Seduced by the Night is the second book in Robin T. Popp's Night Slayer series. Bethany Stavinoski is a biochemist and has recently been awarded for her brilliance in her leading research. Unfortunately for Bethany, it has made her the target of a group of men looking to create a new drug. These men are strange and mysterious but Bethany is lucky to have a protector in Dirk Adams a former military man who has a few secrets up his sleeves. Bethany is engaged to another man, but that doesn't extinguish the flames that burn between Bethany and Dirk.I really enjoyed the first book in the series Out of the Night, which I rated an A. But unfortunately I didn't enjoy Seduced by the Night quite as much. One of the things I really enjoyed about OOTN is the unusual twist to the vampire legend. I thought it was rather clever and different from most vampire books, but by the second book that novelty had worn off and nothing new in terms of the legend had come to light, although there were new characters and motivations that surfaced in this book.The other thing that bothered me with this book was that Bethany was engaged to another man and while she didn't feel passionate toward him she still was committed to him and it took away from her relationship development with Dirk. Dirk was kind of a Neanderthal with Bethany at times and of course hated the fact she belonged to another. I just couldn't really get into this one. Robin T. Popp's writing style reminds me of Elizabeth Jennings or Lisa Marie Rice, where the heroines are very feminine and the males are extremely protective, which is not a bad combination, it just didn't work for me in Seduced by the Night.
Rispetto al primo la parte rosa ha più spazio, Dirk e Beth non si fanno tutti i problemi di Laine e Mac XD Forse per evitare che si rotolino tra le lenzuola dall'inizio, l'autrice ha pensato bene di inserire un impedimento: Beth è infatti fidanzata con il suo capo Miles, un uomo di 20 anni più vecchio per il quale prova un lieve affetto e niente più (diciamolo, è un paravento moolto sottile XD) ma come scopriremo più avanti ha le mani in pasta in qualcosa di molto pericoloso. Ritroviamo tutti i personaggi del primo libro impegnati a fronteggiare i due vampiri sopravvissuti Harris e Patterson. Il rapporto tra questi due vampiri è quasi identico al rapporto che c'era tra Burton e il dottor Weber. Harris come Weber non sopporta la sua condizione di vampiro, nè quello che deve fare per sopravvivere e vorrebbe trovare un modo per riacquistare la sua vecchia vita e la sua umanità perciò complotta contro il suo spietato compare. Patterson come Burton è spietato e malvagio e pensa solo al suo tornaconto fingendo di non vedere la silenziosa ribellione del suo collega, fintanto che ne ha bisogno. Anche il finale in un certo senso assomiglia a quello del primo libro e mi ha dato la stessa sensazione di "to be continued.." immagino quindi ci sia un seguito, anche se a quasi un anno di distanza ancora non ve n'è l'ombra XD
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What an interestingly different spin on vampires. I found it intreguing, and couldn't resist turning the pages.Dr Bethany is a delicate looking female, with a strength that overtakes her looks by miles. Her work always keeps her ton the edge of danger, but her lates project has a seriously perpencity for a lot more life threatening danger.Dirk is a changeling who hunts renegade vampires, his job to take them down. He meets Bethany, and realises that there is something much more terrifying than she knows coming for her.As the danger escalates, Bethany has to give in to her hunger to feed Dirks, in the hopes they can save each other.Very much a must read, you won't be able to resist.
—Sallyann Phillips
