Title: House of the Doomed and Damned
Series: Living Cold 02
Author: Addison Avery
Genre: Paranormal
Length: Novella (89pgs)
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand (29th June 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥2 – 2 ½ Hearts
Reviewer: Pixie
Blurb: Quarantine Valentine is looking for love, and he takes extraordinary measures as he hunts for the mate he can call his own, but when an old friend tells him he can’t rush love, Quarantine calls off the search. And the fated lover he desperately seeks walks right through his door.
Marvin Tesler suspects he is Quarantine Valentine’s mate and avoids any chance meetings. When he can’t stand the suspense any longer, Marvin goes to Quarantine’s house where he discovers a magnetic attraction to Savannah’s legendary vampire.
Drawn to the mortal in a way he could only imagine, Quarantine is determined to make a claim, but an unexpected event leaves Quarantine with an impossible decision. Marvin’s life is on the line, and Quarantine must act fast. Soon, Marvin is turned by fate and saved by love in a vampire claiming Savannah’s vampires won’t soon forget.
Purchase Link: http://www.bookstrand.com/house-of-the-doomed-and-damned
Review: This story is part of a series and is best read in order. Quarantine has been searching for his mate and throws parties as a way to meet as many people as possible but he never meets the one and final puts a halt to the parties when he is advised that he is trying too hard. Marvin has suspected for some time that he is Quarantine’s mate but avoids him like the plague, when he finally decides to take a chance it proves that he is the vampires mate. Quarantine is happy to have finally found the one for him and is determined to make his claim, but an ex-lover is determined to claim Quarantine as his own and Marvin’s life hangs in the balance. Forced to take action Quarantine can only wait and pray that Marvin will forgive him.
We meet up with Quarantine as he ends things with his current lover, Toby, when he realizes that he wants to resume the hunt for his mate. Quarantine has been desperate to find his mate, that one person who will love him above all others, discovering his mate is Marvin, a man he has heard many rumors about, doesn’t faze Quarantine he just wants to claim his mate. Marvin hasn’t been keen on settling down so avoided Quarantine at all costs, now he has decided to face his fate and see if the vampire really is his mate.
This story has a great premise but the execution was poor. The storyline was pretty good but it fell flat with its characters, mainly because some of the characters in this book we met in the previous one and they had vastly changed personalities. The instant mates angle was good especially when they first met but then it went downhill when Quarantine’s ex-lover lost his marbles, it was sudden and came out of nowhere and was completely over the top. Marvin’s reaction was pretty realistic when he first comes around, but then he forgave them all pretty quickly. Quarantine and Marvin seemed to suit each other perfectly and they were hot together.
I recommend this if you love vampires, strange acting characters, insta-mates and insta-love, hot sex and a very hot ending.