Lucius had broken Amelia's heart. That cold, cruel Vampire King.
Amelia saw herself as just an ordinary girl – or so the entire world believed. But, being the only human born into a supernatural ruling family had its consequences. She fled their world, their power, and most of all...him.
Lucius, the Vampire King. The one who had shattered Amelia's heart and soul. The one she had once loved.
Seven years ago, Amelia walked away. She managed to build a new life, far from the darkness he ruled. But she never escaped him – not really. Because while she tried to forget him...he never forgot her.
Now Lucius is back. Watching. Waiting. And when the shadows finally close in, he doesn't just take Amelia – he claims her.
Lucius says it's to keep her safe. But the way he looks at her? The way his hands linger, possessive and unyielding? It feels like something else entirely. Something dark. Something forbidden. Something that threatens to consume them both.
With war brewing in the supernatural world and Lucius at the center of it all, one question haunts Amelia...
Can she survive him a second time?
Transfusion: King of Vampires is the 1st book of the Transfusion Saga by Stephanie Hudson. I will admit that I still love Dominic and I always will and Dom was the perfect man for Keira. But, after reading the Afterlife Saga I have been dying to dive into Lucius's story.
I have always thought there was something about Lucius that I wanted to dig deeper into. Lucius goes through so many different transformations but you always know that under it all, he's this big, sexy, gorgeous bad boy vampire who even has this tender side that is rarely ever seen. And when I stared in on this new saga I just couldn't wait to learn more about this elusive vampire.
Our new heroine in this saga is Amelia/Emmie/Fae who is the daughter of Dominic and Keira. Amelia is now 27, a historian/archaeologist. I love how she takes after her mom in her love of history. We know that 7 years ago something happened between Amelia and Lucius but we don't yet know what that is.
The night of a museum gala Amelia's dad arrives in her lab. At first, Amelia's dad offers to be her date for the gala, saving her from having to go on her own. He brings with him a gift. A box that he wants her to decipher. And if she needs help he suggests that she ask Lucius for help.
She takes the box home wanting to look at it more before leaving for the gala. But, she doesn't get the chance. Arriving at the gala, she looks for her father, but she finds Lucius instead. Her boss asks her to give a tour of one of the labs. Which she does with Lucius always there, watching her or at her back.
After the gala, Lucius takes her home and Amelia examines the box further including taking pictures. The next day, she takes the box to the museum to show Lucius. Lucius ends up taking the box with him.
This is Lucius's reintroduction back into Amelia's life not realizing that they are in a race against fate and time to save the entire vampire world. Hopefully we will finally get a chance to see them admit to each other and the supernatural world what they mean to each other.
There were times that just like in the Afterlife Saga and with Keira, there were moments that I wanted to just shake Amelia and knock her upside the head for being so naive and suddenly mad at everyone because of how naive she was. Honestly, I could understand why Lucius enjoyed calling Amelia “Princess” of course it was in a sarcastic tone – as though she was living in her own little bubble of a fantasy life.
I want to see Amelia grow and get a little bit more bad-ass, even a bit more kick-ass. I know that she's human, but her father is Dominic Draven a man who is half angel half demon, an Uncle like Vincent who is an Angel, Adam a bad-ass demon, and Aunts like Sophia and Pip who are both demons in their own rights – really you would think that Amelia would be more bad-ass and have more defensive abilities. Sure, she had one great scene showing her own skills, but other than that she was just too timid and tame.
Lucius is honestly no better, he's a bad ass, constantly worrying, panicking, anxious over Amelia's safety it's perfect in its hilarity. I couldn't help but find it hilarious how he was constantly losing his shit and couldn't comprehend Amelia not doing what he says and suddenly he's not sure how to handle her.
Honestly, I just loved the chemistry between Amelia and Lucius and I can't wait for the steam and the spice to hit. You just know that it's going to be off the charts hot.
But, this is a Stephanie Hudson saga and you know that her characters are going to grow and develop as the books move along. I really can't wait to see where this saga is going to go, I know that we are going to get all new secrets, we already got to meet the brand new Oracle, and boy do I like her.
The first half of this book was fast-paced full of action, suspense and there were so many times that I found myself laughing at Lucius's reactions to Amelia and her personality traits. She was always surprising him at every turn, her fighting skills, her brilliant mind, her weird and wonderful nerdy obsessions, her obsession with science fiction, her stubbornness, not listening to his orders, meeting him head to head no matter how dangerous the situation is.
And dang, we get the typical Stephanie Hudson cliffhanger. You know that just one book is not enough to do Lucius justice so thankfully you know that we are going to get many more books, like 13 more books to go. I can't wait to see where this series is going to go.