A runaway spell is the most dangerous weapon of all.Vampires aren’t supposed to feel anything beyond hunger and bloodlust, but Viktor still feels a whole lot. He hates what he’s become, but there’s no escape. Not from the dying city smothering him, or from his maker, an arrogant tyrant who demands absolute loyalty.Ketha’s a shifter and a seer, for all the good it does her. Not enough magic is … for all the good it does her. Not enough magic is left to power much of anything. In a rare victory, an image forms in her glass, and she understands how magic broke the world—and how to fix it. The only antidote is an alliance with vampires, but she can’t convince anyone to cooperate.
Desperate and trapped, she turns what’s left of her magic on the Vampire assigned to lock her away. He’s different, not quite as callous or aloof as his kin. It’s a gamble, but she’s out of options. Maybe magic can’t bail them out, but love might be able to salvage what’s left.
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Deceived: Dystopian Urban Fantasy by Ann Gimpel is a wonderful story that I have read. This is book number one in this wonderful start to a brand new series that I have fallen in love with. I fell in love with this story cause I love reading about vampires, shifters and this wonderful story. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves to read about vampires, shifters and fantasy in their stories.
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This book is a great start to the series. I really enjoyed the characters and the story. The author did a great job and it kept me hooked. I recommend this book and I’m looking forward to getting the next book started.
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NEW SERIES and all I can say is WOW what a start to it with this book. I can not wait for the next book to be out.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book by Ann Gimpel was certainly a great start to her series about vampires, shifters, and humans trying to survive a near world-ending calamity. The story was entertaining, and even though most of it dealt with dark and grisly scenes, there were splashes of comedy in several instances to lighten the readers’ mood and thoughts as they read the book. Of course there was also a strong romance that simmered in the background and then the foreground among many of the characters. This is a very very late voluntary review of a copy of this book from Instafreebie (now Prolific Works) Books.
This is first book, in the authors Bitter Harvest Series. I had no clue as to what the story was about, well it turned out to be about a spell, that had gone wrong many years before, and it was slowly destroying the earth. The backstory for how this happened, and what occurred during those years, is fascinating. We have shifters, magic and vampires and humans as well; and as you read you’ll learn the good, the bad, and everything in-between that is slowly poisoning nature in such a way that the earth is now on a course of total destruction. We learn that there may be one way to stop and revive the planet; but is it real or just a myth. If it’s real can the different races put aside there distrust and hatred for each, and work together in time to save not only themselves, but the planet and every living thing on it. Will they agree to it, even if it means they might forever be changed, becoming something new, neither just vampire or shifter. This story is filled with surprising twist and turns, even impossible love and I can’t wait to see what happens in
Book 2.
Viktor Gaelen is a ship’s captain who is captured and turned into a vampire after landing in Ushuaia He hates being a vampire and seeks only the opportunity to flee Uthuaia and his cruel master.
Ketha is a shifter with a wolf bondmate and a seer. After being captured by vampires she tries to convince them if the vampires and shifters work together they have a chance to survive the Cataclysm before everything is poisoned.
The Cataclysm has been poisoning and killing everything for over ten years. Resources are at rock bottom and the shifters believe there are only a few months left before then end
Victor and Ketha have an attraction but it is forbidden. Ketha can tell Victor isn’t the same as the older vampires and still has his humanity. They work together to avoid Raphael’s wrath and gather all who are needed to work a spell to end the Cataclysm one way or another.
There’s shifters, vampires, angels, magic and prophecy.
Overall I enjoyed the story, it kept my interest even though the ending happened as expected. It was hard to imagine a spell in Siberia was affecting lands in South America and the entire world and while many things had magical explanations, it felt a little too easy to use magic to explain some things away but be vague on other items.
Very consuming tale of an upside down world. Ketha is a very strong and determined seer, her gift is powerful but her grim existence is draining. Their dire situation is described so well and is so detailed that I didn’t have to wonder what they did to survive. It is so realistic that I was pondering if I would be able to do that to survive. :0 Viktor is different, I’ve never read tell of a vampire that didn’t love being a vampire, lol but if your heart ain’t in then you fake it. His situation is dangerous, his instant connection to a shifter is puzzling but these two form a bond and are destined. It was very interesting reading how they dealt with their predicament and their urgent desire to make things better before its too late.
This is going to be an amazing new series from Ann Gimpel! This story is an 18+ paranormal romance that is full of action and excitement. The detail given to describing the world made it easy to picture it and the plot really kept me interested. I have loved everything Ann has written, so I knew I would enjoy this one, I just wasn’t prepared for how MUCH I loved it. I don’t want to give away any spoilers, and the blurb gives you enough info to understand the plot, so I’m just going to say that if you are a fan of urban fantasy or paranormal romance you need to read this book.