Seduced by Crimson

Read all the Crimson Series books and couldn't put them down.

I loved this book! I just kept reading. I couldn't put it down. I have loved most of the Crimson City series and highly recommend it. The characters were good. There was a good plot. Some of the things that happen are outrageous, which is partly why it is so good.

Ok, Ok I'm a big girl and can take a furturistic, paranormal delectible love story as good as the next girl. But WOW! this author goes very deep into not only "regular" paranormal complications but throws a very well developed paralell universe where the sentient, senstive and eventually sacrificial doppleganger of the lead character makes deals with demons and dragons. Her characters are so specific and "believeable" as little personalities and her descriptions are so vivid that you can feel the heat and desolation of her paralell worlds. The only negative component is towards the last 2/3 of the book you really have to pay attention because the complexity of two universes, rules and regs of world building are done with such detail that you need to hang on tight to enjoy the ride. Is it worth the attention--oh yeah--but not a relaxing read. Gives a meaty bone of cultural differences, love and passion throws it in our Crimson City stew pot of familiar setting, stir well, take a deep breath and let the fervid imagination of this talented author create a dishy reading adventure.

Crimson City is home to humans, vampires, and werewolves though fighting for supremacy keeps the three species somewhat divided. Now with the Crimson Veil devastated, a fourth race has begun to emerge; the demons are on their way back from Orcus and once they arrive little can be done to stop them even if the other three races set aside their difference in an alliance. Hope resides with the Draig-Uisge the Druid Patrick Lewis, who knows first hand how deadly demons are as they murdered his parents years ago. Before she died his mother told him to find the Cambodian Xiao Fei, the Phoenix Tear, because she believed the hemophiliac blood of the Asian combined with her son's powers can repair the rip in the mystical gate. Xiao Fei knows the demons are coming to kill her, but rejects Patrick's assertion that together they can stop the horde as she once did with many others, all dead, two decades ago. The fifth Crimson City romantic fantasy thriller (each by different authors) is an exhilarating fast-paced tale from start to finish yet still insures that the two lead protagonists are fully developed. Especially critical to the engrossing plot is the key respective traumatic incident from each of the lead protagonist's past that shaped much of their lives since is understood enough to know what motivates each of them. Fans of the series have already been SEDUCED BY CRIMSON; newcomers once they have a TASTE OF CRIMSON will want to see more THROUGH A CRIMSON VEIL to CRIMSON CITY where A DARKER CRIMSON is fun to read. Harriet Klausner

This series is back on track as things are heating up in the war between Earth and the demon world, Orcus. Patrick Lewis is the Draig-Uisge, an enforcer of sorts for the Druids. He is late to a meeting and thus arrives in time to hear his mother's dying words. Both of Patrick's parents, along with many other Druids, have been slaughtered by the demonic Bak-Farus who are entering Earth through an open gate. Patrick's mother instructs him to find the Phoenix Tear and close the gate permanently. Xiao Fei is the last Phoenix Tear, a woman whose power is the very blood that runs through her veins. Xiao witnessed a gate being closed in Cambodia when she was 8 years old; she was the lone survivor as over 30 monks and Phoenix Tears died for that closure. Los Angeles has truly become the Crimson City as it is rapidly being overrun by demons while werewolves, vampires, and humans are forced to fight together against the demonic onslaught. Patrick finds Xiao and informs her of his plan to close the gate; an ancient text indicates that the gate can be closed using Xiao's blood and Patrick's ability to bend and shape energy. Xiao is initially resistant to the idea as she believes Patrick is crazy. That is, until she accidentally poisons a child werewolf with her blood and cures a vampire! This book is action-packed and has several interesting twists along the way. Jade Lee has revived my interest in this series as the last book was definitely weaker than the earlier books and had me worried that the series was losing steam. Highly recommended!