Title: End of the Line
Series: Dark Love, Book #1
Author: Ash Penn
Genre: Paranormal, Vampire
Length: Novella
Publisher: Total-E-Bound (July 4th, 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4Hearts
Blurb: Bookworm David knows the difference between fantasy and reality…until he meets Alex.Orphan and loner David Greene has always found solace in the dark romance written by his great-grandmother. The book and a crumbling old house on the edge of town are all that remains of his ancestry and the family he never knew. But when David meets Alex, the new owner of the house, his world spins out of control.
Alex is every bit of man and mystery David could have conjured in his wildest erotic dreams, and he is drawn into a strange romance where weirdness becomes the norm. He even begins to sense the spirit of Vincent, the novel’s mysterious anti-hero, who issues a warning about the dangers of involving himself with Alex.
As Alex begins to manoeuvre and manipulate David’s empty life, the question soon becomes not who is Alex, but what is Alex? And once the truth is out David discovers that the fictional world of his great-grandmother’s novel was never quite so fictional after all. Reader Advisory: This book contains a scene of blood play.
Product Link: http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?P_ID=2188
Reviewer: GiGi
Review: Not your usual vampire love. This story starts out with plenty of mystery and questions, drags us through interesting plot turns and uncomfortable situations, and includes plenty of steamy smex scenes. The characters progress through the plot almost in a dream state; scenes jump forward, and sometimes back, while there seem to be parallel stories happening. I must admit to wanting more of the usual possessiveness trope, because it’s what I’ve come to expect, but these characters have plenty of room to grow into each other. I will warn readers that if it’s a HEA you want, you won’t’ really get it. In fact, it’s more like a relational cliffhanger. Not sure if the discomfort I felt at the end was intentional, or if the writer wants me to yearn for the next book to satisfy my happily ever after needs. I don’t’ know if I love and feel sympathy for Alex, or hate him. There are also times I wish David would grow a pair, but this is a series after all, and I expect we’ll see these characters mature a bit and come into their identities with time.