Search - Crimson City (Crimson City, Bk 1)

This was not a great book. I read it to get to the rest of the series. Since I actually read out of order I know that the series gets better. Also the series is written by different authors, I wont be reading more from this author. It gets a 2 out of 5.

A nice, solid start to the series. The exposition occasionally felt forced, and the plot has been done before. But, really, it's difficult to find a unique twist on the vampire-mortal thing at this point. The series as a whole varies in quality, with this one landing solidly in the middle. If you like the supernatural genre and are interested in this series, give it a try before you read one of the later, more "different" books.

In a Los Angeles of the future, in the aftermath of a war between human, vampire and werewolf species that gave the city it's new name, Crimson City, Dain and his fellow B-Ops members work to keep a fragile peace. But the shit is going to hit the fan when a rogue Mech (cyborg) assasinates the vampire leaders and leaves a power vacuum that the inexperienced Fleur struggles to fill, while trying to deal with a forbidden love that's blossoming between her and Dain. Can the two keep Crimson City from being drowned in blood again? And what will happen to their doomed, star-crossed love?

*** It's nice to see a vampire/human romance with the vampire being female for a change, and that both characters are struggling with real problems instead of fake, angsty BS - Fleur is still paying for turning a human for love's sake, despite the fact that it's against vampire law; and Dain has no memories of his beloved wife who was murdered by vampires, and now he's falling in love with a woman who's of the same species that destroyed his life. My only problem was that there didn't really seem to be much chemistry between them - I agree with another reviewer about being more interested in Marius and Jill's story. Still, it's competently written and the story about an impending war between the species is tense and exciting.

Conclusion: Recommended, but more for the suspense than a romance.

good book, the first one i read. after this I had to find the rest of the series.

Not very good

After devouring the Laurell K. Hamilton series I was really missing my Anita Blake fix... but this series stepped right up to the plate! Crimson City explores a vampire culture in a new, but still familiar way. I'm already on book 5 of this series... and can't put the books down!