Masquerade's Moon

Blood and Snow #6

by RaShelle Workman

EVERY THOUSAND YEARS THE VAMPIRE QUEEN SELECTS A NEW BODY, ALWAYS THE FAIREST IN THE LAND, AND THIS TIME SHE'S CHOSEN SNOW WHITE.

"Lips red as rubies, hair dark as night. Drink your true love's blood, become the Vampire, Snow White."

Summary: Professor Pops throws Snow White a Masquerade Ball for her sixteenth birthday. A war is brewing and her party may be the battle ground.

***This is a novelette***

Genres: Vampires, Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult, Romance, Supernatural, Ebooks

59 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

RaShelle Workman is an international bestselling author of reimagined fairy tales, supernatural suspense, paranormal cozies, and more. Her novels have been listed on multiple bestseller lists, including her Blood and Snow series (now Seven Magics Academy), which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. In addition, three of her books have been translated into Turkish.

When RaShelle isn't writing, she enjoys baking, creating new taco recipes and hanging with family. She lives in Utah with her husband, three children, and their dogs.

Find her online by visiting her website at: www.rashelleworkman.org. And sign up for her newsletter to receive free books and get information on book release dates: http://eepurl.com/chMcej.

Books by RaShelle Workman:

BROOMSTICK BAY COZY MYSTERIES
Zucchini Cake & Zombies
Wedding Cake & Werewolves (coming 6/23)
Vanilla Cake & Vampires (coming 10/23)

EERIE VALLEY SUPERNATURALS
Undercover Reaper
Twice Reaped
Reapers Creepers
Deadly Reaper (coming 4/24)

FABLE TOWN MYSTERIES
Iced Raspberry Cookies and a Curse

FAIRY ACADEMY
Hidden Princess
Broken Curse
Stolen Magic

THE FAIRYTALE CHRONICLES
Royal Selection
Royal Contract
Royal Keeper (coming 12/23)
Royal Everlasting (coming 2024)

DEMONLAND SERIES
Alice in Demonland
Alice Fights Demonland
Alice Takes Demonland
Alice Ignites Demonland

BEASTLY SERIES
A Beauty so Beastly

WOLF BLOOD ACADEMY
Initiation
Inheritance
Induction

MAGIC BLOOD ACADEMY
Elemental Outcast Games: Fire
Elemental Outcast Games: Water
Elemental Outcast Games: Earth
Elemental Outcast Games: Air
Elemental Outcast Games: Shadow
Elemental Outcast Games: Monster

VAMPIRE BLOOD ACADEMY
Vampire in Training (coming 8/2023)
Monster Trials (coming 9/2023
End Times (coming 9/23)

SEVEN MAGICS ACADEMY
Blood and Snow
Fate and Magic
Queen of the Vampires
Deadly Witch
Royal Witch
Vampire Lies
Vampire Secrets
Vampires and Dragons
Vampires and Gargoyles
Vampire Magics

ETERNALLY ENTANGLED
Eternally Entangled
Thoroughly Tousled
Infinitely Intertwined

PARANORMAL INQUIRIES
Ghoulish Whisper

IMMORTAL ESSENCE
Exiled
Destined

ACROSS THE AGES
Goddess Curse
Mystical Gift

__________

Ann Hardy ~ Sizzling Sweet Romance
Most Eligible Cowboy
Happily Ever Summer
Rockstar Billionaire
Billionaire Best Man
Faking it With the Billionaire
Dating the Billionaire
The Betting Billionaire
The Country Singer's Billionaire
The Prideful Billionaire
Totally Scrooged


Reviews

[RaShelle Workman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snow's birthday party is a Masquerade Ball, but a war is brewing, and her party may be the battle ground.

[Emmanuelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series took a while for me to warm up to. The first few novelettes seemed to progress too slowly and didn't necessarily end with me finding myself anxiously awaiting the next installment in the series. Well...that time is over. I am fully hooked now. Snow has come a long way since part 1 and she has really found her groove in the life experience she is going through. In this installment, she is no longer struggling with who she is, she is only selflessly trying to find out what she needs to do. As she hears all the varying "stories" each person tells her is the truth, she might discover what path she will take.

