Once Burned
2012 • 373 pages
Ratings21
Average rating4
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Ratings21
Average rating4
Spinning off from her wildly successful, New York Times bestselling Night Huntress novels featuring vampire soulmates Cat and Bones, Jeaniene Frost kicks off the thrilling new Night Prince series with Once Burned. After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person's darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude...until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world's most infamous vampire... Vlad Tepesh inspired the greatest vampire legend of all--but whatever you do, don't call him Dracula. Vlad's ability to control fire makes him one of the most feared vampires in existence, but his enemies have found a new weapon against him—a beautiful mortal with powers to match his own. When Vlad and Leila meet, however, passion ignites between them, threatening to consume them both. It will take everything that they are to stop an enemy intent on bringing them down in flames.
Series
4 primary booksNight Prince is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Jeaniene Frost.
Series
16 primary books24 released booksNight Huntress Universe is a 24-book series with 16 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews, and 2 others.
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The heroine acting stupid more than once drags this from potential 4 to 3 stars.
I like that the Layla has a very different power, electrocution and mind reading from an accident. She is a loner because of it. She meets Vlad in interesting circumstances. The book is very fast paced and stippled with some satirical humor. I listened to it in just one sitting. I found reasons to keep listening to it.
Loved the characters, both Leila and Vlad, and their witty dialogues. Very nice plot rich of suspense. can't wait for “twice tempted”, wanna know how the story continues ^_^
Loved it. A likable heroine who doesn't often succumb to hysterics and is more often the savior than the saved without being overly prickly about her independence and competence. A hunt for some nutbag. It was all riveting...except for that ending. That mild cliffhanger was not appreciated.
