Midnight's Daughter

Midnights Daughter
By: Karen Chance
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Horror


Publishers Summary:

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. So far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing.

Now Dory’s vampire father has come back into her life. Her uncle Dracula (yes, the Dracula) infamous even among vampires for his cruelty and murderous ways, has escaped his prison. And her father wants Dory to work with the gorgeous master vampire Louis-Cesare to put him back there. Vampires and dhampirs are mortal enemies, and Dory prefers to work alone. But Dracula is the only thing on earth that truly scares her, and when Dory has to go up against him, she’ll take all the help she can get…

My Review:

Louis-Cesare is my favorite vampire from the Cassandra Palmer series and I was over joyed to find the author was doing an off shoot series with him as one of the main characters. The storyline is good one, but I’d recommend reading the short stories before diving into this so you can get an idea of what’s really going on, especially with Claire.

The introduction of new characters and old was nice and the pace was easy to follow and really didn’t feel like the 100mph dash through the woods, (even if it was a bit quick) like it did with the Cassandra Palmer series. It was a nice change of pace (haha) from Cassandra to Dorina and her unhinged personality. She feels a lot more real to me than Cassandra which is a bit sad and strange, but it’s nice to see a heroine who kicks butt, gets hurt, but keeps on going all while not freaking out.

This is a series I plan on following til the end.