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I'm not going to start off my review with my usual summary of the book. I'm just going to dive right into what I thought about Nightshade.

Jillian is an ordinary woman caught up in extraordinary circumstances. She was injected with poison and kidnapped by a man who looks like he would kill her without hesitation. From this perspective, I can understand why Jillian's attitude was pissy but it didn't make me like her at all. In the beginning, after Declan kidnaps her and they are on the road, her barrage of questions drove me batty. Declan is scarred, wears an eye-patch and shot a man in cold-blood out in public. I would think that after what she had been through in just that little bit of time, Jillian would cool the attitude and shut up. I found her personality annoying and unlikable.

There was nothing that I liked about the first 60% of the book. I liked Declan's character even when he's in his robot state. Declan is a dhampyr and to tamp down his vampire instincts, he injects himself with a serum every 3 hours. With the help of the serum, Declan is an emotional-less killing machine. He doesn't experience blood thirst, desire, anger...nothing. He heals like a vampire but because he's half human, his wounds leaves scars. His body is riddled with evidence of the battles he has fought. Jillian describes him as ugly and during an angry conversation she was having with Declan, she calls him an "ugly bastard." I really did not like her at that point because throughout the book, Declan has been protecting her and making sure she is safe. And this is how she repays him. Because of her stank attitude towards him throughout most of the book, I found their "romance" totally unbelievable and far-fetched.

Nightshade is described as a paranormal romance but I disagree. The "romance" between Declan and Jillian is non-existent. There was no romance build-up between the two. Throughout the first half of the book, Jillian pretty much hated him. Then out of the blue, she wanted him and they have sex. What? This completely threw me and I was tempted to put the book down. It felt like that part of the plot was thrown in so that the book would get the Paranormal Romance label. I wouldn't call this book an Urban Fantasy either because there's no world building whatsoever. I don't know how I would categorize it.

Thankfully, the last 100+ pages of the book were so much better than the first 200 pages. When Jillian was kidnapped and taken to the Vampire King, Matthias, Nightshade got more interesting. The introduction of Matthias and what happened from that point on is what saved the book for me. I'm sure that Matthias isn't the most favorite character because of some of his actions involving Jillian, but I liked reading about more there than just Declan and Jillian. These two alone did not carry the book enough to make it interesting. With the introduction of Matthias, we get interesting plot twists and deceptions that kept me guessing and engaged. Declan and Matthias were the only likable and interesting characters in Nightshade, in my opinion.

I don't know how I feel about Nightshade. I didn't hate it; I didn't love it. I will read the next book, Bloodlust, in hopes that the story gets better and that Jillian will develop more as a character. I have a hard time with it being categorized as a PNR because I don't think it is. A quick romp in the sack does not make it a PNR.


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Nightshade Michelle Rowen Books Reviews

This is my first book by Rowen and I have to admit it WILL NOT be my last. I purchased "Bloodlust" immediately after...I was dying to continue the story. Jill, the female lead in this story, underestimates her strength and soon learns that she is much stronger than she initially thought. Declan, the Dhampir who is a vampire assassin, coincidently learns that he is NOT as tough as he believes as he lays off the serum that devoids him of emotions, but simultaneously tames his beast. As Jill discovers herself and Declan struggles with feeling for the first time, this book is most definitely a page turner.
When I first started reading this book i was captivated by the story but I got about half way through and I lost interst. It didn't have the acton that I was used to in the beginning of the book, it was blah, if I were to rate this book in secions I would give the beginning 5 stars, the middle 1 star, and the ending 4 stars. The ending was action packed and had a good enough ending to the story but the middle just killed my interest, the only reason I got to the end of this book, was because I was hoping for some more action to come up. I will not be buying the sequal in this series. The only reason this book got 3 stars was becuase the beginning was full of action and intrigue.
This novel had a great deal of promise that it failed to deliver on. It read like an outline of a novel rather than a finished product. Details and descriptors were completely lacking. Characters were flimsy two dimensional cut outs waiting for life to be breathed into them. The dialogue was clunky and needed to be trimmed down. Case in point the heroine is on the floor potentially dying and the random research assistant rambles on for a paragraph on how he is curious, and gets into secret files, and he's nosy, and.... honestly it felt awkward as hell.

