Book Review: Under a Vampire Moon
Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Marguerite Argeneau is a vampire on her honeymoon with her new vampire husband Julius. When she runs into Carolyn Connor, a forty-something mortal, she knows she is the perfect life-mate for her son Christian. The problem is that even though Christian is 500 years old, he looks 25 and Carolyn doesn’t want to be perceived as a cougar. Christian’s cousin Gia comes up with a plan: Christian can pretend that he is gay and that his family would not approve if they knew. Gia asks Carolyn to be Christian’s beard so his family doesn’t suspect he’s gay. The hope is that after Carolyn gets to know Christian, he can reveal he is not gay and she won’t care about the age difference anymore. And then of course he also has to tell her he’s a vampire at some point as well.
Under a Vampire Moon is the sixteenth book in the Argeneau series. It’s the first book in the series that I’ve read but I had no trouble following the story. I wasn’t up to speed on all the vampire mythology but that wasn’t important to understanding what was happening. Actually, Christian and his relatives don’t act much like vampires, they could have very easily been regular humans without altering the story. They drink bagged blood and as long as they drink enough of it, they can go out in the daytime.
Carolyn can be very frustrating and dense. Towards the end, her history is revealed and it explains most of her behavior. Christian’s cousin Zanipolo is a minor character in this book who was charming and funny – I wish he would have been featured more. Even though the plot follows the typical trashy romance formula, it did manage to surprise me in the end. I knew there was something up with Carolyn’s best friend Bethany but what ended up happening with her was not what I was expecting.
Since this book is an Avon paperback, I knew it would not be a great work of literary fiction. But for what it is – a trashy romance novel – I thought it was a fun read. I enjoyed it but not so much that I feel like I need to read any of the other books in the series.
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