Savage. Reckless. Wild. These are only some of the words used to describe me. I’m all of those things, and I never wished to be anything else in almost 500 years of existence.Then she came along. Aurora Leal, the daughter of the High Witch and destined for that role. She’s practically royalty in the magical world, but most importantly, she’s forbidden fruit.I was taught never to mess with … to mess with witches, and I had no intention of breaking that rule until the night she crashed into my life. I couldn’t resist the pull, and like an idiot, I succumbed to her charms.
Now I’m screwed. What was supposed to be only a hookup left a permanent mark. I ended up mated to the sassy witch. An eternal commitment wasn’t something I ever wished for, but when your destined mate is promised to someone else, that’s a much bigger problem.
I only have two choices. Either I find a way to break the mating bond or Aurora will become a widow before she says I do. That will definitely start a war between vampires and mages. But the more time I spend with her, the less inclined I am to give her up.
Damn, I guess I’m killing some mages, then.
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Each book of this serie portraits a different couple story though the characters from the previous one also take part in this story. This story will introduce you to Saxon and Aurora, a vampire and a witch, a forbidden and improbable relationship that brings a catastrophic serie of events. The fast paced narrative, the mystery, lively characters, fun and romance will grip the reader from the very beginning.
I have been looking forward to Saxon and Aurora’s story and I was not disappointed. Their push and pull was magnetic but their banter was everything. The concept behind the fated mates between these two made the story that much more intense as Saxon couldn’t get enough of Aurora. With that hand already promised, Aurora is a mess. But these two together just made sense. It was raw and passionate and so much more. I loved every word of this book!
Rating:
Multiple conflicts but terrific overall!
I have to say, that though I did really like this book. I felt utterly lost more than once. Even though this book is about a different couple than in the first book Dark Prince, so much of the stories are intertwined. Though I did read the first book and I really liked it, I read it nearly four months ago and since then I have read 100 other books. So though I remembered the main storyline, I forgot a lot of the supporting characters and side storylines.
This book could do a lot better in explaining things that previously happened earlier in the book, because there was so much that I apparently forgot that I often felt I should go back and re-read Dark Prince to figure things out. I guess I just wish that everything was explained a bit better. Either way, my suggestion is to read the series all at once so you don’t have the same issues as I did. However, many of the things I had trouble with were eventually explained later in the story, so it wasn’t too big of a problem.
This book was a good one despite my memory problems. I did remember the heroine Aurora from the previous book, she was a witch attending the Bloodstone Institute in preparation for someday taking over for her mother who is the high witch. She was the one who knew from the start that Vivienne was not vampire but a human who had taken a magic potion to disguise herself as a vampire in order to steal a necklace from Lucca the Blueblood prince. Aurora helped get Vivi food to eat.
In this book Aurora is angry about her arranged Marriage to Calvin who is a mage from a respected and powerful mage family. She can’t get out of the marriage, and on the day she finds out about the engagement she rebels by going to a vampire club and going home with hot Blueblood vampire Saxton. During their one night stand, Saxton drinks Aurora’s blood and discovers later that they are mated.
Witches and Vampires are not supposed to be together and Saxton doesn’t want to do anything that would put his King in a bad light against the witches so he tries to find a way to break the mating bond before it takes over enough to force him to kill Aurora’s fiancée. He struggles and ends up telling Aurora so that she can help try to find a spell to break the bond.
There are quite a few different storylines in this book and some are pretty complex, which which is one reason it is difficult to remember some of the things from book to book. Since a lot of the storylines are part of the ongoing series plots, and only have to do with the main romance in a peripheral manor. One storyline is regarding Rikkon who is the the brother of Vivi and will be the Hero in the next book.
Vivi and Rikkon are Nightingale royalty. The Nightingales are the supernatural species that created vampires and when they left to a different realm called Ellnsari, a lot of detrimental things happened to the vampires. Such as first generation vampires going slowly crazy and second generation vampires needing to hibernate. Vivi and and Rikkon were exiled by their mother the Queen of the Nightingales from the Ellnsari back to earth without their powers so they have to hide and pretend to be regular vampires.
