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biblio_lore's review
5.0
If you are someone who loves their vamps with a sense of class and elegance, this book is a must have. Beguiled by Night is the story of a vampire who gets to live through the age old question "what would you do if you could do it all over again". Vauquelin is a vampire living in modern day LA, adapted to the world around him but bored stiff. When chance brings him to a point in his life where he has a chance to turn the tide, he is forced to relive his history and recognize what is truly important to him, all while learning that his killer nature is something he cannot and should not deny.
This is a beautifully written book by Nicole Eigener and I hope that it will be one of many to come. The author has a flowing style that fills in the atmosphere with lush detail but never dips too far into over explaining. Her main man, Vauquelin, is likely to draw a natural comparison to Ricean vampires but unlike those vamps, he is far more grounded and aware of the consequences of his actions. He shows both the beauty and the ennui of immortality in a way that makes him a much more complicated and interesting character. And I love that his moral compass is a bit askew. Vauquelin is a killer and a predator, sometimes a rather cruel one when he's in a mood but other times, far more merciful. I love that he is neither all good nor all bad and it creates a kind of genuine unease about him because though he's not pure evil, he's also not necessarily safe either.
I very highly recommend this book. Eigener knocked it out of the park with this one and I look forward to seeing what she does in the future!
This is a beautifully written book by Nicole Eigener and I hope that it will be one of many to come. The author has a flowing style that fills in the atmosphere with lush detail but never dips too far into over explaining. Her main man, Vauquelin, is likely to draw a natural comparison to Ricean vampires but unlike those vamps, he is far more grounded and aware of the consequences of his actions. He shows both the beauty and the ennui of immortality in a way that makes him a much more complicated and interesting character. And I love that his moral compass is a bit askew. Vauquelin is a killer and a predator, sometimes a rather cruel one when he's in a mood but other times, far more merciful. I love that he is neither all good nor all bad and it creates a kind of genuine unease about him because though he's not pure evil, he's also not necessarily safe either.
I very highly recommend this book. Eigener knocked it out of the park with this one and I look forward to seeing what she does in the future!
pbanditp's review
5.0
“Sitting in this familiar room with the living, breathing Delphine, who, twenty-four hours ago had been dead for forty-two years”
How can I describe a book where a vampire travels back thru time as accurate and realistic? I can because Nicole Eigener intelligently infuses clothing design, French politics in the time of Louis XIV, the proper bathing and toilet procedure for noblemen of the late 17th century, and the growth of Los Angeles in the early 1900’s into a bloody manipulative vampire story that spans centuries.
Nicole has come up with a unique vampire ability, combined it with loss and second chances, incorporates her vast cultural knowledge to create a character that you will be so invested in, you will feel his heart ache and cheer him on throughout the book.
The writing is eloquent with an easy flow that keeps you in the story. It feels like it was written by someone who has experienced much, and has poured it onto the page. Compelling tale with realistic emotions of hate, lust, hunger, and longing.
“It was delightfully macabre.” -thoughts from Vauquelin
How can I describe a book where a vampire travels back thru time as accurate and realistic? I can because Nicole Eigener intelligently infuses clothing design, French politics in the time of Louis XIV, the proper bathing and toilet procedure for noblemen of the late 17th century, and the growth of Los Angeles in the early 1900’s into a bloody manipulative vampire story that spans centuries.
Nicole has come up with a unique vampire ability, combined it with loss and second chances, incorporates her vast cultural knowledge to create a character that you will be so invested in, you will feel his heart ache and cheer him on throughout the book.
The writing is eloquent with an easy flow that keeps you in the story. It feels like it was written by someone who has experienced much, and has poured it onto the page. Compelling tale with realistic emotions of hate, lust, hunger, and longing.
“It was delightfully macabre.” -thoughts from Vauquelin
itsemtee's review
5.0
This story was enchanting, mesmerizing, dark and lush, haunting and captivating, at times like something from a fever dream. And I simply could not get enough. A story that will stay with me always. Highly recommended and all the stars! (Read on kindle unlimited but have purchased a print copy for my library)
“Death was not the Grim Reaper, so immortalized in literature: Death was a black angel, a feminine god -- exquisite and unforgiving, capricious and unprejudiced. She had her orders, and she carried them out without fail despite (or in spite of) prayers and (un)holy cries and despair. Throughout his life as a vampire, not once during any of his kills had he seen Death. No one came for their souls. He was the reaper, delivering them to their afterlives. Where their souls went, he did not know.”
“Death was not the Grim Reaper, so immortalized in literature: Death was a black angel, a feminine god -- exquisite and unforgiving, capricious and unprejudiced. She had her orders, and she carried them out without fail despite (or in spite of) prayers and (un)holy cries and despair. Throughout his life as a vampire, not once during any of his kills had he seen Death. No one came for their souls. He was the reaper, delivering them to their afterlives. Where their souls went, he did not know.”
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