The friends that surround her have drawn closer in this installment to protect her and help her along whatever path she chooses. We are left wondering "what happens next?" as we all anxiously await the arrival of Gabriel's Seal.

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Source: I own a copy of this book.)
This was another okay instalment, but I’m starting to get a bit bored with this series now. This instalment was about Snow’s birthday and birthday party. The boys all bought her sixteen of something, including watches. Who needs 16 watches?
Then we had the party and there was a bit of a ruckus, but to be honest I just didn’t find it all that exciting, and ended up watching the percentage in the corner of the kindle screen, checking how much more I had to get through ‘til the end.
Overall; an okay instalment, but I’m starting to get bored.
6 out of 10.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book! The descriptions seem to be getting better, I actually feel like I'm part of the story. I loved reading about Snow's party, I mean what girl doesn't want a millionaire to throw her a masquerade ball full of lights and music and beautiful dresses and tuxes?? The fight scenes were good, very action packed, which helped the story flow right along. I'm liking this series more and more the further along I read.

[Cindy Wise · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cannot find the regular novel. This was book 2 for me, not book 6. It was several hundred pages. I didn't like it as well as the first one because most of it was Snow asleep and in a magical dream sequence where she's with the Silindra the Vampire Queen's sister. It wraps up fine at the end, but I didn't like that so much of it was this dream sequence and just kind of peppers in what's going on in the real world.

[Shalonda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was interesting. So Snow White faught the leader of the Chayot, killed him and got this pendent called the Seal of Gabriel sucked into her. She sleeps for 2 years going through the last moments of the original vampire Silindra's life. How she was betrayed not only by the man whom she loved and thought loved her, but also by her sister Sharra. Now that Snow White is awake knows the truth what will she do with this information?

[Micheleann Oboyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

On snows birthday her destinty is sealed forever what choices will befall now still snow hasn't found her true love who is it is it gabe or is it Christopher or one of the others and now that Cindy and snow knows each other's secrects what will happen there great read and worth recommending

[C.W. Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

All I can say is WOW! This book made up for the last two. So much action in the book. I love it. It didn't drag at all. This might be my favorite in the series so far.

[Colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

These do keep getting better and better.

[Domika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Naše upíří Sněhurka slaví šestnácté narozeniny. Profesor Pops se rozhodl, že uspořádá velký bál, jelikož Sněhurka neměla nikdy opravdovou narozeninovou oslavu. Sněhurka je nadšená - šaty má ráda každá dívka a naše upírka má přece možnost vybrat si ty nejlepší!

Na konci pátého dílu zabila Sněhurka svého přítele Gaba. Ten však přežil, jelikož je chayot (anděl), který má za úkol zabíjet taková monstra jako je právě naše upírka. Gabe ale Sněhurku miluje a nikdy by ji neublížil. Stejně tak Sněhurčina nejlepší kamarádka čarodějka Cindy.

Sněhurčin život se pomalu začíná komplikovat. Ačkoliv stále drží svou krvežiznivost na uzdě, někdy uvažuje o tom, jak by bylo úžasné, kdyby se napila krve. Nejvíc touží znovu ochutnat krev svého lovce a Gaba . I když už se poučila, jaké nedozírné následky může mít pití krve, stále po ní dychtí.

Samozřejmě nesmíme zapomínat na zlou Upíří královnu, která chce Sněhurčino tělo posednout a být tak opět mladá. Schyluje se k velké bitvě mezi Dobrem a Zlem, mezi Sněhurkou a Upíří královnou.

Tento díl začíná pomalu a postupně odhalovat spletitost celé záležitosti. Dozvídáme se historii Upíří královny, vstupují nové nadpřirozené postavy a děj nabírá na obrátkách. Podle mého názoru, se jedná o zatím jeden z nejlepších dílů této série. Předchozí byly něco jako jednoduchý úvod, avšak v tomto dílu se začíná vše komplikovat a děj stupňovat.

