Title: Salva Me
Series: Blood Sworn 1
Author: Autumn Montague
Genre: Historical/Vampires/Paranormal
Length: Novel (192 pages)
Publisher: Loose Id (October 31st, 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥4.5Hearts
Blurb: England, 1816. A nosferatu, a rogue vampire, hunts unchecked through Sussex. Jeremy Takeshi Colbourne is honor-bound by ancestral duty to find and destroy such madmen. Foremost among the vampires of England, he must find a way to ensure the safety of the English citizens and the Nosferii that live among them. Then Jeremy and his blood-host Morgan Holland discover a brutally savaged girl. With this latest victim of the nosferatu, Jeremy realizes the time has come to make Morgan aware of the Colbourne responsibilities. But the situation could not have come at a worse time.
For years, Morgan has served as Jeremy’s blood-host. Though Morgan adheres faithfully to his Contracted terms, he refuses to surrender to the sexual seduction that completes each feeding. He yields neither his body nor his heart, though Jeremy yearns for both. As nosferatu’s atrocities grow, Jeremy must ask everything of Morgan to gain the strength needed to fight the ravening monster. Will Morgan relent and give up body and heart to help Jeremy defeat their enemy, or will the battle destroy them?
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Reviewer: GiGi
Review: I love a good Vampire bromance…and this one has enough unique details and twists to keep me captured!
I really like the details about contracted blood hosts and Jeremy’s strenuous control over his lust providing plenty of tension between he and Morgan. Also interesting if the blending of eastern culture into vampire lore. Most stories keep with the tradition of Carpathian, or Northern European roots for such stories, and it’s refreshing to get a new view a new cultural twist.
This story had plenty of elements that divided my loyalties. While I felt I wanted to cheer for the side of Jeremy, vampire of honor and unrequited lust, I found I kept being frustrated by Morgan. Not because he resisted his attraction and longing for Jeremy, but because of his leaving his family behind. I had a hard time swallowing the fact that Morgan left his entire family behind, and at the peril because he came across Jeremy’s path. Even with the draw of a life-mate type situation, it’s hard to accept the casualties of their new bond.
All in all this was a great read that kept my attention, delivered plenty of action, excitement, danger, and lust. I look forward to the next book in this series.