My Review of The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood

Title: The Dangerous Ones

Author: Lauren Blackwoood

Published: May 14,2024

Publisher: Wednesday Books/ St. Martins Press

Genre: Fantasy/ Historical Fiction/ Romance/ Young Adult

Pages: 368 pages

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:

Wow! Not what I was expecting but I really enjoyed it! 

Jerusalem killed her master and escaped from the plantation. Then, she joined the Confederate army to learn how to fight and wait for the moment that she could avenge her family from the vampires. Jerusalem is a saint. Being a saint, she has faster fighting abilities and can handle more to fight the vampires; however, she is still mortal. 

Alexei is a vampire, however, haunted by his past. By turning into a vampire, he joins the Confederate army and trains with Jerusalem. He trains her and as he spends time with her she has a scent that smells amazing to him and he knows he loves her. When they go together along with two others for a mission and things do not go as planned they are left with one another and Jerusalem struggles with her feelings and how she feels about Alexei. Alexei is everything she is against, the type of creature that killed her family without any remorse and who still holds her brother hostage. Slowly, she realizes her feelings for Alexei, and while she realizes her feelings she struggles with the trauma and everything he represents that haunts her. Will they be able to work together to kill the vampire that haunts them both or will their struggles with one another be their downfall? 

I absolutely loved this book, while the dialogue wasn't always appropriate for the period I can't say it took anything away from the story. I had a hard time putting the book down to go to bed! It was that good. 

Thank you Wednesday Books, St. Martin's Press, and Netgalley for the extraordinary opportunity to read and review this one! It was an absolute treat!

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