Revenge of the Vampir King (Thrones of Blood #1) by Nancy Kilpatrick

From Goodreads

Vampires and humans are at war! 

Moarte, King of the Vampirii, is a prisoner of his Sapiens enemy. The beautiful Sapiens Princess Valada, believing that Moarte killed her mother, tortures him, even to the point of breaking the bones in his wings so he cannot escape. She intends to incinerate him to ash in sunlight, but Moarte escapes.

Moarte hungers for revenge. When, through an act of betrayal, Valada is captured by the vampirii, his first instinct is to drain her blood and annihilate her. But he realizes he can get revenge in other ways, using her as a tool to gain the upper hand in this conflict. But who is manipulating whom? Both want revenge, and control of the other, and Moarte wants to drink Valada's blood. Dark desires lead down a path neither had envisioned, a threatening spiral that can destroy empires.

Hunter and hunted change places again and again in this novel of twisted, violent passions. Seeds of deception are sown amidst love and hate, loyalty and betrayal, obsession and indifference, in an erotic tale of warring races, foes since the beginning of time, and two unlikely adversaries aligning to battle a common enemy. 

My thoughts

My thanks to the Author via TBConFB for the opportunity of reading this book in exchange for an honest review.

I gave this a strong 4 stars or 8/10.

This first book in the Thrones of Blood trilogy sets the scene well and introduces the reader to the world of the Vampir King and his clan. King Moarte is a captive of the Sapiens and Princess Valada believing that Moarte is responsible for her Mother's death, tortures him.

It's not long before the captive becomes free and finds himself with Valada as his prisoner. When the tables are turned on her and she finds herself a captive prisioner of the Vampirii, he becomes a rather cruel and sadistic as she was to him. His taste for revenge are more erotically charged than hers were and she finds herself a sex slave to him.

This is definitely not a light hearted read and has quite graphic passages that feature rape and torture.

As the story progresses the roles between hunter and hunted, captor and captive, change time and again. At the heart of it though is a love story of sorts that blooms from all the dark and depraved situations that they both find themselves in.

Grab a copy if you're not put off by the extremes that I've mentioned in the review, as it's well worth it and I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.