To defend and protect, at any cost.
Sam’s self-confidence never recovered when he failed to protect his best friend Sugar from an attack months ago. The urge to guard the weak ran strong in his shifter blood. So much his pack gave him the position of Sigma, defender of the innocent and frail. Too bad he sucked at it. On his way home he becomes entangled in a vampire skirmish and is left with an injured female in his arms.
As a vampire accountant for Pal Robi inc., Clementine never imagined her master would ask her to commit corporate espionage. She’s discovered and shot but a shifter, made of her fantasies, comes to her rescue. In the few hours spent with him she’s lived more than the decades spent among her clan.
Hiding on the streets of Chicago, together they fight to stay alive but can a petite vampire female break through her hero’s jaded heart? Book description.
Sam’s self-confidence never recovered when he failed to protect his best friend Sugar from an attack months ago. The urge to guard the weak ran strong in his shifter blood. So much his pack gave him the position of Sigma, defender of the innocent and frail. Too bad he sucked at it. On his way home he becomes entangled in a vampire skirmish and is left with an injured female in his arms.
As a vampire accountant for Pal Robi inc., Clementine never imagined her master would ask her to commit corporate espionage. She’s discovered and shot but a shifter, made of her fantasies, comes to her rescue. In the few hours spent with him she’s lived more than the decades spent among her clan.
Hiding on the streets of Chicago, together they fight to stay alive but can a petite vampire female break through her hero’s jaded heart? Book description.
I was given this copy free for review, but as always on the basis that my opinion is honestly held, and whether paid for or free my views are not influenced by that. Integrity is important to me and gushing false reviews do neither author nor reader any favours. As always my views are what I honestly feel about this book.
Sigma is fifth book in the Vanguards series. I haven't read any of the series previously but found it easy to read and understand story and characters although I think I would have felt more empathy with the characters if I’d read the previous series. It’s a paranormal romance book, with some quite erotic content so if you don't like sex scenes you may be offended. Personally I think they fit well within many of this genre – in most fantasy novels both werewolves and vampires are very sexual creatures and this book has them both.
Sigma is written in 3rd person point of view and focusses on Sam, the Sigma (defender of weak and innocent) for the pack. Sam’s feeling lonely and introspective, blames himself for Human Sugar's injuries as he was looking out for her when they were attacked by a rival pack, and then while collecting Sugar from hospital he encounters and rescues Vampire Clementine from a vampire gang shooting at her. There’s an instant attraction between them and some very hot sex scenes to follow. We meet and catch up with some of the other pack members and Sugar's vampire lover Daedalus, who it turns out is Clementine's Master. The book focuses on a plot to steal data and Clementine needs to hide out with Sam, Sugar, and her sister Spice.
It’s quite a short read – Novella- at 25,000 words and is well written and edited. It’s what I would describe as Paranormal Chick-lit.... something not too heavy and taxing to read, just what you want for the beach or a hot summer afternoon in a hammock in the garden – that’s where I read it. In general I prefer books that are longer – I'm happy with this writing style but like to get really engrossed into a book and as a quick reader Novellas are over so quickly for me. For slower readers it’s perfect though – the old one man’s meat proverb comes into play here, as it does with those that do/don't like sex in their books. I'm firmly in the Do camp – I love to escape into another world and paranormal books like this allow me that fantasy. I really enjoyed reading this and would like to read the earlier ones in the series at some point to get the full view of who they all are and what’s happening. If I do I plan to read them all back to back, it would be like reading one good long novel for me and I'd get the most enjoyment that way. I didn't really get too attached to the characters and I think that’s because I hadn't read earlier books and got the full back story of how they all got together and how they integrated with each other. It’s not a reflection on the writing but more on the fact I’m coming into a series cold and not knowing about all the little incidents that build into relationships.
As ever we end with stars – I'm giving this book 4 stars – it’s well written and edited but on a personal level I'd have liked it to be longer. There's enough in the storyline and characters to have expanded it without making it feel “padded” in my view and that would have upped my star rating. Again though that’s a personal prejudice and someone wanting a quick read may give it 5 stars.
4 Stars!
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Lyrical Press Inc.
http://annienicholas.blogspot.com/
Reviewed by Midnight Ruby
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