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Dorina Basarab Series (Karen Chance)


Volume 1 Dorina Basarab (Karen Chance): Midnight's Daughter* * * * * * * *     8/10   10
Volume 1 Dorina Basarab (Karen Chance): Midnight's Daughter (2008)
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half human, half vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. So far Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing. Now Dory's vampire father has come back into her life. Her Uncle Dracula (yes, the Dracula), infamous even among vampires for his cruelty and murderous ways, has escaped his prison. And her father wants Dory to work with gorgeous master vampire Louis Cesare to put him back there. Vampires and dhampirs are mortal enemies, and Dory prefers to work alone. But Dracula is the only thing on Earth that truly scares her, so when Dory has to go up against him, she'll take all the help she can get… ...

Reviews of Midnight's Daughter:
"Midnight’s Daughter is a vamp-centric story so there is more than enough vampire action to satisfy even the most demanding vampire fans.  Fantasy readers who .."
http://www.lovevampires.com/kcmidnightsdaughter.html

"  This book has a little bit of everything!  Vampires, half vampires, Mages, Fey, Trolls.  There is action and romance and personal growth.  It was wonderful!.."
https://confessionsofafictionfanatic.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/midnights-daughter-by-karen-chance-dorina-basarab-1/

"I think that Midnight's Daughter does a good job at setting up this spin-off series. It introduces Dorina, the important players and their dynamics well... Bu.."
http://natuschan.blogspot.com/2012/12/review-midnights-daughter-by-karen.html

" One thing is very clear throughout the book – Karen Chance knows how to write. Not just the action scenes, or having the butt-kicking heroine throw out pithy .."
http://myfavouritebooks.blogspot.com/2008/10/midnights-daughter-karen-chance.html

"  I’ve gathered that the Claire subplot has its roots in a short story in an anthology called On the Prowl, which you might also want to read first..."
http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/midnights-daughter/



Volume 2 Dorina Basarab (Karen Chance):  Death's Mistress 
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane Uncle Dracula, Dory's hoping her life is about to calm down. But soon Dory realizes someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if she can't stop the murderer, her friends may be next...

Reviews:
"With a plot that spans the lay-line racing World Championship, illegal Fey artefact smuggling, mysterious murders, the machinations of the Fey royal court and.."
http://www.lovevampires.com/kcdeathsmistress.html

"Where Karen Chance excels is in the action, the swiftly-changing scenery and the relentless pace, which makes it almost seem like modern action films with the.."
http://www.curledup.com/deaths_mistress.htm

" I adored Death’s Mistress by Karen Chance. For character, action, mystery, suspense and setting, I place this novel on a par with Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Fi.."
http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/deaths-mistress/

"This series just keeps getting better and better.  I found that I laughed a lot in this book.  Not really a funny subject matter but Dory’s personality is jus.."
https://confessionsofafictionfanatic.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/deaths-mistress-by-karen-chance-dorina-basarab-2/



Volume 3 Dorina Basarab (Karen Chance):   Fury's Kiss (2012)
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir half human, half vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. But so far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing... Dory is used to fighting hard and nasty. So when she wakes up in a strange scientific lab with a strange man standing over her, her first instinct is to take his head off. Luckily, the man is actually the master vampire Louis-Cesare, so he’s not an easy kill.  It turns out that Dory had been working with a Vampire Senate task force on the smuggling of magical items and weaponry out of Faerie when she was captured and brought to the lab. But when Louis-Cesare rescues her, she has no memory of what happened to her.  To find out what was done to her and who is behind it Dory will have to face off with fallen angels, the maddest of mad scientists, and a new breed of vampires that are far worse than undead…

Reviews:
"What more? Well there are these characters that have so many layers and so many qualities hidden in the depths of their personalities that is simply fascinati.."
http://www.lovevampires.com/kcfuryskiss.html

" I thoroughly enjoyed Fury´s kiss with the intense, frustrating and nerve wrecking situations, hot romance, lots of battles and blood and plenty of surprises. ."
http://booklalaland.blogspot.com/2012/10/furys-kiss-dorina-basarab-3-by-karen.html



Volume 4 Dorina Basarab (Karen Chance): Shadow's Bane


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