I was disappointed in this paranormal romance for several reasons. Elvi Black, the title character, has been a vampire for five years after becoming injured in a car accident in Mexico while on vacation. Her best friend, Mabel, has convinced her that she needs to live like vampires do in books and movies, i.e., sleep in a coffin, put away all mirrors, and don't eat any food. Elvi passively goes along because she has never met another vampire and was not trained by the one who turned her. All that changes when Mabel advertises for a vampire companion for Elvi (unbeknownst to her), and five studly males answer in person. Victor Argeneau is the oldest of them and finds himself drawn to Elvi, although he is really there to investigate her guilt in breaking certain vampire laws. An added complication could ensue if she is his lifemate - the rare woman whose thoughts he can't read and actions he can't influence.
This book really could have used a good editor, because it dragged in places. After Elvi is told that she can eat again, the scene where four of the men accompany her to the grocery store seemed long and unnecessary. On top of that, if the men had tried to read her upon first meeting her, they could have saved a lot of time waiting for her to decide whom she liked best. I had read an Ageneau family short story in "
The Bite Before Christmas," and it was pretty good, but I will not be reading any more novels in the series. 372 pages.
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