Black Bullet
The Order of the Senary #2
by L.D. Rose
Fledgling vampire Jonathan Kerr has just met his match.
Not even his past life as a former Marine and FBI agent could prepare him for the battle against the monster inside him, struggling to take hold. After an old nemesis of the Senary surfaces in Brooklyn, unleashing chaos and terror in the battered borough, Jon sets out to take him down. Instead, he ends up with far more than he bargained for when he clashes with the beautiful half-vampire hybrid, Lawan Knight.
After escaping near death and suffering unspeakable horror at the hands of vampires, Lawan trusts no one, regardless of species. In between bouts of drunken stupor, her only goal is to exterminate all those whoโve wronged her, including every member of Jonโs vampire bloodline. But Jonโs soulful eyes and quick smile crawls under her skin, transforming her black and white world into a hazy shade of gray.
As the days rapidly grow darker, Jon and Lawan turn to one another, but their inner demons threaten to tear them apart. The only way either of them will survive is if they overcome their greatest fearโ
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REVIEW:
The second book to whatโs turning out to be a really good series.
JJ was a marine, then FBI agent, now heโs a human turned vampire (against his will) and holds a lot of resentment still, but he puts his skills to good use.
He was saved by the Knights (his sister is marrying one) after saving one of the hybrids life.
(There arenโt many good vamps, and JJ finds it hard to come to terms with what he is)
Lawan is a knight, (the hybrids that all live in the same place, have the same father) a hybrid, but she works alone. Something really bad happened in the past, and it shaped her into the killing machine she is today.
Their first meeting is explosive, she literally kicks JJโs butt, and after leaving him coughing up blood, their next meeting should be just as explosive.
One of the hybrids (Rome) explains that although females were once made into hybrids, they were quickly eradicated. But not all of them, how Lawna slipped through the net gets revealed in the book. But he knows Lawna, and she certainly knows Rome !
The story remains at a fast pace, and like the first book in the series, itโs a graphic but gripping read.
The characters slowly dance around their attraction for each other, JJ feels he doesnโt deserve anyone (who could love a vampire, right?) and Lawna canโt get close to anyone, and certainly not a leech. It would hurt too much to lose anyone else.
There is a sub-plot going on as well, and itโs interesting how the two move along together.
Iโm totally hooked on this series, and canโt wait for more.
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