I received Unseen in
return for an honest review from the author.
Addison job isn’t glamorous but cleaning up the bodies of
dead supers can’t be that pretty. As a disposal it keeps her out of the box and
safe from the supers. Yet everything changed the morning she came home and
found a vampire almost dead outside her building. With no other choice she
brings him into her home hoping he would die because she didn’t want to stake
him. Only after Addison has the stranger vampire in bed with her silver jewelry
holding him chained does she learn that he’s actually the Prime leader of the
supernatural world.
Intent on only giving Rhyse enough blood so he can leave she
drops her blood into his mouth but his reaction isn’t one she expects when he
tells her to run. After Rhyse curbs his blood lust he explains to Addison that
she’s a long since dead super that has been hunted to extinction. With Addison’s
blood she offers humanity which will prove fatal to all other immortal supers
but Rhyse isn't willing to let her go yet. As the two spend more time together
trying to figure out who attempted to kill Rhyse they also find themselves
falling for each other. Will being the Prime be enough to save Addison from
what’s coming?
I love Addison she’s one of those characters you secretly
wish you could be. She’s been thrust into the supers world, and everything she
knew is suddenly changing as her real identity comes out. I wasn’t sure at
first about Rhyse but as the book progressed I fell in love with him too and
think he’s perfect for Addison. The book also has a few supporting characters I
really found interesting like Tempest, Logan, and Micah we saw little insights
into their lives.
I was super excited by the opportunity to read Unseen it’s
not my first book by the author but it’s clearly my favorite so far. The author
has created her own supernatural world mixing humans with vampires, seers, werewolves,
demons, angels and more to form The Heights. I found the whole concept for
Unseen captivating right from the start it’s well executed. The book is action
packed, with the right amounts of mystery, as well as romance that kept me on
the edge of my seat. I loved the characters
Addison is an amazing character with lots of potential to grow through the
series. I was able to connect with Addison which is why I enjoyed reading her
story she’s one of those characters who captures your heart. I wasn’t able to
sit down and finish Unseen in one sitting like I would have like to much real
life but it was one of those books I thought about when I wasn’t reading. I
stayed up last night to finish because I wanted to know how it would end. I can’t
wait for the next book because already I miss Addison and Rhyse. While the book
does have adult situations they don’t overwhelm the story but enhanced it. That
being said I think mature teens as well as adults will fall in love like I did. The Heights series very well could be my new favorite vampire series plus I the cover is stunning. Highly suggest you check it out if you love urban fantasy.
5 out of 5 stars
Excerpt
She stumbled back until her ass hit the counter. It was
over. It had been over ever since those chains came off. Ever since she brought
him into her apartment. Into her life.
“I saved you. I could’ve left you outside until the sun came
up.”
“I imagine you wish you had.”
“Can you…can you not kill me? Just take some, but not all?”
He brushed her hair behind her shoulder and curled his
fingers around the nape of her neck, whispering, “Do you trust me that much?”
“I don’t even trust you a little.” She felt the sting of
tears. “I don’t want to be turned. If you drain me, let me die.”
He ran his other hand up her shoulder, to her throat and slowly
closed his fingers around it. One wrong move and her neck would break. “To drain
you I would have to drink from you. And that, my pet, I will not do.”
She didn’t know what he meant, but now seemed like a bad
time to argue.
The red in his eyes wasn’t as bright as it had been. “Did
you know what you are? How many of you exist?”
She didn’t answer, partially because speaking required the
air he was cutting off. Then his hands were gone, just like the rest of him.
Was it over?
One of the women behind the counter moaned. What the fuck? Addison went to make sure
they weren’t hurt.
Rhyse was on top of her, his fangs obviously burrowed in her
neck. The woman moaned again, her legs wrapping around him. One hand clutched
his shoulder and the other slapped the wall, searching for a hold.
It had to have
been shock that made Addison not look away. Or run away. The woman’s moans got louder, then crested, and her body
went limp. Not in a dead way but in an I-just-had-the-best-orgasm-of-my-life
way.
Get out of here.
“Leave and they will die.” His voice stopped her after only
two steps. “Stay and they will wake up from a very pleasant, very erotic
dream.”
She ground her teeth when she heard another moan. He must
have moved on to the other woman. With two to feed from, there was less of a
chance he would drain them, but… “Why should I trust you?”
The woman’s moans stopped and she whined, “No,” in
frustration.
“I do not care if you trust me,” he said. “Only that you
obey me.”
“Fuck you.” But she didn’t move. “Are they alive?”
“Of course. It is against the law to kill humans.”
“Then let me go.”
“You are not human, Addison.” His voice came from just over
her shoulder.
“I am. I promise. Totally human.” Somehow he’d missed the
fact that seers were human, despite
her telling him at least five times.
She heard the shuffling of fabric and looked down to see him
wrapping his already-bloody shirt around the arm she’d cut. He tied a knot with
the sleeves and pulled it tight. Was he worried about a little blood slipping
out and being wasted? There was no part of this that she understood.
She sucked in a breath when he put his hands on her
hipbones. Then another as they slid to her belly and down, pressing her back
into him. She felt his heat and a vibration on her back as he made a sound
similar to a cat’s purr but scarier. Clenching her eyes shut, she waited for
death.
“You should thank them.” His voice was all sex. Dangerous,
risky, awesome sex. “They just saved your life.”
They did? “Thank you,” she called out with a shaking voice.
“Now that your belly’s full, how about you back off a little?”
“I should kill you.”
“I totally disagree.”
After a moment he stepped away, sighing as if he’d just made
a really tough decision and wasn’t sure it was the right one.
“So,” she said, heading for the door, “it seems like you’re feeling
better, which is great. I’m really happy for you. Since you don’t need me
anymore, I’m gonna go now. See you around.”
“Come to me, Addison.” His eyes were back to their original
inhumanly beautiful color. Though he didn’t quite look calm, he did look satisfied.
“No.”
“Come to me or I will snap your neck.”
“Okay.”
“If you had simply brought a human to me, this all could
have been avoided.”
“I was just thinking the same thing.” Total lie—she wasn’t
thinking a goddamn thing besides, ‘Shiiiiit!’
“You and I have things to discuss and a few memories to
alter along the way back to your home.”
Damn it on many counts. “Alter or wipe?”
“Alter, of course. Although my strength has returned, wiping
that many minds would still be highly taxing. I prefer to save my power for
other activities.”
Like…? Nah, she didn’t want to know.
He opened the door and gestured for her to go first. Which
he’d probably never done before. Minions opened doors for him and she doubted
chivalry ranked high on his list of valuable traits. But she went because when
you gotta go, you gotta go.
“Did you know?” he asked.
What was it with
that question? “Know what? That your victims come while you feed? Yeah, I heard
it happens occasionally.”
“Always. They always
come while I feed. If it were possible, I would show you.”
“I just heard more proof than I wanted, thanks.”
“Yet it would be far more
enjoyable to feel yourself come than to hear her do it.”
Lauren Stewart lives in
Northern California with two of the most amazing children that the world has
ever seen. She reads almost every genre so, naturally, her writing reflects
that. With every book, every story, you'll find elements of other
genres--fantasy, mystery, romance, paranormal, suspense, YA, women's
literature, all with a touch of humor because what doesn't kill us should make
us laugh.
Email:
ReadLaurenS@gmail.com
Lauren Stewart’s other work
Hyde, an Urban Fantasy (Hyde, Book I)
Strange Case (Hyde, Book III)
No Experience Required (a Summer Rains novel #1)