Bude válka...
Sněhurka bude muset bojovat o svůj život...
Ples se změní v bitevní pole...
...kdo zvítězí?

4/5

[Kasey · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I’m going to review this entire set all together because really each installment was just too short to stop and write a review. I don’t think I would’ve made it all the way through if I had done that. That being said, I enjoyed this series for it’s straightforwardness. There were times that Snow went back and forth between men, but I think it was always pretty clear that her true love was going to be Dorian. I picked up on it by the time I hit Revenant in Training. So much happens in the series, but I will say that there was great character building especially for everything being set up in such short novellas. For being so many installments it was a surprisingly quick read, and I did enjoy reading them. I would recommend just buying the complete set instead of buying each one individually especially because it was obnoxious having to keep moving to the next one. I just wanted to be able flip the page! Overall, I would give the series 3 stars. It wasn’t spectacularly amazing, but it was a good quick read that I did enjoy overall despite it being a bit juvenile.

[Phaedra Seabolt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snow White's 16th birthday is finally here. In the beginning of this series, Professor Pops practically begged her to let him throw huge party which she agreed to simply because she hadn't ever had a real birthday party that she could remember. Well, we found out later Professor Pops knew of Snow White's destiny. He knew she would probably be turned into a revenant, but he believed it wouldn't happen until after her 16th birthday. Unfortunately, Snow is special and was turned months too soon. What was meant be a part where Pops and his boys could protect her turned into a party of supernatural creatures. Snow controls her bloodlust well, but can't keep from defending herself from a group of chayot that come to kill now that she is a vampire. How can she stay alive when the world's oldest Angel-like creature is determined to destroy her? How will Gabe react to his father and what he is supposed to be destined to do? The plot is thickening and now Snow White must decide who the good guys really are.

Read more reviews at Identity Discovery blog.

[*Book Euphoria * · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I liked this book better than the others. There are a couple of things that still don't feel okay to me. Like for example all of a sudden Cindy is a witch with powers and Snow doesn't bat an eye. And the fact that Gabe was flirting with Cindy just a couple of days after he said he likes Snow and will be there for her. Gabe was just messing with her. And he is a Chayot, they kill vampires, he says he has to kill her but they just make out, it's like "girl, he wants you dead, he's daddy wants you dead".

Her Sweet 16 was cute, the guys dressed up for her, had a ball dance for her, invited kids from school, it was nice, until Gabes Papa showed up and The Vampire Queen, then crazy things happened. Makes you wonder who's really the bad guy.

Liked this book, have to see what happens next.

[Teiamarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! I tore through this novella like the pages were on fire!! I jumped on my treadmill and ran until I reached the end, my eyes flying across the pages!! If you've read any of my previous reviews on the Blood and Snow series you'll see I have nothing but positive things to say about each of the installments and about RaShelle Workman. I LOVE this series and I know I'll be sad when it's finally over.

In part six, Masquerade's Moon, it's finally time for Snow's birthday ball. It's fun, exciting but then something surprising happens. I really can't say more without giving anything away but it's fantastic and it definitely leaves you salivating for the next book in the series! If you've made it this far into the series, you probably feel the same. Great story!

[Toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

This short story continued with the tale of Snow White, a vampire, who in the last story thought she had killed her boyfriend Gabriel. Upon his death, she took off only to come back months later to find out that he wasn't dead but that he was an angel who is supposed to kill evil things (things like her) but he isn't able to because he loves her. This short story takes place on the day of Snow's birthday where she finds herself in a battle between the Queen of the Vampires and the leader of the Angels, her boyfriend's dad. Can't wait for the next short story.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this next installment Snow has finally turned 16. She's celebrating by having a masquerade with the people she loves and cares about the most. Cindy knows that Snow is a vampire and Snow knows that Cindy is a witch. Regardless they are both still best friends. When a shocking party crash is made to Snow's party what will everyone do? Snow can hand herself over and protect the innocent or fight back. This series is really starting to pick up. It started off small, cute, and innocent. Now it's become dangerous, mysterious, and exciting. Loving it so far!