Rikkon also seems to be interested in Aurora’s sister Miranda and vice versa. Though Aurora tells Miranda to forget about him since he used to be a drug addict and Aurora knows he is a Nightingale who was mated back in Ellnsari just as he was exiled. Rikkon took a potion to remove his memories because the mate bond was causing him pain but now he wants his memories returned. Also it is found out in this book that the reason he was a drug addict was because he has visions and gets terrible pain with the visions and the drugs were the only thing that kept the visions at bay. It is unknown if he still has some of his powers since he gets visions.
Another storyline is that of the King Raphael. He is trying to keep peace but there are supporters of Tatiana for the thrown including Jacques and his followers who keep throwing wrenches in the mix by doing things in order to try to get more supernaturals on their side and away from King Raphael. Also, Tatiana is affected by the madness that is striking first generation Bluebloods and King Raphael is not yet. So that is another part of the storyline. As I said, some of these are a bit complex and will want to be remembered from book to book.
The romance between Aurora and Saxon is both hot and sweet. Since they are mates, they have a deep and true love which includes protectiveness and a bond in which they can feel each other. I like the thought of that kind of love. Of course the story and conflicts take precedence over a lot of the book so there are not an overwhelming amount of intimate scenes. There is still some steam in this book. I would say three flames out of five. Overall I would give this book a 4.5 just taking off .5 for the issues I had with remembering from the last book, since that probably has to do more with my memory than the fact that explanations were lacking.
I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
4.5
Style: Paranormal /Fantasy/ Vampire Romance
Story: 4.5/5
Enjoyment: 4/5
Dark Level: 1/5
Sexual Level: GOOD
Triggers: No
Violence: Yes
Male: Charmer & Sexy
Series: Book 2
Pages: 376
Audio: GOOD (M/F)
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
STORY:
Book 2 for me was way better. I believe it’s because book 2 filled in a lot of missing pieces from book 1. I thought Aurora’s and Saxon’s story would dive straight into where Lucca’s and Vivi’s story in book 1 left off, and it did not. Their story started before Lucca wakes in book 1. I even thought to myself, why wasn’t this book 1.
Aurora is a witch training to take her mother’s place when the time comes. She also has an arranged marriage that she disgustingly hates. In walks Saxon, not her fiancé, and he is a vampire and both he and Aurora discover they are mated, thus starts their crazy story that read wonderful for me. World building was perfect for me, the chemistry build up between both characters were good, better than Lucca and Vivi. As noted above, so many things make more sense in this story as the institution for vampires makes sense now. I love the different entities that the author created that were not just vamps, as it made it a little more exciting for me.
SEXUAL CHEMISTRY:
What sex scenes they had were good, however, for this story, I love their chemistry and build up more. Saxon’s and Aurora’s strong mated bond is one of the things that fueled this story.
SECONDARY CHARACTERS:
As noted in book 1, a big part of what made this book really good, the secondary characters, good or bad. It was definitely raining characters and like book 1, we saw the same group with some new faces. Lucca and Vivi still had a significant presence, along with the usual suspects, Ronan, Manu, Rikkon, who is Vivi’s brother and has started to redeem himself from book 1. There was also Miranda, Aurora’s sister, who stood out a lot to me as well. There were so many more characters, and that was part of the allure for me and loving book 2.
OVERALL:
Good follow up book, and I am starting to like this series and hopefully the follow ups keeps the same momentum as usual.
TRIGGERS:
****I don’t equate these stories to real life. It’s about personal taste and what you would or want to tolerate with the books you read. I know we all have different opinions and preferences with what we read. I based my book reviews on my preferences and what I like, and while these preferences may not be the same for others, I hope this review was still helpful.
Loved the second in the BV series even more than the first. We first got a hint of their chemistry in BV1 and discovered the backstory here. Saxon and Aurora are perfect together, fighting against a forbidden romance creates a lot of hilarity along the way to their HEA
I have not read a book by Michelle Hercules I didn’t devour in one day, and Wild Thing was no different. As soon as I finished it, I wanted to get my hands on book three.
