Desolate

Desolate is a story about a girl who was turned against her will into a vampire. It tells the story of her the complete annihilation of her family and the struggles to continue life without consuming blood. At least not human blood. It tells of her multiple rapes from her husband, Vladimir, and the complete joy he and his brother, Lucien, get out of destruction and pain. It also tells of her budding relationship with Fane and how he attempts to save her. It also tells the story of the budding love between her and Fane as he attempts to save her from the harm that she deals with daily and her attempts to per herself out of her own misery and from the worst part of this new life she must now lead. He attempts to at least help her to learn how to defend herself and to live in this world and shows her that it is not a requirement to drink blood, that it just helps in the healing.
Desolate displays a lot of violence and domestic abuse to the point that Rose should have died several times and would have had she not been forced to drink blood or she were still human.
This is the beginning of a trilogy of prequels to the Arotas series. I did not know about the books that were already out that starring Rose, so this was a beginning that I really enjoyed and I think that I’m glad that I got to read it before reading the Arotas series. I like Ms. Mile’s writing style and this book left me wanting for more.

That was my first book by Amy Miles and I loved her writing. She describes the darkness and the violence of the characters so detailedly that I could actually picture it in my head. This novel is more on the tradition of Anne Rice's books than Twilight's, and I apreciated it.

Btw, this book contains explicit sexual scenes and may be too frightening for sensitive readers, so read it at your own risk.

I liked this book a lot. There was mystery in the plat and the characters were cool. The cover is pretty as well.

Fantastically creepy and enticing. An absolute original story line with characters that make you feel immersed in their pain and story.

*WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT SEXUAL SCENES AND MAY BE TOO GRUESOME FOR SOME YOUNGER OR MORE SENSITIVE READERS*
*The publisher provided this book in exchange for an honest review through NetGalley.*
Her entire family is murdered on her wedding day, while she watches, her mortality and innocence are stripped away by her new animalistic husband.
With everyone she ever loved dead she has no option but to depart with her cruel husband, Vladimir Enescue, and savage brother, Lucien, to Castle Bran. Suddenly she finds herself alone in the midst of savages, bound by her wedding vows and her fear of her husband, she has to be strong or else she's going to certainly lose her mind.
A mysterious stranger crosses her path and she discovers she's not alone and that nor all immortals are evil, even if the most part is cruel to the core.
How will she be able to survive in the midst of such evil and cruelty?
I have to start by stating that this book is brutal, in much more than one way. Your first view of this story is of dead bodies, I'm not spoiling anything I swear, and of a freaked out bride. Brutallity lies before her, everyone is dead... Well, everyone except her husband and his brother, two savage men. She soon finds out that she looks different and that her cravings are different.
I loved Roseline's characther and I think this is one of the characthers that evolved the most in just a few pages between every single book I've read. Yes, her story is quite gruesome and cruel and completely insane but it's refreshing to read a book in which the vampires are not all good and dreamy. Yeas, they are beautiful but they are as far from an angel as you can imagine!
This author was able to write a genious tale about a common girl that turns a vampire and has to learn how to live with them and not just survive. Between being "possessed" by her husband in public, to being almost violated and evolving from being a frightened teenager to a warrior, Rosaline Dragomir Enescue has it all.
Vladimir is a combination of the Wallachian prince, Vlad Tepes, the Impaler, with and horrific personality and a big fascination for cruelty and the appearance of an angel, that would almost be able to cover his cruelty, wouldn't it be that he is known by all and feared by all.
If you're looking for a book that has substance and quality and don't mind torture, sex and love (or some kind of love) in a beautiful and addicting combination then you should try and read this book.

Note: The author suggests that you download a sample of this book before you buy it, so you can evaluate yourself whether you can (and want to) read it or not.

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Very well written with great flow to the entire story. You fel Roseline's pain and courage. I look forward to reading the next 2 books in the prequel.

This author just won another fan !

I really didn't know what to make of this book when I first received a download of it, particularly after reading a number of negative reviews regarding violent content. Well, I finished this book in one sitting and almost cried when I realised that the sequel hadn't yet been released.

It was actually brilliant.

It's gory as hell but what do you expect when you a) purchase a horror novel, b) purchase anything with vampires and c) purchase a book that clearly displays warning that it contains graphic content? Stop moaning, people. Yes it was dark and yes it was grizzly but I loved it. It was certainly a wonderful change from the growing number of books that shy away from any controversial content at the risk of losing readers. Since books such as Twilight and shows like The Vampire Diaries have become mainstream, I think that people have forgotten that creatures like vampires and werewolves originally stemmed from the horror genre and until very recently, were not something to be romanticised.

This book was certainly no Twilight. Virtually all of the characters are barbaric, sadistic and depraved and whilst that might not be for everyone, I thought it was an excellent change from the tweeny-pop representation of horror that has come to dominate this genre. This book was fast-paced, engaging, horrific to read in some places, and was ultimately a very basic but amazingly gripping story. I haven't yet read anything else by Amy Miles but having read Desolate, I will certainly be purchasing more of her work in the future.

If you like books about the proper kind of vampires, women's empowerment, and anything on the more shocking side of fiction, then definitely give Desolate a try.

5 Stars *****