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A review by nelljustice
Vermilion Lies by L.D. Rose
5.0
This is an addition to the overall arc of the books as well as an individual romance on it’s own.
This is a tough book to read, but all of L.D. Rose’s books are. They deal with situations that are very dark in nature in a fantasy place. The setting is post apocalyptic America where bad vampires rule. Humans are cattle and weaker vampires are slaves. When I say bad vampires, I mean really, really bad. Drugs, sex trade, pimping, all of it. Everyone’s worst nightmare.
Cindy has been around. She was a favored sex slave for a powerful vampire named Alek. Of course, being favored did give you soft boots for Christmas and a beating every day. She wanted to get away, but to where?
Dax is a Knight withing the Order of the Senary. The Knights take immense risks to try and same who they can. It’s a hard job and they have to play their part very low key so they aren’t killed themselves. It’s forbidden to have a relationship with a vampire while a Knight. Knights are supposed to kill them. Dax tries to stay cold, but there is something about Cindy that pulls him.
Needless to say, Cindy has to stay in hiding so she isn’t killed by the other Knights, by any of Alek’s possible spies or stolen to be sold. It’s a hell of a life. Then the adventure starts. Can Dax keep her safe? Can Cindy be of use to the Knights so she isn’t killed?
This is one of the darkest series I’ve read, but it is written very well. The circumstances that the characters are put through can be linked with real world happenings.
This is a tough book to read, but all of L.D. Rose’s books are. They deal with situations that are very dark in nature in a fantasy place. The setting is post apocalyptic America where bad vampires rule. Humans are cattle and weaker vampires are slaves. When I say bad vampires, I mean really, really bad. Drugs, sex trade, pimping, all of it. Everyone’s worst nightmare.
Cindy has been around. She was a favored sex slave for a powerful vampire named Alek. Of course, being favored did give you soft boots for Christmas and a beating every day. She wanted to get away, but to where?
Dax is a Knight withing the Order of the Senary. The Knights take immense risks to try and same who they can. It’s a hard job and they have to play their part very low key so they aren’t killed themselves. It’s forbidden to have a relationship with a vampire while a Knight. Knights are supposed to kill them. Dax tries to stay cold, but there is something about Cindy that pulls him.
Needless to say, Cindy has to stay in hiding so she isn’t killed by the other Knights, by any of Alek’s possible spies or stolen to be sold. It’s a hell of a life. Then the adventure starts. Can Dax keep her safe? Can Cindy be of use to the Knights so she isn’t killed?
This is one of the darkest series I’ve read, but it is written very well. The circumstances that the characters are put through can be linked with real world happenings.