Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired discussion

Sophia, by D.B. Reynolds

The Pacific Northwest . . . home to lush forests and constant rain, to lumberjacks and computer geeks, especially those of the vampire kind.

Sophia, beautiful and deadly, has spent the last hundred years dancing her way through the balmy nights and hot-blooded men of South America. But when her Sire sends an urgent summons, Sophia rushes home to Vancouver only to find he has disappeared, leaving nothing behind but three dead vampires and a letter with Sophia’s name on it.

Colin Murphy, a former Navy SEAL, came to the Northwest seeking a quiet place to heal the scars earned in more than a decade at war. But when someone starts killing local vampires and torturing their mates, Colin takes on the mantle of a warrior once again as he sets out to find the killers and do whatever it takes to stop them, even if that means hunting with vampires.

Following her Sire’s trail of death to a small town in northern Washington, Sophia unexpectedly discovers the heat of a South American night in Colin’s arms. But all too soon Sophia and Colin find themselves in a race to uncover the killers before the next dead vampire is Sophia herself.

Reserved.

I'm in! Can't wait!

I'm in had to restrain myself after reading Rajmund ! can't wait!

I'm in!

I know I'm late to the party, but I think I'm going to start with book #1. Maybe I'll catch up. (Ha!)

Lisa Kay wrote: "I know I'm late to the party, but I think I'm going to start with book #1. Maybe I'll catch up. (Ha!)"

It's a great series, LK! You'll enjoy it :)

I'm starting a bit early. I have to return it in 4 days.

Finished chapter 10
One of the many things I love about this series is that the characters from different book do not automatically become friends when they meet.
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Before Sophia and Cyn meet I thought would be fast friends but their first meet they thought of each other as bitch and skinny ....
It was fun
I love how Sophia is not celibate like a lot of other heroines in romance book before they meet the hero.
The story had a horrific start poor Jeremy and Mariana .
I can't guess what s going on with Lucien! (hide spoiler)]

Finished and it was awesome. This is a great series

Chapter 26

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I wonder what Sophia expected from Collin?! She had staged her own death and he had grieved for her for 10 years , does she expect him to fall into bed with her and forget all that? Without giving him the whole truth? (hide spoiler)]

ShoSho wrote: "I'm starting a bit early. I have to return it in 4 days."

I'm starting now.

Unexpected turn of events in second half of the book! Very good so far

Ch. 7
(view spoiler)[ Am I the only one with no patience for ciuples having sex out of their own books? More than 10% in and Colin and Sophia have yet to meet. (hide spoiler)]

Ok, just me nit picking but if Sophia is from Spain and using her spanish name, then it should be Sofia.

Gisela wrote: "Ok, just me nit picking but if Sophia is from Spain and using her spanish name, then it should be Sofia."

LOL I didn't know that!

Gisela wrote: "Ch. 7
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No you are not. I feel the same. In this one, I really like Cyn and Raphael so I don't mind reading about them. Half of this book was theirs .
Have you read Nalini Singh's Archangel series? This series is more like that. All the couples come second to Raphael and Elena.

ShoSho wrote: "Finished chapter 10
One of the many things I love about this series is that the characters from different book do not automatically become friends when they meet.

Before Sophia and Cyn meet I thou..."

I agree with you!

ShoSho wrote: "Gisela wrote: "Ch. 7
[spoilers removed]"

No you are not. I feel the same. In this one, I really like Cyn and Raphael so I don't mind reading about them. Half of this book was theirs .
Have you re..."

I've only read the first 3, now that you mention it, doesn't Singh's Raphael have a trusted vampire named Duncan?

So, this is a second chance romance. Okay, I'll forgive the late meet.

Gisela wrote: "I've only read the first 3, now that you mention it, doesn't Singh's Raphael have a trusted vampire named Duncan?
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lol no! i think his name is Dmitri!

Gisela wrote: "So, this is a second chance romance. Okay, I'll forgive the late meet."

I said it was unexpected ;)

ShoSho wrote: "Gisela wrote: "Ok, just me nit picking but if Sophia is from Spain and using her spanish name, then it should be Sofia."

LOL I didn't know that!"

Spanish pronunciation is literal, everything is pronounced as it is spelled and the vowels are all short. The only exception is ch, that sounds the same as english.

Thanks that's good to know.

Sophia feels like a secondary character rather than the titular heroine. :/ I actualy like the parts with Cyn and Colin trying to solve the mystery but Colin has spent more time with Cyn rather than Sophia. I wouldn't mind so much if the book's title weren't Sophia...

ETA: I'm on ch. 32

oh I just ignored the title! This was more like Raphael #4!

ShoSho wrote: "oh I just ignored the title! This was more like Raphael #4!"

It was. (view spoiler)[I didn't like that Sophia had the territory handed to her rather than earning it like Rajmund did. 4 stars for the Raphael storyline and 2 for the Sophia one. So 3 stars. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[Sophia's parts didn't bother me as much , the only problem I had was with Fading and Lucien and the why and how! it didn't make sense to me at all. (hide spoiler)]

ShoSho wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

Yeah, no explanation given at all. Did you notice the dude's face on the cover? I can't decide if he's scared and trying to hide it or what. These covers are so bad...

Lol yes all the covers are horrible! Have you seen the next one?

Ugh, yeah. The kindle covers look better though. I had a look at the ImaJinn catalog and it seems they got a new graphic designer because the newer books look much better.