Let the Night Begin

Let the Night Begin
4.5 Stars

The story of the Brotherhood of Blood continues with Reign and his estranged wife, Olivia Gavin. When Olivia's nephew is abducted, she is forced to put aside her anger for Reign and seek his help as the kidnappers are demanding a ransom that only he can provide. Reign is only too eager to have his wayward bride return, but conditions his assistance on Olivia's willingness to share his bed once more. Can these two former lovers rekindle the passion that brought them together or will they kill each other before their enemies can do it for them?

A significant improvement on the previous installment.

Reign and Olivia have incredible chemistry and their love/hate relationship is intense and satisfying. While the show more keeping secrets trope usually annoys me no end, Smith manages to avoid all of its pitfalls as Olivia's reasons for withholding information makes sense within the narrative, and Reign is well aware that his beloved is not revealing the entire truth.

The ongoing story arc involving the Order of the Silver Palm takes an interesting turn, and I am eager to see how it all turns out in the last book. show less

"Let the Night Begin" is the 4th book in Kathryn Smith's 'Brotherhood of Blood' series. If you've been reading the series, you know that the brotherhood refers to a group of 5 Templar knights who drank from Lilith's chalice and became vampire warriors until jealousy and greed separated them from their order. Now they are hunted by an organization who again envies their powers and hunts the chalice.

This book is Reign's story. I always thought Reign was an incredibly sexy character and was happy to be able to read his story. Surely his woman would be worthy of him. Not a bit. She was a whiny, bitter, self-serving, immature thing and I absolutely despised her for 3/4 of the book. Although she does (finally) come through for Reign, if I show more were him I would've dropped her like a hot potato and said good riddance. Lucky for her, Reign has more patience than me!

I enjoyed the storyline. I liked finding out a little more about Temple who is currently trapped by the bad guys. This series is intersting in that the events take place around 1900 so it's an historical, but not too historical!? I can hardly wait for the next book which I'm hoping will be Temple's rescue and a woman for him too! show less

Great story about Reign a vampire who married Olivia. On their wedding night he turned Olivia into a vampire and was quite brutal. She left him and disappeared for over 30 years. During that time her sister had a child. Her sister died in an accident and Olivia raised the child as her own. He gets kidnapped and the ransom note demands she trade Reign for the child. So after not seeing him for over 30 years she finds him and goes to him for help. She doesn't tell him that he is the ransom for the boy. After being away from each other for the 30 years there is a lot of conflict between the two and also a lot of guilt from both of them. Olivia is a strong woman who has taken care of herself and done a good job at it. Reign has never given show more up hope the Olivia will someday come back to him. The writing style was good and the story was interesting. It wasn't the typical paranormal romance. There was some sexual content but not too graphic. I found it to be a good read and look forward to reading more by this author. show less

A Vampire Will Not Rest Until He Satisfies His Hunger...

And what I, Reign, hungered for most of all was Olivia Gavin. I have never met a woman more beautiful, more tantalizing, and so I made her my bride. She promised me her heart and soul . . . in return, I plundered her flesh, and bound her to me for all eternity. Then, terrified of what I'd made her, she fled.

Now she has returned, desperate for my help in saving her beloved nephew. But my assistance comes at a price: She must share my bed once more, for the feel of her soft skin, the heat of her kiss, excite me still. And I know she desires me, even as she resists her own heart.

Yet, as we rediscover the passion that brought us together, an enemy waits to destroy us both...