Friday 13 April 2012

MANGA Review, Vampire Knight (vol 6&7)


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Vampire Knight vol 6 & 7
Pub: Chuang Yi
Story & Art: Matsuri Hino
Cat: *think about it*
Format: graphic novel, paperback; 25th Night to 34th Night
Rated: T+ [of older teens]

    Synopsis
Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy’s dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!

Yuki sneaks into an exclusive vampire party and sees Aido’s parents introducing their daughter to Kananme. They, like many other Night Class parents, desire an alliance with the pureblood. Kaname is the most eligible bachelor in vampire society—but will he choose Yuki?

REVIEW, the Darkest Pleasure


He can bear any pain but the thought of losing her...

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The Darkest Pleasure
Series: Lords of the Underworld series, book 3
Pub: 2008, Thorndike Press USA
Author: Gena Showalter
Cat: paranormal romance
Format: paperback (sm); 374 pp w/ 27 chapters
Whose: Reyes (Keeper of Pain) & Danika
Age Range: adult

            Synopsis
Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman. Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her – even defy the gods.
    
Danika is on the run. For months she’s eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won’t rest until she and her family have been destroyed. But her dreams are haunted by Reyes, the warrior whose searing touch she can’t forget. Yet a future together could mean death to all they both hold dear...