Book Blog Tour: M/M ~ Alasdair (Masters Among Monsters Book 1) by Ella Frank (Book Review, Excerpt/Teaser + Giveaway)
Alasdair (Masters Among Monsters Book 1)
by Ella Frank
Date of Publication: October 13, 2015
Blurb
A DANGEROUS ALLURE
Bestowed with eternal life by the Ancient Vasilios, Alasdair Kyriakous is one of the most feared and ruthless vampires in existence. His name carries weight across all of the seven continents.
But he is a mystery to his kind, an anomaly among the self-indulgent. While he enjoys the pleasures of the flesh, he is exceptionally particular in his choice of partners and prides himself on his ironclad self-control.
Yet with one look his control will become a thing of the past, and Alasdair will discover that eternal life doesn't always last forever…
A DEADLY ATTRACTION
Thrust into a world he could never have imagined, Leo Chapel awakens in his worst nightmare. Taken hostage by the dangerously mesmerizing vampire, Alasdair, Leo must rely on his intelligence to escape before he reveals a secret he isn't even aware he's hiding.
A FORBIDDEN DESIRE
Unaware that they've been brought together by an outside force and are little more than pawns to a higher power, Alasdair and Leo spend time trying to uncover the other's secrets, the attraction between them growing stronger all the while.
But enemies are watching and preparing to act against them. When decisions that will alter lives and destinies have to be made—can a dead, grey heart learn to beat again?
Bestowed with eternal life by the Ancient Vasilios, Alasdair Kyriakous is one of the most feared and ruthless vampires in existence. His name carries weight across all of the seven continents.
But he is a mystery to his kind, an anomaly among the self-indulgent. While he enjoys the pleasures of the flesh, he is exceptionally particular in his choice of partners and prides himself on his ironclad self-control.
Yet with one look his control will become a thing of the past, and Alasdair will discover that eternal life doesn't always last forever…
A DEADLY ATTRACTION
Thrust into a world he could never have imagined, Leo Chapel awakens in his worst nightmare. Taken hostage by the dangerously mesmerizing vampire, Alasdair, Leo must rely on his intelligence to escape before he reveals a secret he isn't even aware he's hiding.
A FORBIDDEN DESIRE
Unaware that they've been brought together by an outside force and are little more than pawns to a higher power, Alasdair and Leo spend time trying to uncover the other's secrets, the attraction between them growing stronger all the while.
But enemies are watching and preparing to act against them. When decisions that will alter lives and destinies have to be made—can a dead, grey heart learn to beat again?
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Mari's Review:
*** ARC provided to Bayou Book Junkie in exchange for a fair and honest review. ***
Alasdair is a 2000+ years old vampire and lately he's been rather preoccupied with a man he can't take off his mind. He's not your usual vampire, either, he likes to push himself to the limit, he's picky about who he feeds from, on who he comes close to, he's always in control, so being so attracted to this blond man who he's been following is out of the norm for him. He decides enough is enough and that he needs to end this once and for all, but to his surprise when he tries to kill Leo it is just the start of it all.
Leo Chapel is a curator at a museum, and has been having strange dreams for a few weeks, the last thing he expected to find in one of those dreams was a vampire feeding from him or to feel so attracted to said vampire, despite fearing for his life. Only there's more to Leo than being the human Alasdair can't get out of his head.
This was a good start to the series, I loved the lore and all the research that must have gone into writing vampires in a fairly original way. The idea of having Ancient vampires and their first Sired, aside from the other more regular kind of vampires, and the threat to their existence in the form of Leo and his friends Elias and Paris, is very intriguing, and while a good set-up, a lot of key questions were left unanswered, which I hope will be addressed in the other books in the series.
