Hello everyone!
So last week I somehow forgot that I had a trilogy of books to finish off with the last one.
I'm not exactly sure how it happened, other than I think I was just so into Term Limits that I really WANTED to review it on here, but I'm back to my usual routine and I do actually have quite a few other books I want to talk about on here, and plans for how to continue through summer (and what to read, most importantly!).
When you read as much as I do and as many eclectic choices as I do (let's be real, there's nothing quite regular when you bounce from crime to romance to psychological thriller to comedy) you need to have some sort of plan, eventually.
I've been flying by the seat of my pants for a while but I'm probably going to actually concentrate now, especially with the summer vacation that's coming up!
But before I do any of that, it's time to do a little bit of a review on here and wrap up this trilogy with a nice bow and a smile.
Riley Rivers has a thing when it comes to supernatural, and The Werewolf's Virgin Vampire was no exception.
Very briefly, however, we were introduced to the supernatural in this suburbia by meeting a werewolf and a nymph, getting kidnapped and thus encountering ANOTHER werewolf and a dragon who ended up rescuing him later, and then through them we met a vampire who works with the dragon at the police station, in the supernatural department.
Or how you'd call it. I'm not entirely sure, but as long as it works ...
Damien is someone we're introduced to very briefly through The Werewolf's Dragon Defender, as the wolf who helps Tommy out, but this time he gets a book of his own, and when we start reading it he's chasing down his neighbour's cat.
No surprise the cat doesn't want to come to him. He's a WEREWOLF, DUH.
But he gets help from an unlikely source, aka one Henrick, who manages to not only not get bowled over by the running wolf, but actually calls the cat to him and the chase is finally over. As a thank you, Damien invites Henrick to have a cup of coffee with him, and the vampire agrees, to his own personal surprise.
See, Henrick's sort of a loner - he usually works the third shift at the station, he spends most of the rest of his time at the house, and doesn't socialize because he's a vampire.
He's more bothered by being a vampire than Damien is.
Damien, personally, couldn't care less. He likes what he sees, he's attracted to Henrick, and with his heart on his sleeve the big ginger werewolf is going to get Henrick out with him if it's the last thing he can do.
So coffee turns into more coffee and it turns into constant texting back and forth, and Damien finds that Henrick has a sassy, sarcastic streak that he wasn't aware of before.
Damien LIKES.
There are some very easygoing scenes during which Henrick can't believe his luck that Damien isn't completely grossed-out that he's a vampire and needs blood to thrive, even going so far as to checking out a restaurant to see whether or not they serve things a vampire can consume, surprising Henrick even further.
But there's no rest for the wicked, and at one point Damien spies someone he thinks might be trouble because he sees him a couple of times, and then another time he and Henrick are just heading out to dinner when they get doused by water.
Only, it's not JUST water.
I thought for sure it would be holy water which burns vampires in legends, but this one is "blessed by hate" or something like that - in any event, IT BURNS, IT BURNS USSSSS!
Damien quickly gets Henrick back inside and cleans him off, helping as best as he can and making sure the vampire is taken care of, going so far as to cuddle up with the man and just holding him close.
They think it might be just an isolated incident but this turns out to SO not be true when they go star-gazing and have a picnic and are attacked by this guy that Damien's noticed around before, who actually shoots at Henrick, saying he's going to pay for what happened.
Well, THAT went real sour, real quick!
Damien enlists Michael's help at this point, letting the detective do his thing while he and Henrick have a little heart-to-heart.
Henrick explains that the man who shot at them was apparently related to his very first victim - see, Henrick now takes blood from blood banks, not from actual individuals, but when he was first turned, and he was being taught how to control himself, his control sort of snapped one night after he was leaving a night class when he smelled blood in the air. Investigating brought him to a guy sexually assaulting a girl in the parking lot, and Henrick's last conscious thought was to go for HIM not the bleeding girl, thus saving her life, but ending his.
Damien sees this as a heroic act while Henrick is disgusted with himself, and you can probably tell who's going to win out.
Meanwhile, Michael and Damien track down the shooter, who's taken his own life in the dingy motel room he's staying at, so basically there's nothing to worry about there anymore.
And since Damien isn't going anywhere, because he really likes Henrick, it's maybe time for Henrick to forgive himself and open up to the possibility of love and a fuller life.
After all - his Werewolf isn't going to let him hide in his shell anymore, but love him fiercely instead.
This was a fast-paced, cute book for a rainy afternoon, and a nice wrap-up for the Supernatural Suburbia trilogy, though I'm hopeful there may be more characters to write about in the series eventually. But if you like pretty non-complicated plots and want to just sit back and enjoy some rational conversations, some steamy, sexy scenes, and most importantly forget about the real world for a while, then this is the book for you!
xx
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