KAREN CHANCE
ISBN 0451460936
June 2006
Penguin/Putnam/Roc
375 Hudson Street, NY, NY 10014
Paperback
$6.99
173 Pages
Paranormal/Vampire
Rating:
Cassie is a clairvoyant working as a travel agent. She also can talk to ghosts. She is
hiding from the Mafia Don who killed her parents. She finally has a seemingly safe life
with her roommate Tomas, a former street kid. This all changes when she gets an email
of her obituary; she is going to be murdered that night.
Cassie’s world is destroyed when the Don’s goons attack her. Tony is not only a Mafia
Don, but also an ancient vampire. Cassie turned him in to the Feds when she found out
how he was using her. Tomas turns out to be an ancient vampire charged by the Council
to protect her. The Council wants her to help them stop a rogue vampire. The magical
humans think that she is a rogue mage and want to prevent her from becoming the next
Pythia. Every one wants to use Cassie for something. Hopefully she will stay alive long
enough to answer her own questions.
This is the best vampire novel I have read in a long time. The author has created a vivid
world where vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, and the fae exist among the
humans. The idea of a vampire as a Mafia Don is so apt, I wonder why I have never
seen it before. Portraying vampires as characters out of history was also a nice touch. I
loved Cassie’s ghostly friend Billy Joe. I hope that there will be a sequel, the author drew
me so far into Cassie’s world that I am reluctant to leave it.
Maura
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
