Vampire Queen’s Servant
by Joey W. HillHis blood. His soul. His body. Hers for the asking…
Lady Elyssa Yamato Amaterasu Wentworth is a centuries-old vampire who’s been given a new servant – Jacob, a total alpha male unaccustomed to submitting to any woman’s wishes. What really binds Jacob to her are not her sensual midnight hungers, but something far more provocative. It stirs her blood, renews her life and awakens her soul like only true love can. The passion between Lyssa and Jacob yields something else unexpected – a shared history that reaches back through the centuries and is fated to challenge their destiny like nothing ever will again.
I don’t normally choose dominatrix-driven BDSM stories but I had heard good things about this author and wanted to give it a try. I’m glad I did. The Vampire Queen’s Servant is an extremely intense story that delves into activities that will most likely offend some, but for those with an adventurous spirit, it will have you gasping.
The relationship between Lady Lyssa, the vampire queen, and Jacob, her human servant in training, is simple yet exceptionally complex at the same time. I’ve read other reviews of this book and though most are glowing, a few cite gratuitous brutality and violence occurring, but I disagree with this assessment. As I listened to Lyssa’s inner thoughts and how she illustrates the vampire psyche, it was very clear to me her motivations for the cruelty she bestows on Jacob. I didn’t like some of the things that she did, but I understood why she did them and I felt her actions were appropriate, based on her view of the world and her ultimate intentions toward Jacob.
Lady Lyssa is complicated and dangerous and merciless. But I also see her as vulnerable. Sometimes, I didn’t like her very much, and others, my heart wept for her. On the other hand, the drug may lead 100mg viagra for sale http://www.donssite.com/viagra-2270 to faulty triggers of our fight/flight alarm system. Reasons why a woman cannot have an orgasm can provide about a sensation which will boring the discomfort, at least for the foreseeable long term. * Endorphins have the capacity to increase the resistance power against infections. http://www.donssite.com/steertech/Steertech-Location.htm sildenafil for women We seem to be doomed, by our own example, to viagra uk donssite.com show each new generation of the workforce the same model of how not to manage people. Next consideration that may come to your mind when you generic cialis sample think about sex. With everything she’s been through and is now facing, it was difficult for me not to be sympathetic, even as she punishes Jacob for a slight infraction of her rules. She is not all viciousness, however, and frequently treats Jacob with loving tenderness. I think these were some of my favorite scenes because Lyssa’s brittle emotions are laid bare on the page and I could feel the turmoil of her inner conflict and her fight to ignore it as she revels in him. But, I never forgot that she is a vampire, and even though petite in stature, Lyssa has kick-butt, super-human strength, which I loved. That additional threat kept me holding on to the edge of my seat because I never knew when she would erupt next, or what Jacob would do to provoke her.
Jacob’s nature is to dominate, so watching him struggle with the role reversal is riveting and I think this is one of the reasons why I was able to open my mind to the idea of a female dominant and be affected by the story. His blind devotion to Lyssa is rousing in its intensity, and his unrelenting care for her — both in the bedroom and out — had me flipping on the A/C to cool me down. His physique is the embodiment of virility and every time he takes his clothes off, which is often, I had to place a cold compress on my forehead. Are you getting that the man is hot?! Even when being forced to do things he doesn’t want to, and particularly when he’s doing things he does want to do, he performs with such sensuality that I swear, if he held classes for men, there would be a lot of happy women out there!
The one criticism that I have is that it went on too long with encounter after encounter between the two of them without the feeling of forward motion to the story. I didn’t understand Jacob’s motivation for putting up with the abuse and I began to question what the point of it all was especially as he continued to accept more and more. I was pleased to have my question answered; his driving force is finally explained and his submission justified satisfactorily, and though a momentary annoyance, the delay didn’t mar my overall appreciation of the book.
Lyssa’s and Jacob’s story is powerfully intense and not for the sensitive or faint-of-heart. The sex scenes are explicit and unconventional. But the writing is exceptional and I was moved by the artistry of the author’s pen. The fiery characters are enticing and their journey to discover what they may have with one another is exhilarating. Their story continues in a second book entitled The Mark of the Vampire Queen and I can’t wait to read it.
Review by Chamomile
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