NIGHT VISION: An Oupire Romance by Caroline DavisMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Artist Lily Schmidt is an oupire and while in a local museum meets a century-old vampire. The encounter scares her to death as there is a history of mistrust between the two undead races. Vampire Carl Eckhart explains that he is only interested in the pottery as it was made by his late wife. Disarming Lily's fear she agrees to see him again. Rapidly Lily decides to leave her home town and go spend some time with Carl where they start a passionate affair. However, everything is threatened when rumours at Lily's home town start about a mysterious vampire spy putting Lily, Carl and even Lily's sire Dave Rosenstein into danger. Then Carl discovers Lily’s family might be linked to an unsolved 1913 vampire murder and Lily's suddenly feels she has started a dreadful chain of events. So when Dave disappears Lily feels responsible - as threats appear from multiple directions it seems that the only thing to save them is a vampire-oupire alliance. Can that work between these old foes?
Wow - this was a great story that started off a little slow but then began to move at a quicker and quicker pace as the passion, mystery and threats increased around their relationship. I loved the focus on the two races, the history and differences between them. There are so many modern day equivalents that could be found between this book and the real world. I loved the way that the differences between oupires and vampires were explained and how it related to the situation between Carl and Lily. There were a lot of details that made the story seem much more real to me and it made it much more enjoyable. I loved the way the story ended and would like to think that there was peace between the races going forward. I'd love to read more in the world between the oupires, vampires and what Lily and Carl become involved in next.
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