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The Cries of Vampira is a fantasy story set in Scotland in the twelfth century, and concerns two clans fighting each other: the Robertsons, who lived at the Dunalastair Castle, Royal vampire homeland Vampira and a secret werewolf horde: the Grey Wolves.

The narration’s style is simple, for instance in each dialog the name of the character is always recalled. This kind of narration reminds of fairy tales for children.

The title could get confusion in the readers because The Cries of Vampira is not a vampire story, where usually vampires bite humans.
In this story many roles are inverted: vampires are good people living among humans and sometimes they have saved humans.

The Cries of Vampira improves through the narration, so hopefully book two could earn more than three stars.

The premise of "The Cries of Vampira" was good. It was different. The execution of the premise left much to be desired sadly.

Sean H. Robertson has a good foundation for a story, a novel even, but it's rough as it stands right now.

For the author, please take this as constructive criticism.

1. Show us, don't tell us. By doing the novella in Third Person/Present tense, there wasn't a lot of room for you to show us. Let the story flow from the viewpoint of the characters, not a narrator.

2. Build up the world more. About all I know is that Gray Wolf is a few miles away. I know nothing of the world or how this sect of vampires have become "peaceful" and I'd like to know more.

3. Give us more back-story. Why are the Vampires and werewolf's such mortal enemies before the story even began?

4. Character description. I know their names. I know one is drunk, one is a peaceful vampire and one is an assassin. That is about all I know.

Basically, it comes down to show us; don't tell us about the characters. Allow some gray. All vampires are not good, as Dove shows, and all Werewolf's are not bad; but we don't know that by your story.

I would still recommend this book to those who like paranormal, but with the knowledge that the story is rough and ends abruptly.

I believe with some work and expanding it to a novel instead of doing "Volumes" that this could be a good read. There have been some good reviews on this book, with constructive criticism that would benefit the author and in the end, benefit the reader.

Disclaimer: Author left a link for a free PDF available that I downloaded for the purpose of reading/rating/reviewing

Great story. Small flaws here and there, but over all, great!

Such an Epical Book.

The Cries Of Vampira:; the name itself makes you feel the sorrow and pain of a peaceful city. City that all her people are vampire but kind & respectable; the kind I would live among until my death & for sure werewolves are the evil villains –which I totally agree; werewolves are so massy- .
Sean really did a great job with this book. Amazing character that even the smallest detail can make you touch their souls, sometimes I wished if he change something but as I read more; I feel he did it so right. I would not change a thing.
I would love to say;

-Dove; I did not expected it from you, your name made me feel that you are an angel but you turned to be an angelic devil.

-This part really made the teares fall ike a river;

"Kristin begins to realize that the lair cave has been emptied of Grey Wolves. She’s trapped in a ten-foot pit covered by large metal beams. As nasty black rats begin to squeak as they crawl closer towards her, trying to nip at her feet, for the first time in her young life, she feels totally helpless, mentally broken, and uncharacteristi¬cally terrified. Princess Kristin sheds tears of fright for the first time ever as she screams out in the most heart-wrenching cry of her life, “Help me! Someone, please help me!”"

I belive it's so hard to break someone like her; she is my favorite character so far.

Over sll the story needed to be a BIG novel. I must admit it has not been the flawless but I can live with that.

The Cries of Vampira is a book either to love or hate and I chose to love.

I can't wait for part 2...

P.S. Vampira is my vampire's name...

The Cries of Vampira is a fantasy story set in Scotland in the twelfth century, and concerns two clans fighting each other: the Robertsons, who lived at the Dunalastair Castle, Royal vampire homeland Vampira and a secret werewolf horde: the Grey Wolves.

The narration’s style is simple, for instance in each dialog the name of the character is always recalled. This kind of narration reminds of fairy tales for children.

The title could get confusion in the readers because The Cries of Vampira is not a vampire story, where usually vampires bite humans.
In this story many roles are inverted: vampires are good people living among humans and sometimes they have saved humans.

The Cries of Vampira improves through the narration, so hopefully book two could earn more than three stars.

I don't even know where to begin. First, I would like to thank the author for the free pdf copy that he provided. Second, I hope the author takes my comments in the spirit it was given, honest constructive critism.

This book could be summarized as this: Vampires-Good, Werewolves-Bad! Why? No real good answers for this black and white dichtomy. I would have loved some history to explain it, but there wasn't any.
This book was pretty shallow on character development. I mean, there was no character development in my opinion. Sure we were introduced to them, but the author could have taken a few chapters to "build" the characters and develop them.
After Gaal Gray and King George's demise, the author could have taken that opportunity to set up the history between these two enemies, in order for us to really feel the hatred that Gaad was born into. It also seemed quite one-sided as the Vampirians didn't hate the grey wolves.

Also, these vampires possessed no vampire characteristics other than fangs that were mentioned in the first battle. In fact, these vampirians seemed more human than anything. I mean, the prince drank wine, not blood. The newly married princess was going to eat cake. What made them vampires? I couldn't tell anything special about them--no extraordinary strength, no powers of persuasion, no fear of daylight, nothing!
Same with the werewolves, we saw that Gaad could shift, but what else did the werewolves do? How did they exist? I didn't even know Gaad had a mate until the last scene. What happened to Loki?
If there was a god watching over the werewolves, where was the god who cared for the vampires?

A few of the things that made me say "Huh?":
1) Why didn't any of the humans were kept hearing about appear with the Vampirians?
2) It made NO sense to send in a princess, assassin or not, into such a strong enemy's territory ALONE?
3) Chef Hans was the ONLY person in the kitchen area? Why did it take so long to find his body?
4) Queen finds out there is a traitor and still announces that daughter is going to look for Gaad.

