Vampires Aaron and Michelle
prowl the dark, gritty, strip clubs and back alleys of London on the hunt for
Michael Jamison, the man who stole Michelle's blood and left her for dead. To
assist them, Aaron's new master, Urvashi, calls in favors from her friends,
Russian mercenary werewolves.
Wolves Katya and Ivan, hunters
adept at killing rogue vampires, set aside their animosity for Aaron and
Michelle to stop Jamison from killing again – he already has one bloodless
victim lying in the morgue.
Jamison, ex-special forces,
feels his enemies closing in, but he won’t go down without a fight – and like
Aaron and Michelle, he also has powerful friends.
Experience the violent, sensual
underbelly of Nightlife London, as Aaron and Michelle mix up a wicked blend of
sex, chaos, and mayhem.
Review
We find Michelle, Aaron and Urvashi
in London intent on finding Michael Jamison, before he kills again, their
investigations take them to Soho and the seedy club The Rocking horse run by
the Albanian mafia. When Aaron & Michelle fail to find anything, Urvashi
introduce them to two Russian mercenaries and they become aware that these two
are more than mere mortals. I like how Michelle and Aaron roll from one
disaster to another, this time it’s becoming entangled with the mafia, when
Aaron try’s to save a young stripper after he pumped her for information,
resulting in him assaulting the mafia manager of the strip club.
Aaron and Urvashi’s link
together leads to Michelle becoming very unsure of their relationship and extremely
jealous of Urvashi and Aarons relationship. To be honest I didn’t really like
the needy vamp Michelle was becoming, constantly wanting reassurance from Aaron
whilst moaning constantly about him being with Urvashi. This isn’t the Michelle
I’ve come to love, I much prefer her when she’s at her best, deadly and very
sexy.
This book picks up the pace
in the story not quite the roller coaster ride of the Vegas book, but definitely
much more action packed than Paris. I can appreciate the Paris book more now as
I can see how some of the points in the book are now being developed further in
the London novel. Travis is very cleaver in how he leaves little nuggets of
information for the reader, and when they read the next book you get the ahh
moment that’s what it means or that’s the way the story goes. Some writers
leave lots of threads hanging and don’t always finish these threads in later
books leaving the reader wondering what they all meant. I think that’s the
beauty of writing a series rather than a trilogy, you can put lots of threads
to be weaved in future books.
I’m loving how Aaron is developing into
such a badass character, it’s only his lack of experience holding him back, but
when he needs to be he’s as deadly as the rest. He is naturally a good guy but
he seems to attract trouble wherever he goes, stumbling from one disaster to the
next, one of which created his bond with Urvashi, so he basically swapped one master for another. I really like Aaron,
he tries to make everyone happy, but really wants to live the quiet life with
Michelle, but that isn’t about to happen any time soon. He has Michelle who’ll
do anything to stay with him, whilst Urvashi uses him as she pleases, and the
poor guy has to keep the peace between them.
Travis is a master at weaving together all
the characters in the seedy side of Nightlife, we get strippers, lap dancers,
drugs and the mafia, none of it is gratuitous it’s all appropriate for the
story being told. It’s the sleazy clubs that are Michelle and Aaron’s hunting
ground when they need to feed and it’s where the stories are at their best. He
has Michelle and Aaron’s sexual shenanigans to a fine art, they are short hot
and add to the story, Michelle is very disreputable and Aaron is just a magnet
for women. Yes there’s lots of sex, no it isn’t just there for no reason and
yes it adds to the story, please don’t let it put you off the books. Also I
particularly liked how Travis used British terminology for the London based
characters, this is sometimes overlooked by authors, and is appreciated by your
UK readers.
The introduction of Katya and Ivan as Russian
mercenary werewolves was inspired and unexpected as the author had kept his previous
books purely vampires and humans. The way he uses them fits the storyline well,
and they aren’t introduced just to expand the supernatural characters in the
books. He also links them to Michelle’s past which adds to depth to that part
of the story and there’s plenty more to come from these two I’m sure. There’s
numerous shootouts, mixed with a complicated tale of desire, addiction and
power in London's sleaziest borough. With a mix of Albanian and Columbian mafia
this is definitely a book you won’t want to put down.
I rate this book
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