Aurora’s sassy comments and Saxon’s cocky statements made me fall in love with both, and I was rooting for them from the first page. At the same time, Michelle Hercules has the phenomenal talent to throw in unexpected plot twists, which had me questioning whether or not they’d make it in the end. I definitely didn’t see certain parts coming. (I’m not going to post any spoilers).
I was also excited to get additional details about Lucca and Vivienne’s story and the plot from Dark Prince. Both stories are perfectly blended.
sexy vampires witches and lots of blood !
If you like vampires and crazy supernatural beings this is one for you! this couple was fun and snarky! loved it! it features a new couple from blueblood clan of vampires and it was crazy!!! is one epic roller coaster!! Action, laughter and even dragons show up! Saxon and Aurora were crazy about each other and it was cool to see a different vibe then the previous couple! They also have some tough scenes to swallow. Both good trust me!!! Cant wait for the next one!! its gonna be doozy. Im so looking forward to it!
To continue in her mothers footsteps as The High Witch she must give her hand in marriage to someone her family and the council have chosen.
A night of freedom from this knowledge to let off steam, results in a passionate encounter with a vampire but ends in disaster as a complication arises tying him to her.
What can she do to escape her fate, or must she become a pawn to achieve her dream….
Oohh I’m loving this paranormal series with a passion.
The first book “Dark Prince” belonged to Lucca and Vivienne, and that set the scene and background.
Now Saxon and Aurora step forward and oh wow they dont pussy foot around that’s for sure!
This book is full of passion whether it be fiery or lovey dovey and it’s extremely exciting and very alluring.
Saxon was a true one night romeo before her. He sweet talking the girls into a wild ride before moving onto the next.
Aurora was the girl who needed to know everything, and couldn’t wait to be more involved. Romance wasnt really on her agenda as such until him.
They make for a very interesting couple. The mixing of a witch with a vampire shouldnt of worked, but it did and I found them so adorably cute. It didnt take me long to grow fond of them both.
This book is fast paced and action packed. There are issues are around every corner, you don’t need to look for them, they find you!
Bloodstone Institute is the place to be folks, it’s as simple as that!
It has taken a couple days for me to write this review. Not because I needed to work on something nice to say, but because I loved every part, but don’t want to spoil any of the story. Aurora and Saxon’s story is .. gah, everything! The sex was HOT! The story was amazing. The chemistry was off the charts. There is just so much to love even if you want to throw the book or punch some characters. Michelle did such an amazing job writing/telling this story! The only bad thing was that it’s over…For now.
WoW! I’m so impressed and so in love with Wild Thing!
There’s a tiny voice in the back of my head saying this is a huge mistake, but I stomp on it until it dies. Saxon freezes, becoming as still as a statue. I don’t think he’s breathing. The moment only lasts a few seconds, and then his fingers are tangled with my hair and his tongue is in my mouth.
Me: picking up Wild Thing
Me: starting reading Wild Thing
Me: finding myself glued to the story and not being bothered by surroundings (and I do have a kid)
Me: finishing the book two and a half hours later
This hero! *panty dropping* Bloodsucker. He is gorgeous, smart, protective, hot, a bit cocky, possessive, loyal, sexy, with a sense of humor, honorable, wicked, … You name it, he’s all that is good.
Aurora is the daughter of the High Witch, and she’s expected to act in a certain way. She’s forbidden fruit to Saxon. And she’s supposed to be someone elses. She certainly must not fall for the Bloodsucker. I loved her sassiness and her boldness.
Now, what happens if a Bloodsucker bites a Witch in the heat of the moment?
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*wink*
I was completely mesmerized. The characters were so likeable, I kind of wish they were real and that I was being a part of their gang. The story is so perfect! The plot, shared moments of Aurora and Saxon, demons, catacombs, the twist and the turns,… Magical!
Lucca and Vivienne’s story blended perfectly with Aurora and Saxon’s. We get a hint of what’s comming next. And I for one can not wait.