In Bloodroom, Julian Mouret is a powerful vampire who is required by the laws that bind vampires to kill Natalie, a ballerina, because she saw his true vampiric nature. The only problem is that Julian has fallen madly in love with Natalie. Even though he knows what he must do, he can’t get himself to kill his beloved as they start to develop a physical relationship. Meanwhile, as Natalie’s memory of the events leading up to this situation start to clarify, she starts to suspect something isn’t quite right with Julian. To make matters worse, one of her ballet partners is being visited/attacked by one of the vampires in Julian’s brood, and another goes missing.

Bloodroom presents some interesting elements in vampiric lore. One of them is the room that gives this novel its title, which is a room of people being cocooned by spiders, which allow the vampires to feed upon them. It was an interesting concept that I had not seen before. I’m not sure that the logistics would completely work in terms of secrecy and other aspects, but I applaud the author’s originality. Setting plays a big part in this novel, and I think the author really incorporates the setting well, creating atmosphere and soaking it into the fabric of the story. The characters were compelling. The parts that I thought could have used some work is that beyond the relationship between Julian and Natalie, the plot is a little thin, and the chase between the two main characters got a bit repetitive in spots. Otherwise, this was an enjoyable vampire novel that fans of paranormal romance will enjoy.

Carl Alves - author of Blood Street ( )

This is a vampire book which takes place in Charleston SC. The setting is wonderfully described, and the inclusion of the world of ballet was a nice touch. I am afraid I could not finish this book, however. I did not like any of the characters, and try as I might, I could not develop any interest in what happened to them. The story was mostly told from the perspective of the male vampire "hero". While I don't have a problem with anti-heroes in principle, he wasn't a character that I could admire in any way. The heroine seemed rather stupid and shallow. None of the other characters were likeable. I think this author shows promise in world building and descriptive writing. ( )

I wanted to like it, but I didn't. The book seemed very hard to read and I had to push myself to finish it. Even though the author was very good in describing scenes that made the reader visualise them in their mind, the transition from one to another was very awkward. I didn't really like the main characters for some reason also. Even though I did not like this book, I would read another story from the author. If there will be another book I hope to be pleasantly surprised by it. ( )

I was excited to receive this book as a free ebook. Unfortunately, it was very hard to get through. Let's start with the positives: 1) The author does a fantastic job describing the historic home in Charleston. I felt like I could see it! 2) I liked the author's descriptive language in other parts of the book as well and thought her writing within a scene to be interesting. Not so good stuff: 1) The story was very choppy - didn't flow from scene to scene. It made the story very hard to follow. 2) I felt like I was missing parts of the story as I read - assumptions if character behavior/background that were implied but just made me as the reader feel disconnected from the story. 3) I just didn't like the main characters - When I read this genre, I usually see something in the main characters that makes me want to find out more or see what happens to them. I didn't get this connection at all. ( )