★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Bella Forrest and Cassandra Clare fans can get ready for their most addicting read yet!”Book Two of the best selling Shades and Shadows series by international best selling author Ashley C. Harris.When Rose was born in the year 1544, she and the other gargoyles were a beautiful race of humans with dragon’s wings. Created by magic, the gargoyles were able to do and take whatever they … take whatever they wanted… Until the vampires came, and with them, they brought a curse.
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BOOK REVIEW : WHEN GARGOYLES CHOOSE (SHADES AND SHADOWS BOOK 2) : ASHLEY C. HARRIS
With A Bit Of Work This Series Could Be Great! A Movie Or TV Series, Buffy The Vampire, Star Trek (TNG), True Blood, Gate SG1, Penny Dreadful, Lost Girl, Shades And Shadows…
Gargoyles, Vampires, Wizards, Witches, Royal Families, Super’s, Slaves, Servs, High School Students, Evil Royals Who Kill, Rape, Pillage & Plunder, Good Hearted Do Gooding Royals.
With Murder, Magic & Mayhem, What More Could You Ask For In One Novel?
Sit Back Relax And Immerse Yourself, Let When Gargoyles Choose Into Your Body, Soul & Mind!
For once we were to see these supernaturals as the beautifully exotic, majestic creatures they were truly meant to be, half human, half dragon, but the men of the race became cruel and evil under direction of Merlin, yes Merlin the Wizard, but he’s not The Merlin we all know and love!
Not only were they trying to wipe out the Royal Vampires, but planning to torture them for eternity with a spell already performed on the youngest of the Royals, Julia!
The Vampires exacted revenge with the unbeknown help of a young Rose, then Merlin’s Nephew, cast the spell not only transforming the Gargoyles into the grotesque demonic creatures we know today, but encasing them in stone in an everlasting agony and smashed each and every statue to pieces or so they thought!
Over time the Vampires of the Royal Family, whom were once the champions of humans, and now with no other ‘Super’ to challenge them, became superior and corrupted and as they say absolute power corrupts absolutely!
And so no other Supernatural species could revolt and overthrow The Royals, the Vamps sought out the most powerful of all species and fed off their magical blood and taking up Reign over the Centuries. This is the continuing story of Livia, a Royal Vampire whom fell in love with a gargoyle and secretly stole one of the statues, (Rose’s), stashing it from 1544 till reviving Rose in 2017, from her torturous sleep and match making her to Sean, a distant relative of Livia’s love), who if destined to fall in love with Rose, before his 21st birthday would stop his own transformation, forever breaking the spell on the remaining statues, even the broken ones who’d be badly injured or deformed and preventing all male descendants from transforming. This is their continuing saga. Book 2 sees Rose & Sean falling deeply for each other, mostly due to the sexual fantasies implanted into their dreams by their teacher (a witch hired by Livia, to help bring our couple together) and sees them if finally working as team, still hiding in plain sight, at a school full of supernatural descendants of all races from the when the curse was first cast, but is the jig finally up? Our Couple have now met two of the male heirs of the Royal Family, one who is out for their blood, but what of the other, Amadeus?
Which is which and can they really trust any member of the Vampire Royal Family, including Livia?
Once again, I mostly enjoyed this book, and I honestly believe this series could be absolutely awesome and possibly an incredible movie or better yet TV series, (coz you get more), but it does need a lot of work, especially a good editor. Unfortunately, I was constantly pulled out of the book again, which makes it hard for me to stay in character as I often find myself ‘Skin Walking’ in essence, slipping into the body and story as if I was the lead character, or (even sometimes all of them)! I was pulled out as sentences seemed as if they were written back to front and at times the writing a little rushed, with a lot of gramatical mistakes, but DAMN I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
C’mon Ms Harris, please hurry with the next instalment Book 3, When Gargoyels Drown, I need to know how this series concludes, what becomes of Rose & Sean, will there be a love triangle with Amadeus, will the curse be broken reuniting Rose with her Mum?
Left On A Doozie Of A Cliffhanger! So If Cliffhangers Aren’t Your Scene, Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Book 1 & 2’s Already Out. Book 3 Is Almost Here & The Prequel’s Is Also Out!!!
As Predicted, Shades & Shadows Has Only Gotten Better With Age, Just Like A Good Bottle of Red Wine, Actually That’s a Great Idea, Grab Your Book, Grab The Wine And Recline, Indoors, Outdoors, Or Better Yet, In The Tub! I Rate When Gargoyles Choose (Shades And Shadows Book 2) 4.5Out Of 5
I received an Advanced Readers Copy of When Gargoyles Choose to read & write an honest review.
Reviewer : Jewelz Pederick
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