The Vampire Secret

The Amarant, Book 1

By: Tricia Barr

Narrated by: Jennifer Pineda

Fans of Twilight and A Shade of Vampire are sinking their teeth into this exciting new vampire romance!

A fictional world brought to life, a dark romance that promises eternity, and a secret that threatens to end it all.

Crimson Wilkinson is a teenage girl who, having survived a dark childhood, finds her escape in reading a popular vampire series. After some investigation, she becomes an active part in the very true vampire stories the world thought were fiction and falls in love with their author, Nicholae Albaric, the sweetly lonely vampire celebrity. But her happiness is short-lived as she discovers she has a rare gene that makes the carrier extremely powerful if turned into a vampire, and she is targeted as the vampire community’s number-one most-wanted, some who want to kill her before she becomes a threat, and others who want to use her powers to their own ends.

©2018 Tricia Barr (P)2020 Tricia Barr

Not my favorite story or narration

The story has potential and I was hopeful in the beginning. However, it started resembling Twilight so much I grew frustrated.

The narrator reads well but I struggled with the a small, whispery voice that grates towards the end of the book. Crimson sounds submissive and fragile. Her male characterization was solid. Nicholae sounds strong and caring.

Good

I liked this alot, but reminded me alot of Twilight..I loved all the different characters and can't wait to see what is next.

Another Vampire Love Story but . . .

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With the major drama and fights starting fairly soon rather than 3-5 books in. I appreciate this. There was the typical ancient male vampire meets/stalks his teenaged female human mate from afar trope. But I was thrown that Nicholae hadn't noticed the other 2 vampires stalking Crimson. I feel like he should have picked up on that right away if he had been stalking her for over a year. Wouldn't he notice/sense other vampires in her vicinity and be on high alert? Either way, it was good and exciting enough to keep my attention and I may consider picking up the 2nd book. I want to see how the cousin, Haley, will tie into this. 🤨🤔

3.5 stars

O.K.

This story is just ok. The thinking of the characters is very young and naive. The story reads like a Young girls dream of happily ever after.

Great book

I really enjoyed this book. It held my attention the entire time. Story line was great. Narrator did a great job of bringing it to life!