Blade to the Keep by Lauren DaneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Goddess, Vampires and Magic
At the end of the last book, Rowan was appointed as the Liaison between the Vampire Nation and Hunter Corp. In the few months since then, she has been working tirelessly to get an amendment to the Treaty made that will ensure that Hunters can get access to vital information before humans start dropping like flies and risk exposing the supernatural world.
At the Keep where she grew up, for the first time since she was 16, Rowan is working hard to push through the amendment, make peace with the vampire that raised her, the oldest vampire in existence, and reunite with the people of the Keep who she cared for.
One thing I really enjoyed about this book is the understanding that Rowan has gained about her foster father. She is now 30 and has worked with Hunter Corp for over a decade. She has faced down strong and dangerous vampires and survived. She has gained distance from the hurt young woman who fled after finding out how utterly ruthless her foster father, Theo, truly was.
As Rowan has come to accept the actions of her foster father, she does not condone them, but she does understand him a little better with her own increased experience and wisdom. Part of that understanding is coming to see, no matter his actions, Theo, really loves her, even if the way he expresses that love is completely alien to her own human understanding. There are few frames of reference between a human child and a 3000-year-old born vampire. There aren’t many vampire books that really capture this disparity of thought processes between species and cultures as well as this book does.
This book was mainly about politics and violence, which also encompasses Rowan and Theo’s relationship. On opposing sides in name, but really fighting towards the same end of maintaining the treaty that protects both humanity and the Vampire Nation, leads to some delicate dancing, which is interesting to read about.
I also enjoyed the developing feelings between Clive, the Scion for North America and Rowan. It started in the first book as pure lust between them, but there is a definite softening in feelings in this book.
It’s an entertaining and satisfying read and I’m looking forward to reading the next in the series.
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