You’re a vampire” is so not what Ema Marx wants to hear when she wakes from a two-day coma in a cryptic yet exquisite castle in northern Finland. Unfortunately, it explains a lot. Like why she’s able to see in the dark and walk through solid objects. What she doesn’t understand is why the other vampires expect her to have all the answers. It’s their fault she turned into one of them…right?
Jalmari’s hatred for his old-man intensifies when he’s ordered to bring that troublesome girl to their castle. He has a clan to run; there’s no time for babysitting newborn vampires no matter how they were converted to their culture. But when a two-thousand-year-old premonition threatens to take the crown and his life, Jalmari sees no other choice than to take out the catalyst, Ema Marx. Fortunately for Ema, she could also be the clan’s only savior.
The race to figure out her vampiric origins is on. And maybe she’ll get the hang of the blood-drinking gig along the way…
Ema is a very strong willed character. I liked her a lot. But one of the main problems I had with this story was that I didn’t connect very deeply with Ema. She had her moments where I felt like there was real development and that she was planting roots with the readers, but for the most part she seemed kind of stagnant to me.
I like Jesu the most. He is adorable and so cute. I loved that he turned blue when he blushed! I wanted to learn more about him but he is so closed off that we didn’t get to see too much of his insight. I would have loved to see a little bit more of his feelings for Ema and some of his emotions. Maybe there will be more of that in the second book. I am going to be reading the second book more for Jesu than for Ema.
Overall, Dark Heirloom was a good book. It didn’t blow me out of the water, but it did hold my interest and the writing was good. I didn’t particularly like the ending. I felt like it kind of just cut off. But not in a huge build up kind of way, it just stopped. I would certainly continue the series because I am really interested to see what is going to happen next. Mostly for Jesu. If you like Vampire books, Dark Heirloon might be a good one for you to check out.
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| 3/5 gavels |
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kimba88
Great review, not sure I like the cover, but I do enjoy vampire books!
J. D. Brown
Michelle, thank you for your honest review. Your blog is beautiful.
J.D. Brown
Lisa Richards/alterlisa
Love the variety of vampire tales. Another to add to my wishlist.
bookbitereviews
Thanks for the review! Sometimes its good to read a “standard” themed book, but sometimes its not. Just depends on the mood. I know exactly how you feel.
Denise Z
Well I definitely like vampy books and this sounds like there might be a little something new. Thank you for sharing, I look forwards to meeting Jesu 🙂
sheila
another vampire book to add to the list to read