With so many independent authors releasing cheap lit through the product of publishing houses really needs to shine if they want us to shell out the $7.99. This novel was worthy of being published but needed 4 more rounds through a merciless editor before being let loose on the public. As it stood I had to force myself to finish. Force myself to care.
Summary
Jillian Conrad is working as a temp in an investment firm in San Diego. On this particular day she makes a coffee run for herself and some co-workers. Unfortunately, when she returns she gets caught in between a mad scientist and a gunman, Declan, who sent to retrieve a secret formula.

The scientist uses Jillian as a human shield and just before Declan kills him, the scientist, the scientist injects Jillian with the only remaining sample of the serum. Jillian quickly finds herself the unwilling companion of Declan who is bringing her to his father in an attempt to salvage the serum.

Jillian quickly finds herself a fight for her life. If the serum, or Declan don't kill her, then the vampires who want to destroy it will.

Review
This is the first book in what appears to be a two part series. The two main characters are Jillian and Declan but there are also a number of interesting supporting characters and frankly it's difficult at times to tell the good guys from the bad guys. After reading this one I had to pick up the second in the series and read that as well.
I'm not going to start off my review with my usual summary of the book. I'm just going to dive right into what I thought about Nightshade.

Jillian is an ordinary woman caught up in extraordinary circumstances. She was injected with poison and kidnapped by a man who looks like he would kill her without hesitation. From this perspective, I can understand why Jillian's attitude was pissy but it didn't make me like her at all. In the beginning, after Declan kidnaps her and they are on the road, her barrage of questions drove me batty. Declan is scarred, wears an eye-patch and shot a man in cold-blood out in public. I would think that after what she had been through in just that little bit of time, Jillian would cool the attitude and shut up. I found her personality annoying and unlikable.

There was nothing that I liked about the first 60% of the book. I liked Declan's character even when he's in his robot state. Declan is a dhampyr and to tamp down his vampire instincts, he injects himself with a serum every 3 hours. With the help of the serum, Declan is an emotional-less killing machine. He doesn't experience blood thirst, desire, anger...nothing. He heals like a vampire but because he's half human, his wounds leaves scars. His body is riddled with evidence of the battles he has fought. Jillian describes him as ugly and during an angry conversation she was having with Declan, she calls him an "ugly bastard." I really did not like her at that point because throughout the book, Declan has been protecting her and making sure she is safe. And this is how she repays him. Because of her stank attitude towards him throughout most of the book, I found their "romance" totally unbelievable and far-fetched.

Nightshade is described as a paranormal romance but I disagree. The "romance" between Declan and Jillian is non-existent. There was no romance build-up between the two. Throughout the first half of the book, Jillian pretty much hated him. Then out of the blue, she wanted him and they have sex. What? This completely threw me and I was tempted to put the book down. It felt like that part of the plot was thrown in so that the book would get the Paranormal Romance label. I wouldn't call this book an Urban Fantasy either because there's no world building whatsoever. I don't know how I would categorize it.

Thankfully, the last 100+ pages of the book were so much better than the first 200 pages. When Jillian was kidnapped and taken to the Vampire King, Matthias, Nightshade got more interesting. The introduction of Matthias and what happened from that point on is what saved the book for me. I'm sure that Matthias isn't the most favorite character because of some of his actions involving Jillian, but I liked reading about more there than just Declan and Jillian. These two alone did not carry the book enough to make it interesting. With the introduction of Matthias, we get interesting plot twists and deceptions that kept me guessing and engaged. Declan and Matthias were the only likable and interesting characters in Nightshade, in my opinion.

I don't know how I feel about Nightshade. I didn't hate it; I didn't love it. I will read the next book, Bloodlust, in hopes that the story gets better and that Jillian will develop more as a character. I have a hard time with it being categorized as a PNR because I don't think it is. A quick romp in the sack does not make it a PNR.