Crimson City

Sucked

In fact don't miss any of the crimson series books. I read all of them in a week. Couldn't wait to get home from work to read. I'm looking forward to her next book in the series. Totally awesome.

I love vampire and werewolf romance, SSOO this book was right up my alley!!!! Great writing and great plotline.

In the city formerly known as Los Angeles, the vampires and werewolves finally brought their epic battle public, turning the streets red with the blood from humans, "fangs" and "dogs". Now there is a tentative treaty between the three factions: the vampires live in skyscrapers occupying the sky, the humans live on the ground where they have always been and the werewolves move in under the city. Suddenly LA is the CRIMSON CITY. With the sudden and violent death of her half-brothers by a Mech - a creature that was created by the humans but shouldn't exist, Fleur Dumont swiftly becomes the head of her people: the primary vampires, or "fangs" as they are called by the humans. This is a duty she hasn't been trained for and therefore all she can do is prove she is worthy of leading the vampires; whether it is in continued peace or into war with the humans, rests on her shoulders. Dain Reston is an intelligence officer in B-Ops. He has no memory past waking up in the hospital, his arms burnt and finding out his beloved wife is dead at the hands of the "fangs". So he beats the streets every night with his equally emotionally unstable partner Cydney monitoring the tension levels between the three groups. For several days the city has been quiet until a curious blip appears on their police scanner heading for the Dumont Towers. Going in that direction, they arrive just in time to have a very angry vampire land on the hood of their vehicle. With the peace treaty on the brink of disintegrating, Dain and Fleur work together in order to find out who ordered the Mech. With vampires getting killed, humans disappearing and the evidence inconclusive, time is running out because the humans have adopted the attack first attitude. Starting another multi author series, Liz Maverick doesn't disappoint. CRIMSON CITY is full of action and intrigue. I really enjoyed her twist on the vampire, especially having them live high in the sky. There is enough politics introduced in the beginning to bog down the brain, however, everything is cleared up and clarified later. I also am confused by Dains past, but the discrepancies turn the story into a fantastic action romance. Once fancying herself in love, Fleur broke one of the primary rules of the vampire: Never turn a human. It cost her the ability to get trained to rightfully lead her people instead of her half-brothers. So when she is suddenly dealing with Dain, the epitome of everything that could draw her to a man, she is out of her league on every level: dealing with the "dogs", her wardrobe, struggling with maintaining control of the vampires and now her desires to bite another human. It is fascinating to watch her grow from a pampered princess into a grown woman, er vampiress, in full control. Dain: he is a mystery (even to himself). He is strong, fearless and very loyal, but he has no past and feels horrible guilt because he cannot remember is own wife who he evidentially loved more than anythi

Ever wish someone would write a romance where the heroine kicked ass and got her ass kicked as well every now and again? I don't know about you, but I am not impressed with characters who never feel pain. Fleur feels pain. She gets it in spades in this book. In the heart because of past decisions and present company. In the body when she learns that her training needs to be stepped up a bit after she almost loses her life to a mech. In this first book of the Crimson City series, you are introduced to the idea of an alternative Los Angeles where demons, werewolves, and vampires exist along side of humans. There is ethnic prejudice galore. For me, Maverick makes a good case of how racial stereotyping makes us look. If you enjoy this series, I highly recommend the 2176 series that Liz Maverick and Patti O'Shea both participated in. Well done futuristic romances that feature the kind of heroine I like.

I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I'm not a big romance reader, either. This is a fantasy based in the future. In this new world vampires and werewolves live among humans, but not very comfortably. The vampires mostly live in luxary in big sky rise buildings. The werewolves live in poverty in underground tunnels. The humas live somewhere in between. When a human special forces man and the new head of the vampires meet, there is instant attraction. But don't think this is a romance book. The romance takes a second burner to the action and mystery they have to solve. I liked it alot. I even read it in one sitting and went out to buy the second in this series. Although, it is written by a different author (Liu).