Book Review
Title: Royally Cursed (Vampire Princess #2)
Author: Cameron Drake
Genre: YA/Paranormal/Romance
Rating: ****
Review: It has been a while since I read Vampire Princess, but I remember enjoying it even if I didn’t totally love it, so I have decided to continue on with the series. The synopsis of Royally Cursed does sound more interesting than the first book and I am eager to see how the series ends although there is another book scheduled to come out soon. We know that Sophie/Sasha had to break up with Dylan in the previous novel because his family is Fae, but he still loves her, and we also see that she is having serious trouble controlling her thirst as she is now drinking more blood than the other 3 vampires living with her combined. However, keeping the appearance of being human means she has finals and prom to deal with on top of everything else.
We see a strange love triangle developing between Dylan, Maxim, and Sasha, which was interesting and while I am not overly fond of love triangles, I do enjoy them if they are done right. Prom turns out to be a slight disaster as Sophie’s hunger returns with a vengeance and she is almost 100% sure Dylan saw what she is but her complicated feelings for Maxim are mixed up in this especially since she drinks from him which can be seen as quite intimate. It turns out that drinking from another vampire forms a bond between them that is typically reserved for lovers and while Maxim knew this Sasha did not, furious with Maxim she throws him out even knowing that his blood is the only blood that will truly satisfy her. Eventually, he does return and while Sasha doesn’t like drinking from him because of how he feels for her and she doesn’t want to return those feelings we can see something developing between them. This relationship is made more complex when Sasha has a vision of other Vampire Royals and one of them seems so familiar to her and I have a feeling that it is Maxim and he may be using Sasha to complete his own agenda.
As Sasha’s hunger continues to grow with no signs of slowing down or stopping her powers continue to grow as well especially since she starting drinking from Maxim. Together with Maxim, Bernard, and Caleb, she manages to create a light so strong it almost kills Maxim and darkness that protects him. Her guardians comment that they had only seen these powers in Fae who are descendants of Angels, but somehow Sasha has similar abilities and it is also said that no vampire could stand against Sasha’s light unless they are like her. As Sasha is chained up to protect the humans and other vampires, her hunger is getting worse and even Maxim’s blood doesn’t seem to stop it when Bernard and Caleb decide to bring Dylan into the situation. This enrages Sasha but Dylan is very understanding and even feeds Sasha which manages to satisfy the thirst she has been feeling for days. Now, the question is how is this going to affect her relationship with Maxim and how is Dylan going to cope when he learns of the bond between Maxim and Sasha.
With Sasha’s thirst dealt with she can get on with training and being a normal teenager. However, her powers are getting stronger which is seen when she turns Bernard into a daywalker or maybe even made him human again which is unclear, but it seems that Sasha is going to be the key in winning the war to come. Despite this, not all is well as the rivalry between Maxim and Dylan is getting worse, but Sasha is gathering allies in other vampires and certain Fae like Karen and Dylan. The ending of Royally Cursed leaves a great cliffhanger for Rogue Prince as Sasha learns of another heir to her throne and his true motivations for being close to her and I have a feeling everything is going to blow up in the supposed finale to this series.
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Also see: Vampire Princess by Cameron Drake
I received this review copy from Booksprout.
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