"Hungry For You" and "Lover Awakened"

So it's been a while since I posted a new update on the books I've read. I will double up on this post and talk about the last two books I've read: "Hungry For You" by Lynsay Sands and "Lover Awakened" by J.R Ward. Both of which are similar in the fact that they are both vampire books but different in the sense of what a vampire is and can do.

Lynsay Sands' vampires can go out in daylight, only consume bagged (donated) blood, can mind read, have super human strength and strive to find their lifemate. Very romantic paranormal fiction.

J.R Ward's vampires cannot go out in daylight, can only consume the opposite sexes blood, they do age but VERY slowly, super human strength, focused on protecting their race from slayers known as lessers. Romantic but more about the plot (furthering the series, twists and turns) than just sex, blood and rock'n'roll

As mentioned before I am very picky when it comes to vampire books and am skeptical when I pick up a new one. That's why I stick with what I know unless someone who shares the same or similar taste with me (@ Ammy Belle). Depending on my mood either type of fiction can suit my taste. I read both of these back to back and I found that now I need a bit of a vampire break (at least until I get the next installment from either author).

Lynsay Sands has a vampire series that follows one family (a huge family) throughout their journey to find life mates. Most of the characters that you meet throughout the series are vampires that have been around since before Atlantis fell.  If you are a person who likes a light paranormal novel with a lot of romance/sex, hilarious dialogue rather than in depth plot this would be worth looking into.

This series has fourteen books and each book builds onto it's predecessor but not so much that you have to read them in order, more so just for the fact that you can follow the same path that Sands did when meeting new characters and building relationships and story lines.

I really enjoy Sands' novels. They are vampire/paranormal fiction but because they are not really a heavy read I can read them quickly and laugh along the way.

There are some paranormal fiction (like the other book featured in this post) that once I finish the predecessor I HAVE  to have the next installment...this series is not like that. I want them but when I get them, I get them. It's nice easy story line to follow and it's a great way to spend a day : )


J.R Ward, you have have totally redeemed yourself! This book was fantastic and brilliant! After I read the second one I was very nervous about continuing the series in fear that I wouldn't be satisfied. Oh man, I was soooo wrong! Book #3 Lover Awakened was everything that I love about books...it kept me guessing and interested! There was romance, but not an over abundance and there was mystery and intrigue that I absolutely loved. The twists and turns, the character development is so incredible that when something happens to any of the characters I feel like I know them personally and I mourn with them when something happens.

I'm not going to go into much detail about the background of this book since I have previously done posts about the first two. In this text you meet Zsadist (each of the male vampires have names that make you think of violence and anger...but the spelling is just a little off that it suits them...ie. Rhage, Phury, Rehvenge, Vishous) an ex-blood slave who brutally suffered at the hands of someone only known as Mistress. Throughout the text Zsadist remembers his experiences at the hands of the Mistress;  while he attempts to learn through new experiences with a female vampire Bella (not the character from Twilight....much cooler and about 200 years older).  The story is not all about the romance, on the contrary. While the romance is growing and developing, there is a constant war between the Brotherhood and the lessers. The reader also can see firsthand into the demented and twisted mind of the fore-lesser, Mr. O (he is pretty much the head honcho after some brutal political moving).



In the previous books, the reader learns of the relationship between Zsadist and Phury: identical twin brothers. After suffering with Mistress, Zsadist is completely scarred and has slave bands (black rings) tattooed around his neck. In the first two books you learn that Phury is the one who rescues Zsadist from his confines and therefore lives to protect his brother more than anything. In this text you learn why he is willing to go out of his way for him all the time and never asks for anything in return. This is a brother bond that goes deeper than flesh and blood. It's beautiful.


J.R Ward really knows how to play on a person's emotions...you laugh, you cry (I did) and you get angry all at the same time. It really is a fantastic read.

I'm willing to say that this series (even though book #2 is an exception) can rank up there as one of my favourites.

Much Love <3
Ginger Spudman


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