Published by: Kristen Painter
First Published: May 26, 2015
Series: Nocturne Falls, #1
Genre: Paranormal Romance
370 pages
Format: eBook
Source: Free Books on Amazon
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Sypnosis:
Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it’s all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs and all.
After seeing her maybe-mobster boss murder a guy, Delaney James assumes a new identity and pretends to be a mail order bride. What she doesn’t know is her groom to be is a 400-year-old vampire.
Hugh Ellingham has only agreed to the set up to make his overbearing grandmother happy. His past means love is no longer an option. Except he never counted on Delaney and falling in love for real.
Too bad both of them are keeping some mighty big secrets…
Review:
This story is absolutely one of those that I am fighting the other side of myself on what stars to give, and as you can see, the 4 stars won. I’ll tell you more about it in a few minutes.
I’ve been planning to read this one but it’s in series and I don’t want to be cut off. But dang! The cute cover really got me so I just said, why not? And dang! I ended up sleeping late that night haha.
This story started really good. It was my first time reading a story from Kristen Painter and I have to say that I’m really impressed. It was so very easy to read and I love the tone of this story. It didn’t gave me any bad vibes and I really like that. The words used were so easy to comprehend too and that’s definitely a big plus for me.
I really thought at first that this story is just going to be a very cute and sweet romance story. I thought the title about vampire is just an exaggeration but dang! There’s really a vampire in here! And guess what? They have their very own mystic falls. If you’re a vampire diaries fan, you’ll know what I mean. I didn’t grew up experiencing Halloween (I know what you’re thinking, and nope, I didn’t have boring childhood), but I’m so in love with the Nocturne Falls – a place where everyday is Halloween. I love costumes and I love supernatural beings so Nocturne Falls is definitely in my bucket list if ever there’s a place like that in real life.
Delaney and Hugh’s story was one entertaining read too. I love how their love story started; about how Delaney pretended to be the woman who was sent by Eternamate, an agency specializes on finding a mate, to Hugh which was arranged by his grandmother. I know the idea was kind of old news already but this story didn’t let me lose my attention, actually, it even intensified my desire to read it. All went well, even after meeting the bitchy ex gf and Dalaney’s not-so pleasant past experiences with guys. Piper the ex was one piece of work but I really like how Delaney handled her. You go girl! I really thought the author will add some annoying parts about jealousy and all in this story, but surprise surprise, it didn’t! And that’s definitely a big relief.
All was good until I came to the drama part. Yep, it was really so frustrating that I really want to punch Hugh senseless. I don’t want to tell you more about it, where’s the fun in that eh? But fortunately for me, it wasn’t dragged on too far in this story. Aside from some fun and romantic scenes, this story also added some suspense. And that’s another big plus for me. But there are a thing or two about this story that was quite wrong. It was kind of abrupt why the psycho ex gf were not mentioned anymore considering that I guess she’s the reason why the bad guys located Delaney. And lastly, the lack of mention about the capture of the bad guy, which was the previous boss of Delaney was quite unsettling. But there was ofcourse some mention about a plan on capturing him since they already have some evidence. But I guess that will do as long as both of the main characters were now happy and the drama part was now finally out of the picture.
The vampire that I know from the movies and TV were kind of the same in this story, but there’s some things added that I really like the more from the vampire in this story. What’s that? It’s the idea that they can have their own babies, isn’t that just fun? I’m still not used of the vampires and werewolves being friendly to each other in this story, but it was really great to read about that.
The reason why I was battling with my other self about the stars I am giving this story with was because of the drama part. It was really not cool. I am about to give this story a 3.5 stars but after reading it’s happily ever after, it changed to 4. Dang! I’m totally a sucker for HEA so yep, that’s it.
So if you want a sweet vampire-themed story without the heavy feeling, then The Vampire’s Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter would be the perfect book for you. It’s the first book of the Nocturne Falls series but you can definitely read it standalone. Enjoy reading *wink.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Reading this book contributed to the following challenges:
- 2017 New To Me
- 2017 Mount TBR Reading
- 2017 eBooks Reading
- 2017 You Read How Many Books?
- 2017 Review Writing
