Our fascination with vampires seems never to die. -- The TV shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", as well as their book spin-offs, continue to be hits. -- Laurell Hamilton's Anita Black, Vampire Hunter is a very successful series.Now, these fans will devour Blood of My Blood, the all-new installment of Karen Taylor's popular Vampire Legacy series.
Karen E. Taylor is the author of The Vampire Legacy Series of novels, published by Kensington Books. A voracious reader of vampire/horror novels, Karen first started writing Blood Secrets in January, 1988. She conceived of writing the novel while living across the street from a very large cemetery. It was never intended to be the first book of an ongoing series, but fans who had read the novel demanded a sequel. To date, the series stands at seven titles, and has earned a cult following. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including: Love Bites, 100 Vicious Little Vampires, 100 Wicked Little Witches, A Horror Story A Day, and Seductive Spectres. In 2001, she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for best short story for "Mexican Moon".
Karen E. Taylor was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburbs. A graduate of Churchill area High School and later of Grove City College, her first love was the theater, but now she admits that writing is better; "You get to write all the lines and play all the parts." She currently resides outside of Los Angeles, CA with her husband and pets.
Today's review is on Blood Of My Blood by Karen E Taylor
Blood Of My Blood is the fourth installment in Taylor's Vampire Legacy series and is as exciting as ever.
The story opens in New Orleans with Lily Williams and a group of "friends" talking about their earliest childhood memories. Lily's was of clawing her way through a coffin and six feet of dirt to emerge into the night. Her mother had left her for dead and buried her, leaving her to rot in her grave. All these years her anger and hatred towards her mother only grew. With the death of her lover Hyde, and her friend Moon, Lily sets out to finally seek her revenge. Revenge on her unsuspecting mother, Dorothy Grey Williams.
Meanwhile, Mitch and Deidre are entering what seems to be a rut. They both seem to be a bit edgy at times. And while Deidre doesn't sleep much Mitch does, and his dreams cause him great anger. One dream causes him to scream out "kill her!" and Deidre feels that Mitch has finally come to resent her for turning him and she flees to a neighbor.
When she return's home she finds that Mitch is gone and so is everything else, even the curtains. Distraught, she sets the cabin on fire and decides to go back to New York and the Cadre only to find that someone else has already been there. Someone who looks just like her.
And so the story goes, Lily takes what means the most to Deidre to get her to come to New Orleans; Mitch, and Deidre follows along with Victor and another vampire.