The Vampire Who Loved Me

The heroine was always treated like naïve girl by both her brother and the hero so her innocent crush on the scandalous gentleman. But she was also adamant that she was meant for him and that her love will save him from his evil nature. The hero, who’s always painted as a villain, was actually resisting his desire for the young girl, sister to his enemy because he knew for a fact that he didn’t deserve her. He went out of his way to do anything is his power to change her mind about loving him and finally he succeeds. But the resulting pain in his heart makes it clear that though it was the right thing to do, he feels regret for the loss of her. The heroine did often come across as a silly girl but she was stubborn and brave enough show more to keep true to what she felt in her heart and it absolutely destroys her when she finds out about the hero’s betrayal. The font is quite large and it took me about 5 hours to read the entire book but I loved the give and take and suppressed feelings lace throughout the book. The most romantic ‘death’ scene I think I’ve ever read. The heroine once told the hero that the most her feelings for him meant to her was that if she ever had a cat, she’d name it after him. So that was the running phrase throughout the book. So when the hero lay dying in her arms he asks, in a teasing manner, if she’ll name that cat after him. It breaks my heart to read about her sobbing and smiling at the same time. show less

I actually like a sense of danger or menace when I read about vampires. This book is vampire-lite froth. Like getting a decaf, fat-free, sugar-free vanilla latte when what you ordered was a triple shot grande mocha with whipped cream.

So, back in my crazy romance reading teenage days*, I recall liking this author. When I saw this book at my favorite charity bookshop, I thought 10 cents was a steal. And then I read it.

Portia Cabot has loved Julian Kane for at least five years before this story began. During some mysterious business in a crypt, Portia nearly died to save him and has been repaid by abandonment. Julian is a vampire and feels he must leave her to save her from his fate. In this book, he’s back, and their love story gets an ending.

I guess I don’t really like paranormal romance. I also know that I missed out on a lot of back story here which occurred in some of the other books. Still, I didn’t really like the characters and I wasn’t really show more interested in them. I think people like paranormal romance because it adds this element of excitement and lust - oh no, he might kill me! Dangerous men! Oooh! And so on. Well, maybe I’m wrong. I don’t really fall for it though, having never fallen for a dangerous man (apparently I am unusual in this) and one of my big things about romance is that I have to find the love bit believable. I find that difficult here, probably because I’m missing out on the actual falling in love. I like series romance, but not when I can’t pick up one of the series and “get it”.

That muddle cleared up, I rather liked the ending. So it wasn’t all bad anyway! I think the rest of the series should be read before this one.

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I must say that I was disappointed with this book. I had really been excited about reading it because I loved the first book. This one was just a let down to me. I really disliked the character of Portia. I felt that there wasn't much consistency to her. She was one moment she was reserved and the next she was a confident vixen. She was just so back and forth over her feelings ("I love him, I hate him, I love him") I found it exhausting. The plot was a little lackluster and the characters a bit dull.

So cute!

Overall, this turned out to be another vampire book I could have skipped.

http://ktleyed.blogspot.com/2011/03/vampire-who-loved-me-by-teresa-medeiros.html

Ugh. Not great.