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Family Flaws
For the soldiers of SAINT, going to war is more than a struggle for land or power; it’s a fight between good and evil. Theirs is a life spent on the fringes of a society oblivious to the horrors of the darkness. With no family apart from their brothers and sisters borne of battle, their bonds are as indestructible as the blood ties they left behind.
On the night of the Ritz’ven Massacre, Peter Stone lost everything. The centuries-old spell should have granted the vampires in his Clan immunity from every weakness: sunlight, silver, and holy items. Instead it left him cursed to an eternity alone.
Aidan James has seen monsters. He was raised by one. Trying to survive is all he can manage for himself most days, but for the last of his family, for Cote, he cannot surrender. Little does he know, survival is about to get much more difficult for them both. And for everyone else around them.
On the night of the Ritz’ven Massacre, Peter Stone lost everything. The centuries-old spell should have granted the vampires in his Clan immunity from every weakness: sunlight, silver, and holy items. Instead it left him cursed to an eternity alone.
Aidan James has seen monsters. He was raised by one. Trying to survive is all he can manage for himself most days, but for the last of his family, for Cote, he cannot surrender. Little does he know, survival is about to get much more difficult for them both. And for everyone else around them.
718 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 21, 2013
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T.S. Castle
1 book4 followersThe Bio: I am California-born but have lived most of my life in the southwest, where my debut novel “Family Flaws” is centered. In my off time, of which there is far too little, I blissfully avoid chores and life with my Playstation 3. If I have more than a few consecutive hours of free time (big emphasis on IF) then I get to banish life’s stresses with writing or painting. My time is mostly put toward graduating college in December with my second and third degrees: a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor’s degree in Government.
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August 5, 2016
At 13850 kindle locations this self-published M/M vampire fantasy is quite long and it shows in that editing might be better.
There is nothing disrupting, but a competent editor could take care of the typos, grammar mistakes, light inconsistencies which escaped proofreading and work with the author on improving a narrative flow that could bear a little smoothing here and there.
As it is, we have a fairly well written vampire story; it is cleverly structured with shifts between the present timeline -the story actually takes place in a couple of days frame- and flashbacks that flesh out the characters' stories and allow the reader to guess that a happy ending might be coming, after all.
Among the main characters (I counted eight but you might differ in your estimate) only two are actually gay but the tone is clearly that of a pleasantly liberal novel. Feelings are explicit but there is no actual sex scene.
The vampire lore is fairly traditional and the author clearly postulate a judeo-christian vision of the world (vampires are damned and crucifixes hurt them) that is no longer fashionable.
While plot is sensible and action scenes are not bad, this is clearly a character-driven work: feelings and interactions are much more relevant than actual events and this might disappoint adventure lovers. There are several successful attempts at humour and the author even manages to give each main character his own voice.
This volume is self contained with a HEA and, even though there are threads that could be developed in a sequel, there is no reason to think there will be one except for the sudden death of a side character which makes no sense at all unless a sequel is planned.
There is nothing disrupting, but a competent editor could take care of the typos, grammar mistakes, light inconsistencies which escaped proofreading and work with the author on improving a narrative flow that could bear a little smoothing here and there.
As it is, we have a fairly well written vampire story; it is cleverly structured with shifts between the present timeline -the story actually takes place in a couple of days frame- and flashbacks that flesh out the characters' stories and allow the reader to guess that a happy ending might be coming, after all.
Among the main characters (I counted eight but you might differ in your estimate) only two are actually gay but the tone is clearly that of a pleasantly liberal novel. Feelings are explicit but there is no actual sex scene.
The vampire lore is fairly traditional and the author clearly postulate a judeo-christian vision of the world (vampires are damned and crucifixes hurt them) that is no longer fashionable.
While plot is sensible and action scenes are not bad, this is clearly a character-driven work: feelings and interactions are much more relevant than actual events and this might disappoint adventure lovers. There are several successful attempts at humour and the author even manages to give each main character his own voice.
This volume is self contained with a HEA and, even though there are threads that could be developed in a sequel, there is no reason to think there will be one except for the sudden death of a side character which makes no sense at all unless a sequel is planned.
March 25, 2014
A 4.5 star read. Truthfully, the first 40% was a bit of a slog (and in an 800+ page novel that is quite a statement!). I mean, you could see that everything was going to pull together, but the flashbacks and number of new characters made it a little slow going. When it all came together, it was fantastic. I adored Alaric and Peter. I'm hoping for more of Aidan in a sequel? Hopefully with some sharper editing and a little more romance??
February 15, 2014
There are books you can't put down, and then there are books where you actually eat popcorn while reading because they are every bit as exciting as the latest blockbuster (only so much better.) I can't say much about the plot without spoiling any of the twists and turns, but I absolutely loved it. There had better be a sequel. Soon.
April 5, 2014
Didn't enjoy this book as much as I'd hoped
Northing really wrong with it, I just found it dragging on and on. I found I didn't care about the characters at all.
Sorry
Northing really wrong with it, I just found it dragging on and on. I found I didn't care about the characters at all.
Sorry
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