Customer Reviews
Shocking! - By: , 01 Jul 1999 
Another great entry into the series, with the most shocking & upsetting ending I've ever read. I had to read it several times to make sure I was seeing it correctly & was very upset about it, but upsetin a good way. Ms. Yarbro is simply the best. I love the historical aspects of these books. Betcha didn't know that the Musketeers were real historical figures, didja? Yarbro uses them correctly. Forget Anne Rice, these are the best novelsin this genre. It's like Spinal Tap (insert fake British accent) ... these books go to 11!
Vampire Heroine Meets Red-Blooded Hero - By: , 18 Feb 1999 
Probably the best entryin Yarbro's two intertwined vampire series. After a while, the long-suffering St. Germain & his endless procession of misunderstood mortal girlfriends becomes a little dull. Yarbro's Roman vampire heroine, Olivia, has a much better excuse; she's livingin centuries when a woman without a male protector is one step away from being a social outcast. Behavior that would be maddeningly passive from St. Germain is pleasantly assertivein Olivia. Charles D'Artagnan, who fallsin both love & lust with Olivia, gives the book a breath of fresh air. In a series where most male characters are either eunuchs or evil sadists, it's nice to see a testosterone-driven character who is nonetheless honorable & likeable. Asin all these books, Yarbro has done her historical homework. Charles is definitely based on the real historical figure, not the book or movie D'Artagnan of the Three Musketeers. Readers who are expecting Dumas will be disappointed (the historical Athos, already dead when the book opens, is dismissedin a sentence) but Charles has much the same energy & enthusiasm you'd expect from a movie D'Artagnan. A fun novel even if you've never read the series; although it's the last book of a trilogy, it reads well on its own.
One of the best vampire romances - By: , 13 Jan 1998 I didn't expect to like this. I intended to be critical when Yarbo paired her vampire heroine with my favorite musketeer d'Artagnan, but it turned out to be excellent & sad. If the both of them had to die, it is nice that they died having found such a lasting love
