Twelfth-century Irish sorcerer Hoyt fails to destroy either the newly-made vampire that used to be his twin brother Cian or the demon queen Lilith who made Cian into what he now is, but is promptly recruited by the Morrigan, goddess of battles, to find five other individuals to join him and form the core of an army to defeat Lilith in the far future. In the 21st century, family feeling is something Cian hasn't thought about in a long time, and he isn't sure how Hoyt persuades him to help, but he finds himself persuaded nonetheless.
Only Nora Roberts could make me like a series with vampire sex in it.
I cordially dislike paranormal romance, especially the kind with vampires. I picked this one up on the recommendation of a friend, and was pleased to find that it's really more fantasy than romance--although the romantic subplots in this book and its two sequels, Dance of the Gods and Valley of Silence, are quite strong, and the sex scenes can get pretty steamy, as you'd expect from the author. I've read some of her science fiction/detective/romances too, and the same holds true there.
But what I like about Nora Roberts is that her books (the few I've read, anyway) have good plots. The sex advances the plot instead of the other way round, as in some other vampire books I could mention.
Originally posted at MySpace 3/9/07
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