Title: Quinn
Author: A.K. Michaels
Series: A Vampire's Thirst Collection
Designation: Book 9 of Multi-Author Collection, Full-Length Standalone, NO Cliffhanger, HEA #paranornalromance #vampires #werewolves #witches #tigershifter
Format: eBook Edition
My Rating: Five Sexy Vamplicious Stars*****
*Each of the books in A Vampire's Thirst Collection is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger, a heartwarming happy ending, and can be read in any order.
Oh my! I never thought I'd say this, but I loved, loved, loved Quinn! What a tasty treat for lovers of vampire romance and another example of why I love A.K. Michaels! In Quinn, the ninth release of A Vampire's Thirst Collection, Michaels once again pulls out all the stops with another fabulous addition to the collection. Quinn literally explodes with perilous danger, heartbreaking drama, heart-stopping action, agonizing angst, steamy passion, and dreamy romance from beginning to end! Once I started reading, I couldn't stop! I was completely mesmerized from the first page till the last and loved every single minute! Can you tell I really enjoyed this book? lol... Now, let me tell you why!
Quinn is a riveting, highly imaginative, well-crafted, fast-paced, easy-to-follow full-length standalone paranormal tale filled with danger, drama, action, suspense, and romance. The narrative is beautifully written in the third person with the primary perspective from ancient vampire Quinn Alexander but in typical Michaels fashion, we also get a secondary point of view from the female protagonist, tiger-shifter Amaya. The dialogue is smart, snappy, well-executed, and flows effortlessly. There's just so much I love about Michael's writing but my favorite component, by far, is the large cast of engaging characters. They literally explode from the pages, grab your imagination, capture your heart, and hold you prisoner from the first chapter till the last! In this latest release to the collection, Michaels gives her readers a pulse-pounding adventure featuring wealthy Scottish businessman and ancient vampire Quinn Alexander and his Bloodmate Amaya, a tiger-shifter and kindhearted thief who steals from unsavory criminals and gives to the poor and downtrodden. Quinn is handsome, courageous, fierce, imposing, and filthy rich. He's cool, calm, and always controlled, often to the extreme and very much a control freak, similar to humans diagnosed with OCD, which has actually served him well in the past with his business dealings. But for the first time in his life, Quinn's lost his steely control and finds himself completely at the mercy of a thirst, unlike anything he's ever experienced in his very long life. Yet, no matter the cost, Quinn's determined to decimate anyone or anything endangering his newly found Bloodmate, including The Directive, the organization responsible for policing all supernaturals. Quinn is an ancient vampire, a daywalker, and truly a force to be reckoned with, especially now that he's found his Bloodmate and focused solely on claiming and protecting her, regardless of the consequences. I'll admit, I didn't like Quinn when he was first introduced in Flint's book. He appeared cold, hard, unfeeling, uptight, completely heartless, very much a control freak, and a total a$$hole with no redeeming qualities, only interested in material possessions and making money, but it only took the right woman to bring him to his knees, and that woman was Amaya. *sigh* I knew it would take one very special woman to capture his cold, dead heart, and Amaya was perfect. Amaya is a beautiful, brave, selfless, caring, kindhearted tiger shifter who became an orphan as a small child, forced to live with a cruel uncle, and ran away to live on the streets at fifteen. She's spent her life surviving the only way she knew how, stealing, but attempts to balance the scales by taking only from criminals and giving the majority of her ill-gotten gains to the poor and downtrodden. Poor Quinn, he's so clueless. He has no idea what's happening to him until Jana Noskova, The Directive's second in command, shows up unexpectedly and corners him at a club in Hong Kong during an extravagant party for the release of his most recent business venture, a game app called Scales of Sin. I saw a different side to Quinn in this story and felt so bad for the big guy. Had it not been for his longtime friend and personal bodyguard Thorne and Jana Noskova of The Directive, Quinn would probably have wound up in a Directive cell or worse -dead, which brings me to one of the other things I enjoy most about Michaels' writing - the way she integrates familiar characters from other books into the current storyline. It makes the story so much more personal for the reader and in Quinn, we see several others from the cast in Michaels' first two books, including Directive second in command Jana Noskova, Henry the witch, and Mac, the werewolf from Scotland who helped Flint defend his Bloodmate. Plus we also get to meet a few new players that I hope we'll be hearing more about including Ace, Quinn's head of security, and a tough as nails ancient female vampire from Italy, Delia Constanzo, who also works for The Directive. I've always been fascinated by kick-butt female characters and so hope Delia and Jana get their own books!
Did I like this book? Yes, I loved it! Would I recommend it? You bet, and I am but only for adult readers since it does contain explicit language, sex, and graphic violence. Quinn is one scary dude who is accustomed to always getting his way, but he still made my little old heart go pitty-pat! But FYI, I hope you don't have a weak stomach because Quinn is determined to exact his revenge on the men who harmed his Bloodmate and believe me, it isn't pretty. Quinn is a fierce, bloodthirsty opponent who, as it turns out, actually does have a softer side. lol... But only for Amaya. This full-length novel is the ninth release of the collection but the third contribution by Michaels and, like all the other books of the collection, can be read as standalone. Was it perfect? No, but it was perfect for me! There were a few little boo-boos, but nothing that distracted from the story. Wil I read this author again? Of course! And finally, was I entertained? Completely! I was glued to my seat, white-knuckling my ereader, screaming at the top of my lungs, and shaking my fists in anger with my heart fluttering wildly in my chest as the pages flew as quickly as the time- and loved every single minute! Fabulous entertainment and an awesome read!
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5 Star Quinn
He’s rick, handsome and an ancient vampire, but when the thirst strikes, it strikes like a lightning bolt and his craving for human blood rockets out of control and Quinn abhors losing control. Then in the backstreets of Hong Kong, a scent assaults him, he hearts a shout, a scream, a cry for help and Quinn knows it’s his Bloodmate. Quinn’s ‘Thirst’ explodes from the pages of his story in an emotionally gripping bomb that captivates readers from the very beginning. Readers met Quinn in Flint’s book and this sexy vampire made hearts flutter, so when he’s almost brought to his knees by the thirst, readers sit up and get ready to help in any they can. The suspense builds and then excitement as a group of mercenaries try to profit from the ‘Bloodmates’ and ensures that this story holds readers in its grip tight until the very end. This fast pace plot is full of thrills and heart pounding excitement as well as some steamy red hot passion that readers can really sink their teeth into. But there is so much more as it takes place in Hong Kong, the paranormal police is involved, witches are looking for Bloodmates and just when you think the good guys have won… BAM, a surprising twists that threatens Quinn’s world once again, making readers startle and grip the story in a white knuckled grip.
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- Mandy Parmenter (MP Book Reviews)Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2018
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his best friend, bodyguard always by his side