[Lis - The Indigo Quill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt like it took us forever to get to Snow's 16th birthday. When we began, it was only supposed to be two months until her Sweet 16, but I felt like the timing of everything was a bit inconsistent. Other than that, this was where the real world and the magical world finally collided. The party, unfortunately, is a little less of a success. Gabe's emotions are starting to give me whiplash. There is Good vs Evil vs Evil (yes, I do mean to put evil in there twice) and we rediscover the Seal of Gabriel that apparently has more power than we realize.

[Meaghan R. (YA-aholic) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars....working her way up to 4...

so, author seems to have cooled off on her comma OCD, but now she's omitting them where they are ABSOLUTELY necessary...

one bit improves, another falters...

it seems as if the author is learning to write as she writes these books...

one issue gets resolved (the excessive commas), just to have another one, that she didn't previously have an issue with, come up...a bit frustrating

-detailed review on book 7...consistently has same mistakes in all books, so it applies to all of them...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This installment delivers more action, anticipation and more at stake for Snow and her friends. The glamour was exciting and lovely, as Workman describes the beauty of Snow's birthday Masque with near perfection. At this point in the series it is difficult to say much without giving more plot away. But let's just say I am very happy with the way things ended, and am anxious to see how it translates in the coming installment!

[pinK · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is my favourite installment so far. This is the story of Snow's 16th Birthday Ball. I loved how Gabe defied his dad and let Snow live. I also loved how she didn't kill Gabe's dad, even after threatening her, just because Gabe didn't want her to.

I can't wait to read the next installment to this addictive story.

[Dianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I get all caught up and POOF! The End!

Poor Snow, if it isn't bad enough to be turning sixteen, in love with a guy who is supposed to kill you, she has a passion for blood and is on the vampire queen's hit list, still.

Each installment has me wanting more, yet each is a complete tale on its own, told in detail and non-stop action!

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a fun read. it has a interesting twist on the snow white tale and it is fun to see where RaShelle Workman is going to take the story! It is a very quick read for me but I find it helps me to feel not so bogged down by how many books I have to read. I can read one of her books in less then an hour so I feel a sort of complasment with finishing a series

[Nicole Pope · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing! Just too darn short! I would love to read this series as one long novel. It is so entertaining, engaging, and well written that I want it to last longer. I can't wait for the next installment.

[Nicole Fairbanks-ruiz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love love love this series!!!! The only thing I don't like is it ends too quickly . I just really sink my teeth into it and it stops . I just want to keep reading and lose myself for a few more hours!

[Kimm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, that was good! Better than #5 for sure. I still maintain that these short, and fast reads make it so that the character development seems rushed. I am invested in these characters now though. These dreaded cliffhangers keep bringing me back..lol

[Ann Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masquerade's Moon, is one of best books that has been written.. One of the best twists of Snow White... I have nothing bad to say about the books.. RaShelle Workman is now one of my top authors. there for i give her and Blood and Snow series 5 stars.

[Evey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually, 3,5 stars.
Things happen so fast and many reactions seem totally unrealistic. But anyway, I want to keep reading. I want to know for Jesus freaking sake if Gabe's a liar or not!

Complete review to come in the complete series edition

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's about time! Snow finally gets her party and oh what a party it is. It looks like all the A listers decided to attend. The Vampire Queen and the Chayot. This series just keeps getting better. I still wished it was longer though.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Despite all of the danger they still have Snows birthday party. It is of course interrupted by Gabe's jerk dad and the vampire queen. Snow tries to fight back and ends up tapping into even more power.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing story by RaShelle! I didn't want it to end where it did. Snow is getting ready for her birthday party. It ended in the middle of epic events. I can't wait for more!