Last, the dialogue never flowed. It was forced, unnatural and just awkward. The potential of this book is really good. I think it could be a great book if stretched into 250-300 pages allowing things to build. Both the storyline as well as suspense. I wish this author lots of luck with the sequel to this book. Please take your time and lay a good foundation.

Before I start, I would like to thank Mr. Robertson, for the copy of his book to read and review. It was very kind of him to provide me with a copy. I think this story had AMAZING potential. Unfortunately, it did not come across as amazing. The characters are, unfortunately, very 2 dimensional. The entire story seemed very rushed.

If this had been extended into a novel instead of a novella, I feel this would have been an incredible story. The plot could be wonderful, it has a good foundation, it just was not laid out properly. It was very choppy and rushed. We did not even get a chance to care about, or hate, the characters before they were simply gone. We are told what they are (good, bad, selfish, lonely) without ever seeing it, without ever feeling it. I want to also know more about the history of these vampires and why they have been around for only such a short amount of time. What about the werewolves? There is so much that is left untold and why do they hate the vampires so?

This is not a book geared toward younger readers. I do not believe a book with so many sex scenes should be marketed toward a 13 year old crowd. I would not let my 12 year old daughter read this. With a little tweaking here and there, it would be a perfect candidate for a 16 year old market. The violence is also a bit much with some very graphic and potentially disturbing scenes.

I hope the author, who I believe has great ideas, stretches out the next book and puts in the feelings, depth, and history into this world, it's inhabitants, and customs needed to spice it up and make it tangible. The epic battle between werewolves and vampires will never die, and I am always on the lookout for new ones, this book may not have been my favorite, but it caught my attention enough to make me look for the second book in the hopes that the characters truly come to life.

The story starts out with the Vampirians and Grey Wolves battling one another. There are many casualties, including the Vampirian King as well as Gaal and Gomer Grey of the Grey Wolves - which their son, Gaad, is there to witness firsthand. As the wolves retreat, a lone wolf named Loki comes into the picture and takes Gaad under his wing. Now, seventeen years later, Gaad is set on revenge against the Vampirians, while the King's triplets - now seventeen - are seeking peace between Vampira and the Grey Wolves. But it seems like the only way they can do that is to destroy Gaad, who's hellbent to destroy Vampira and all that it stands for.

Those that are weak at heart when it comes to gore and violence may need to take warning that you will see a lot of that in this novella. This story is surprisingly dark and menacing in ways that I did not think was possible for such a short story, but Sean somehow managed it. For a novella, there was a ton of story and lots of action crammed into the story. Like most novellas that I enjoy, I have to say that this story is too short! I'd love to read a lot more, though I'm sure I'll get my wish with upcoming volumes - I'm just impatient and want to read it now! ;)

For a short story, you get a pretty good sense of what each of the characters are about. Like most vampire/werewolf stories, the two supernatural beings are arch enemies. However, that's where the similarities stop. Unlike most cute and cuddly stories these days, this story takes us back to the unforgivingly violent look at these species. The werewolves in the story definitely take the driver's seat in the violence, as the Vampirians seek peace between their kinds. I have to say that the vampires did disappoint me because I thought they were a little too nice, but maybe they will be redeemed in upcoming volumes. I sure hope so!

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this story and ran through it very quickly. I can't wait for the next in the saga!

I was pleasantly surprised with this novella. I liked the pacing of it, it was fast sometimes almost too fast. I also loved Princess Kristin. She is the queen to-be and Vampira's most fierce Assassin. I found it so refreshing a princess who is also a ...more I was pleasantly surprised with this novella. I liked the pacing of it, it was fast sometimes almost too fast. I also loved Princess Kristin. She is the queen to-be and Vampira's most fierce Assassin. I found it so refreshing a princess who is also a warrior, and I was rooting for her when she faces the wolves. That's why I was so sadden by what happens to her character at the end of the book. It' pretty much soured the whole book for me. I get it, she need it to learn humility, but still I did not like it.

There are some errors that were missed when edited, but nothing major that stops you from understanding the plot. What did bother me was how modern the dialogue was for the story to be set in 1130. As well, the mythology is not very well explained. For example, I don't know if these vamps walk in the sun, the whole eating human food, and what I got from Princess Kristin's passages apparently they were children once, I'd like to know how does that work.

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King George and his brother, Prince Shannon are leasurely horseback riding through the night, happy of the birth of the Kings triplets - two girls, one boy - hoping they will know peace in the world in their time. When unexpectedly the King, Prince, and fifty guard are surrounded by two hundred of their archenemies, the Grey Wolves. The young heir of the Grey Wolves watched as the King of Vampira, being brutily eaten to death, kills his parents. Gaad Grey wants to grow up to have his revenge on the Vampires, or will he? Seventeen years later the children are grown and have their sides and those to protect or fight. This is where our story truly picks up; with the triplets and Gaad Grey. They must protect themselves, fight, or make a last stand.

I was nervous reading the first section of the King George and Prince Shannon. I felt as I didn't make a connection at the start as the book jumps right into the meat of the troubles and the battle fought seemed hard to believe because of the exact numbers given in which the King and Prince killed yet there is fifty guard there too.

But into the next section, I really started to enjoy the story. The Vampires have a different take on the world than most norm. The story as a whole happens in one evening and told from different view points. These different view points give a different side of the characters at hand. A quick way to get attached with these characters and see the world created here.

The story got really going for me and I was fearing the end would not be a conclusion. Unfortunately, the book does end in a cliffhanger. But it was enjoyable for a quick read. I look forward to when Sean comes out with book two to see what happens.

This book is listed as Young Adult as well. I would suggest this for a teenager as there is some violence and sex in the read.