Possession (Blood Ties)

Though the book has some notsohappy reviews, I found the book as good as the first one. Yes, Carrie is a romantic and is not your typical withoutlove vampire..and I find that pleasant. A good read. Held me attention the whole way. Could not wait to finish in order to get into the 3rd book (which by the way....is starting out to be really good too!)

I tore through this book just as quickly as the first one ("Blood Ties: The Turning"), very hard to put down. I'll be anxiously awaiting another one????? I read a lot of vampire fiction and Ms. Armintrout is my new favorite in the genre...

This second book in the series was even better than the first! Ms. Armintrout explores the deeper feelings of each of her characters. Cyrus,the supremely evil vampire who was manipulated by his cruel father, is now human and now finds himself feeling emotions he never had to deal with before. His character becomes someone you want to reach out for and help. Carrie, Max, and Nathan all undergo a metamorphisis in their relationship towards each other as things change as they together to battle the souleater. Ms. Armintrout doesn't make their relationships toward one another easy and because of this I find that her characters are rich, deep and complicated. Characters you can get involved with. Excellent story line and she cuts no corners. Complicated plot but she keeps it all going. Also another interesting relationship developing between a werewolf assasin and Max. But with this author - there is no telling what will happen. Loved this series and am looking forward to the next installment.

I just finished the second in the Blood Ties series and liked it even better than the first. Cyrus was such a deliciously evil vampire in the first book that you knew he wasn't really dead and gone for good. Sure enough, he's ba-a-ack in the sequel and what a comeback. He's human and he's grappling with all that entails. I thought the psychological study of this evil man forced to be human again was a clever ploy. He was well on his way to being a Beta male. But not to worry. Along came Carrie, our spunky, determined heroine who turns Cyrus' world upside down. Why not? He did it to her in the first book and forever. I loved the scenes with the Oracle. Max and the Werewolf were a hoot. And Nathan is still my number one hero. Although I loved the first book, I thought this book had more depth and advanced a better understanding of the characters and what made them what they are. The author's flashes of humor always caught me by surprise and made me chuckle outloud. I'm really looking forward to the next book in this series to see where these characters evolve. Will Cyrus go back to his evil ways, Will Max and Bella hook up and how will Nathan and Carrie find their way back to each other? This is a great series. Kudos to the author and her terrific imagination.

The vampire broke through the gray veil to pull Cyrus back from the realm of the dead to the living. Realizing he is a weak human surrounded by vampires, Cyrus vows to cut out the heart of Carrie who killed him when he was bloodsucker. In Grand Rapids Carrie lives with Nathan who saved her life when her former sire Cyrus almost killed her. However, at their apartment she is attacked by a berserker demon, who to her shock turns out to be Nathan. He flees just before he would have killed her. She calls their best friend vampire Max Harrison, who tells her he will be right over. Cyrus learns from the weak female in the church with him that a priest and nun were slaughtered there, but she is to keep him alive. At about the same time Max calls the Volunteer Vampire Extinction Movement who flies them to their headquarters in Madrid where they learn a maniac has sliced the throats of women back in Grand Rapids and General Breton tells them he believes Nathan has become a killer who must die. While Carrie visits the oldest vampire, the Oracle, who tells her Cyrus is back and to beware of the Soul Eater, who happens to be Cyrus' father, Breton assigns the murder of Nathan to werewolf Bella DeCesare. Soon everyone will collide in Grand Rapids. The key to the second Blood Ties tale (see BLOOD TIES: THE TURNING) is that readers will believe that vampires and werewolves are real species because the cast is solid and deep. The two subplots consistently intermingle and cross. This leads to an electrifying action-packed story line that contains a strong psychological suspense element yet never slows down until the climax but the audience will not know what to expect until the final collision. Harriet Klausner