Based on the blurb I expected THE VAMPIRE’S MASQUERADE to be
a dual point-of-view story, when actually it is told entirely from Kasima. The romance is quite straightforward and mainly
impeded by the hero and heroine hesitating to express their level of commitment—which
is understandable given the overall context of the story. The author does a good job of filling in the
world-building and introducing characters from the first book (which I have not
read).
The vampire mythos itself is not especially interesting with standard romance vampires (a.k.a. hot vampire super-heroes with no real problems from their condition) but I did like the back-history of the civil war between humans and vampires after the vampire’s were outed. Honestly, I might have preferred a more gritty story from this time period rather than a largely cozy romance set in what seems like a very comfortable community doing well after the reconstruction. THE VAMPIRE’S MASQUERADE is not an overly complex story but emotionally gratifying and engaging throughout mainly due to Kasima’s likeability.
The vampire mythos itself is not especially interesting with standard romance vampires (a.k.a. hot vampire super-heroes with no real problems from their condition) but I did like the back-history of the civil war between humans and vampires after the vampire’s were outed. Honestly, I might have preferred a more gritty story from this time period rather than a largely cozy romance set in what seems like a very comfortable community doing well after the reconstruction. THE VAMPIRE’S MASQUERADE is not an overly complex story but emotionally gratifying and engaging throughout mainly due to Kasima’s likeability.
Review copy courtesy of Netgalley, 6/10 #SuperheroVampire
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