Bound By Flames

Bound by Flames is the newest book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Prince series.

Leila's years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education.  What she didn't learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them all.  Adjusting to both has Leila teetering on a knife edge between passion and peril, and now the real danger is about to begin...

Vlad must battle with a centuries-old enemy whose reach stretches across continents and whose strength equals his own.  It isn't like Vlad to feel fear, but he does... for Leila, because his enemy knows she is Vlad's greatest weakness.  As a friend and foe alike align against him- and his over-proctiveness drives Leila away- Vlad's love for his new bride could be the very thing that dooms them both...

The Breakdown:
1. I am a fan of Frost in general, but I have to admit that I don't love this series as much as the Night Huntress series.  That being said, I still enjoy these books.  This book was a fairly quick read for me because I had to know where all the players fell in the end.  There was definitely some serious intrigue going on in this book.

2. I do like seeing how both Vlad and Leila deal with their relationship.  Vlad dealing with caring for someone so deeply again, and walking the fine line between protecting and smothering.  Leila learning to deal with Vlad's seriously old fashion ideas about where his wife belongs in a fight.  This definitely leads not only to fights, but also, at times, very entertaining conversations between them.

3. Hooray for the Bones and Cat cameo, although it is very brief. Oh, and the surprise that Frost throws in the end, all I can say is I really did not see that coming.  It will be interesting to see what that does to the conclusion of the series in the next book.

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