If curious, read the first in the series by checking the book out from the library. Then quit. I read this far because I bought the series on impulse. My bad.
November 23, 2017
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November 27, 2021Read this years ago and remember enjoying it enough to seek out another in the series though I only reread parts of this once
October 29, 2024
A fun little vampire story with a very slight touch of Chicago (Really just a few Chicago locations were named dropped, and otherwise it could have occurred anywhere)
May 10, 2008
While the Prime vampire series is more popular, I prefer the Laws of the Blood series. This series is more plot driven. It still have sexy love stories, but it has an interesting underlying story about vampire politics.
Companions is my favorite book in this series. Istevan is an enforcer, which is a vampire cop. He kills bad vampires. Then he eats them.
During an investigation of a corrupt Chicago vampire, he rescues Chicago Cop, Selena. Despite centuries of avoiding the companion bond, Istevan bonds with Selena.
Once bonded to a vampire, the human companion needs the vampire. While Selena has not seen Istevan for two years, she still yearns for him. This just pisses her off. Online, she has meet other discontented companions. In the vampire world, companions are property. They are expected to obey their master. Some companions are given no choice. The vampires take them. In her companion support group, Selena plots on a way to protect companions.
Then someone starts killing vampires in Chicago. As the top Enforcer, Istevan is investigating the problems. Neither Istevan or Selena can ignore the strong companion bond. Despite their doubts and reservations about each other, the two cops work together to solve the crime.
I don't think that Susan Sizemore can write a bad story. I just wish that she wrote more stories at a faster pace.
Companions is my favorite book in this series. Istevan is an enforcer, which is a vampire cop. He kills bad vampires. Then he eats them.
During an investigation of a corrupt Chicago vampire, he rescues Chicago Cop, Selena. Despite centuries of avoiding the companion bond, Istevan bonds with Selena.
Once bonded to a vampire, the human companion needs the vampire. While Selena has not seen Istevan for two years, she still yearns for him. This just pisses her off. Online, she has meet other discontented companions. In the vampire world, companions are property. They are expected to obey their master. Some companions are given no choice. The vampires take them. In her companion support group, Selena plots on a way to protect companions.
Then someone starts killing vampires in Chicago. As the top Enforcer, Istevan is investigating the problems. Neither Istevan or Selena can ignore the strong companion bond. Despite their doubts and reservations about each other, the two cops work together to solve the crime.
I don't think that Susan Sizemore can write a bad story. I just wish that she wrote more stories at a faster pace.
July 11, 2015
Better than the first two, the author dropped the annoying multiple points of view and stuck with just the main two characters.
Still can't recommend this series, no matter how much they talk about soul mates the whole link between companions and vampires is far too much like rape and slavery, even between the characters your supposed to like.
Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
Still can't recommend this series, no matter how much they talk about soul mates the whole link between companions and vampires is far too much like rape and slavery, even between the characters your supposed to like.
Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
August 12, 2010
This time the companion is Selena, a Chicago police detective. Her vampire is Istvan. We've heard about him in earlier books. He is a damphire, the son of a male vampire and a Roma woman, born in the time of Vlad the Impaler.
As in each of the books, the coupling already exists, but isn't working out too well at the beginning of the book. The HEA at the end of each book makes it Paranormal Romance in many ways. And as in each of the earlier books there is more than one pairing going on, and as usual in the background.
In this case the companions we've already met have begun to talk to one another on line in a "secure" chat room when a very old, and very evil vampire comes to Chicago from Denver to wreck havoc on the nests of Chicago. It all starts with Selena being called in because someone has found a vampire body. And it goes downhill from there.
Love this series and I'm moving through them very fast. It is probably the 4th time I've read these books.
As in each of the books, the coupling already exists, but isn't working out too well at the beginning of the book. The HEA at the end of each book makes it Paranormal Romance in many ways. And as in each of the earlier books there is more than one pairing going on, and as usual in the background.
In this case the companions we've already met have begun to talk to one another on line in a "secure" chat room when a very old, and very evil vampire comes to Chicago from Denver to wreck havoc on the nests of Chicago. It all starts with Selena being called in because someone has found a vampire body. And it goes downhill from there.
Love this series and I'm moving through them very fast. It is probably the 4th time I've read these books.
November 2, 2008
I read this book several years ago and didn't realize it was part of a series (which I did not read). I found it hard to follow.
Having said that, I remember some specific things I did not like about this book. First, Selena was the "Companion" to Istvan (AKA Steve), the Vampire. They were supposed to be soulmates and all that, but he treated her horribly. Steve would pop in and out of Selena's apartment (booty call). She never knew when he would come/go, and once he was too busy and two years went by. Ack! Selena would cry when he left and I never could like Steve, nor did his character ever redeem himself for my taste.
I remember that they cracked jokes at the most inappropriate times and felt the book was very...weird.
Having said that, I remember some specific things I did not like about this book. First, Selena was the "Companion" to Istvan (AKA Steve), the Vampire. They were supposed to be soulmates and all that, but he treated her horribly. Steve would pop in and out of Selena's apartment (booty call). She never knew when he would come/go, and once he was too busy and two years went by. Ack! Selena would cry when he left and I never could like Steve, nor did his character ever redeem himself for my taste.
I remember that they cracked jokes at the most inappropriate times and felt the book was very...weird.
April 30, 2008
I got to the middle of this book and put it down do to shear boredom, that was a month and a half ago. Last night I finally picked it up and finished it. I can't understand how this series can be so bland and yet Sizemore's "Primes" series can hold my attention in a vice grip and not let me go. I still have 2 more books in the series to read, and read them I will. I bought them at full price and it would be a shame to waste the money I paid by not reading them.
May 2, 2012
I actually much preferred this book to the other 'Laws of the Blood', the characters seemed far more interesting through the aid of the chatrooms and so on, but as a whole the book just seemed quite flat and predictible. But hey, I'm reading number four now, so what does that say about me?
April 25, 2009
Eh... I set this down before finishing. Sorry.
November 22, 2009
This not the edition I own.
January 23, 2012
I really like Selena and Steve. I want more of him and of their relationship.
September 27, 2007
It was okay. It read like a stereotypical vampire novel.
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