Tracy’s review of Only Lycans Need Apply (Broken Heart Vampires #9) by Michele Bardsley
When I found the ancient tomb of the two most powerful vampires in history, I knew I was in for a lot of trouble….
But archaeologists like me, Moira Jameson, are ready for trouble. Okay, maybe not human-species-threatening trouble. Or the kind of trouble that arrives in the form of a sexy werewolf named Drake. Yeah. Werewolf. And I thought ancient curses and walking corpses were a joke. Um…not so much.
’Cause a walking corpse named Karn wants to reveal vampires, and all of parakind, to the humans. And everyone else thinks that’s a bad idea. Then a pyramid mysteriously appears in Broken Heart, Oklahoma, and I’m appointed to get inside, survive booby traps, and awaken two very old, very hungry vampires. Luckily, Drake has my back (and my front). Unfortunately, archaeology sometimes reveals some very nasty surprises. And I’ll have to decide between saving myself…or saving the world.
Moira and her assistant are at a dig when they are attacked by evil vampires when they get too close to opening a sleeping place for ancient vampires. They are saved by the good vampires and some lycans but then have their memories wiped clean. They go on about their lives but unfortunately they are not safe from the evil vamps.
Eventually they’re kidnapped and again saved by the good guys and then taken to Broken Heart. Moira is the key to opening the tomb of the sleeping vampires and she has help from Drake, a lycan who is madly attracted to Moira. Moira feels the same about Drake but she’s not sure what going on. She agrees to help but will the sacrifice mean her life?
The story was a good one with lots of ins and outs and secrets that get revealed. There was definitely enough going on to keep my interest and I liked how the story was laid out. The many different characters that were involved in everything kept the tempo upbeat, fun and fast-paced.
While I liked Moira and Drake my issue was their lack of romance. They just didn’t have any getting-to-know-you time and I think the romance suffered because of this. Their story was meeting, attraction, sex then love. They really didn’t know each other at all and that made me doubt the love confessions which took away from the story, imho.
Overall it was a cute book with fun, snarky characters which I love.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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This book is available from Signet. You can buy it here or here in e-format. This book was provided by the publisher for an honest review.
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