While this was an appealing theme, it had little to do with the power play between the two making me question the purpose and use. For example, early on it is introduced that Jacob might have lived several lives and had intersected Lyssa’s life at various points. Instead, some of the passages read like set scenes that didn’t necessarily intertwine with one another or the overall movement of the book. To some extent, I think if the power play themes mirrored each other, there would have been a more cohesive feel to the story. There is Lyssa’s own waning interest in anything but Jacob which puts her position with the Council at risk. There is the struggle for dominance between Lyssa’s faction, the old vampires who see limitations on feeding and turning, as a way of protection versus the new faction which is desirous of more power. There is the struggle for dominance between Lyssa and Jacob for while Jacob professes to serve Lyssa in all things, his view of servitude is much different than hers.
There is Jacob’s relationship with his brother Gideon, a vampire hunter and hater. There are alot of threads running through this story, almost too many. Jacob, her servant has taken the third mark and his life is now tied to Lady Lyssa’s, in all ways. It is to protect her own people her last act before she becomes dust. A Vampire Council meeting is upon her and she, through the force of her own will, is holding back the disease so that she can get an agreement from the other vampire rulers that would provide asylum to vampires fleeing from one territory to another. It is a virus that will eventually turn her mad and kill her. Lady Lyssa is in the end stages of a vampire disease called Delilah virus. You take me places I ordinarily would not go. I am primarily a comfort reader meaning that I ordinarily like to read the same sorts of books but occasionally a very good writer can move me outside of my box and enjoy a story that does not fit into any neat categories. Jane B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews dominance / Joey-Hill / vampires 12 Comments
FebruREVIEW: Mark of the Vampire Queen by Joey Hill
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