I didn't particularly cared for the other vampires that weren't Alasdair, especially Vasilios, but I'm interested in finding out how all these characters stories are interwoven and how it will play out in the future, especially after that very evil cliffhanger there at the end. Even if next book is Isadora's, I really hope we get enough Alasdair and Leo in it, there was not enough of them together in this one. The chemistry between Alasdair and Leo was so palpable, each of them unable to stay away, despite everything that was against them. I really wish we'd have more of them together in this book. Still, this was a great, different read, and of course, coupled with Ella's writing, you can't go wrong.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
*** ARC provided to Bayou Book Junkie in exchange for a fair and honest review. ***
Alasdair is a 2000+ years old vampire and lately he's been rather preoccupied with a man he can't take off his mind. He's not your usual vampire, either, he likes to push himself to the limit, he's picky about who he feeds from, on who he comes close to, he's always in control, so being so attracted to this blond man who he's been following is out of the norm for him. He decides enough is enough and that he needs to end this once and for all, but to his surprise when he tries to kill Leo it is just the start of it all.
Leo Chapel is a curator at a museum, and has been having strange dreams for a few weeks, the last thing he expected to find in one of those dreams was a vampire feeding from him or to feel so attracted to said vampire, despite fearing for his life. Only there's more to Leo than being the human Alasdair can't get out of his head.
This was a good start to the series, I loved the lore and all the research that must have gone into writing vampires in a fairly original way. The idea of having Ancient vampires and their first Sired, aside from the other more regular kind of vampires, and the threat to their existence in the form of Leo and his friends Elias and Paris, is very intriguing, and while a good set-up, a lot of key questions were left unanswered, which I hope will be addressed in the other books in the series.
I didn't particularly cared for the other vampires that weren't Alasdair, especially Vasilios, but I'm interested in finding out how all these characters stories are interwoven and how it will play out in the future, especially after that very evil cliffhanger there at the end. Even if next book is Isadora's, I really hope we get enough Alasdair and Leo in it, there was not enough of them together in this one. The chemistry between Alasdair and Leo was so palpable, each of them unable to stay away, despite everything that was against them. I really wish we'd have more of them together in this book. Still, this was a great, different read, and of course, coupled with Ella's writing, you can't go wrong.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
About Ella Frank
Ella Frank is the author of the #1 Bestselling Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust and is the co-author of the fan-favorite erotic serial, A Desperate Man. Her Exquisite series has been praised as "scorching hot!" and "enticingly sexy!"
A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR. You can reach her on the web at www.ellafrank.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ella.frank.author
Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.
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Teaser
With no more than a flash of thought, he was inside the man's room and standing at the foot of a large bed.
Locks. Such a useless human defense.
He cocked his head to the side and examined the book splayed open on the man's naked chest. It looked as though it had fallen there when he'd drifted off to sleep, his fingers still resting against the glossy cover.
Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths.
Now that is an unlikely coincidence.
A sinister smile morphed Alasdair's lips, and he touched the tip of his tongue to the fangs elongating from his upper gums. The familiar surge of adrenaline caused his skin to come alive with awareness as his body prepared itself to do what it had been created for.
Raising his hand, he flicked his wrist and the covers whisked back. The man beneath was no more aware of the action than a slight shift in the air as a low sigh escaped him and he stretched his body, turning his head on the pillow.
The sight that greeted Alasdair made the hours he'd spent tracking well worth the time. When the human took a breath, the knotted drawstring tie of his linen lounge pants caught his attention. Fuck, that made him want to indulge his carnal side first.
Maybe this was the root of his current obsession. In fact, that thought was followed by one truer to his perverse nature. How long would it take to have him clutching those covers from lust if I wanted it? And as Alasdair continued to observe the human, he realized just how much he wanted it. The chest where the book was lying was covered in a light dusting of blond hair. It trailed a path along the center of the man's sternum to his stomach, which looked as hard as his own. However, unlike his own abdomen, this man's skin would be warm to the touch.
Perhaps he could take a moment or two and… No, he didn't have the time, and that really was a shame. A meeting had been called this evening, and he was due at the Assembly Hall soon. The last thing he wanted to do was piss off the Ancients by being late.
So, with the speed and the stealth only his kind possessed, he was on the bed and stretched out above the man, and his mouth hovered over the ear closest to him.
He threw the book, which landed with a loud thump on the floor, and couldn't stop himself from slipping one of his hands beneath those thin pants to curl his fingers around the flaccid cock he found inside. When a soft groan left the human, Alasdair used his other hand to capture his captive's wrists like iron shackles and pin them above his head. Before the man had a chance to wake, he delved inside his head and projected an image of where this hunt would finally end.
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