Author: Shalini Boland
Book: HIDDEN (plus TAKEN and HUNTED)
Publication Day: March 21st 2023
Buy Link(s):
Hidden: https://geni.us/B0BTJ9PJ3Jsocial
Taken: https://geni.us/B0BVNYQFDPsocial
Hunted: https://geni.us/B0BVNZ3DPCsocial
Description for HIDDEN:
Falling in love has never been so dangerous…
From USA Today bestselling author Shalini Boland comes the addictive Vampires of Marchwood series. Perfect for fans of K.F. Breene, Sarah J. Maas and Tracy Wolff.
My name is Madison Greene. On my seventeenth birthday, I inherited an old mansion and wealth beyond my wildest dreams. I thought it was a joke, but as I step through the creaking door of the sprawling building, I realise my life in foster care is in the past. I’ve been chosen and my world has changed forever.
But I wasn’t told that Marchwood House hides a secret.
As I explore every inch of the crumbling property, I stumble upon a set of large, dusty boxes in the basement. When I pull back the lid and look down, I find myself staring at the most handsome face I’ve ever seen. High cheekbones, porcelain skin…
And when he wakes up and locks eyes with me, I realise my heart already belongs to him, even though my head is screaming at me to get as far away from Marchwood as possible. Because I know what he really is.
I never planned to fall in love – but it’s too late now. Alexandre has a dark and dangerous past. He needs me and I have to help him. But can a human really save a vampire?
Description for TAKEN:
Falling in love has never been so deadly…
From USA Today bestselling author Shalini Boland comes the addictive Vampires of Marchwood series. Perfect for fans of K.F. Breene, Sarah J. Maas and Tracy Wolff.
My name is Madison Greene and I was an ordinary teenager until I fell in love… with a vampire. Alexandre is tall, with a sexy French accent and mesmerizing eyes. He makes me feel protected, and he’s completely captured my heart.
At Marchwood House, our sprawling mansion nestled in the English countryside, we’re in our own perfect bubble together. But, in the blink of an eye, everything changes when an old enemy of Alexandre’s sets a trap and rips me away from my boyfriend’s arms.
The ancient demon takes me to his underground city, deep beneath the windswept desert. In the twisting tunnels and enormous vaulted caverns, there’s a bloodthirsty vampire around every corner. I’ve never been so terrified…
It seems like there’s no way out from this underground maze. My life is hanging by a thread, and every second I’m here is a step closer to death. I can’t just sit here and hope that Alexandre will rescue me.
Can I outsmart a city of vampires to escape from this hellish place? And will I ever see Alexandre again?
Description for HUNTED:
Falling in love has never been so complicated…
From USA Today bestselling author Shalini Boland comes the addictive Vampires of Marchwood series. Perfect for fans of K.F. Breene, Sarah J. Maas and Tracy Wolff.
My name is Madison Greene and my boyfriend is a vampire. And not just any vampire, one with brooding good looks and a smile that makes my heart skip a beat. As I curl up against Alexandre’s side, our hands entwined, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
Although our relationship hasn’t been easy. I’m human, so there were always going to be complications. But I thought we’d banished the demons from his previous life. I couldn’t have been more wrong…
Because there’s a new threat in the form of Nadia – a blue-eyed beauty who seems determined to do everything she can to break us apart. I trust Alexandre but I don’t trust her.
As I start digging into the truth to find out who Nadia really is, centuries-old secrets begin to unravel. And in order to set Alexandre free from the chains of his past, we must return to the ancient underground city of vampires to defeat Alexandre’s archnemesis once and for all.
Can I finally save Alexandre? Or will loving a vampire be the death of me?
Author Bio:
Shalini Boland is the USA-Today bestselling author of seventeen psychological thrillers. With over two million copies sold, her titles are published by Amazon Publishing, Audible, Bookouture, Second Sky and Grand Central Publishing.
Shalini lives by the sea in Dorset, England with her husband, two teens and their increasingly demanding dog, Queen Jess. Before kids, she was signed to Universal Music Publishing as a singer/songwriter, but now she spends her days writing (in between re-stocking the fridge and dealing with endless baskets of laundry).
She is also the author of two bestselling Sci Fi and Fantasy series as well as a WWII evacuee novel with a time-travel twist.
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My Thoughts
Vampires are my favourite of all time magical creatures. It is the best things I even write my own vampire fiction. This book is billed as paranormal romance which is generally not my thing. I do think that this author can easily pull it off.
It is great fore to see a different style for vampires and there are chances for me to learn how people make vampires different or stand out.
The time jumping can be a bit disconnected at first but I think it adds to the quaint storytelling that the author can replicate.
I was a little confused as with the time jumping o found it hard to figure out just what should be happening and sometimes I found it confusing with the characters.
The writing style of the author makes this book feel like it’s a breathe of fresh air.
I love the way they make Maddy and Ben a focal point and that she is trying to care for her little brother. You can see she is a pain but she is also the only family for Ben who is overly exuberant.
What would you do if you inherited a large property as well as lots of money? Honestly I don’t know what I would do now in my mid 40s let alone at the young age of 16.
I think my favourite parts are the modern day but the story that goes back to the past was interesting and this could easily have separated out the books alone as well to make different parts of the series.
The more I read the book the more I understand why they did the time jumping even though it is confusing at the same time it is a great technique to keep readers interested as you are trying to piece together the full story.
From the past Alexandre is my favourite he seems very thick in the head and doesn’t understand that actions have consequences which is probably a young person thing as well as one who has been born into a upper class family from the time period.
I like the story building up to the vampire changing as it shows a lot about the before since it’s what is important at times to see the real person not just the monster.
The build up to becoming a vampire feels more like a saga but I also feel aot of suspense and that you could sense something was happening.
It feels like a young adult book with the age of the main character which is great as most in this style are adult and doesn’t focus on character building.
Overall this book was great and so close to being a 5 star read but some of the time jumping has jumped me out of my enjoyment of the story. I can say I am looking forward to the next story.
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