Blood Awakening (Blood Curse Series Book 2)

This book was just as graphic (bloody and lots of rape/sex) as the first. No changes there. It did have a little more going on than in the first. I felt like the characters were better developed than in the first. Good read overall.

Such a great way to continue the series. I couldn't put the book down. I loved learning more about the Dark Ones and how they live. An amazing story, I cannot wait to read all the books to find out about the others destinies.

This book literally hits all my emotion buttons. Anger at Marquis for how he treats his destiny.
Happiness that he finds his destiny
And oh I actually had tears running down my face at the end. Wow loved it!

I only give this story one star, This writer starts off great, and then it just goes down hill. I understand having freedom to write, but i got so confused, Some of what was written was over the top, I just could not connect with this story. The main Character's where so flat, no depth. The story was all over the place.

Wow! What a fantabulous read! Blood Awakening is the second book in Tessa Dawns Blood Curse series and it brings us deeper into the world of Dark Moon Vale and it's inhabitants. Once again we see the battles between the descendants of Jadon and Jeager and how horrific war can really be.

There is so many awesome things about this book that I don't know where to start. Also, not being a fan of super long reviews myself I'll try to keep myself from babbling too much LOL!

The role of hero in this book is played by Marquis Silivasi, an Ancient Master Warrior vampire that was born of the House of Jadon. Our heroine is Ciopori Demir. Ciopori is the daughter of King Sakarias, who was ruler of the Celestial Beings before the Blood Curse. She is also the sister of Jadon, Marquis's ancestor. How can that be you ask? The answer is simple; she was put into a deep slumber to protect her from her blood crazy brother Jeager and his followers.

Though Blood Awakening is a dark fantasy, the romance in this book was written superbly. The attraction between Marquis and Ciopori was so powerful that you couldn't help but to be drawn to it. I think that the fact that Marquis's cries of anguish woke Ciopori from her 2,000 year slumber attests to the intensity of their bond. When it looked like Ciopori wasn't Marquises destiny it was such a blow. My heart broke for them. Finally, after all his years of being alive, he had found love and it was being ripped away from him.

The closer look that we got into Marquis's personality was amazing. Whereas in Blood Destiny Marquis was a rock, nothing but hardness, it wasn't the case in this book. Here, we see beyond the hard exterior and into the man. Marquis may be socially inept and extremely prickly but within him lies the core of an extremely passionate and caring man.

OK so maybe I'm painting the wrong picture of Marquis. He's still a domineering Alpha male. He's still incredibly hard to get along with and scary as Hell but I can't get past the softer side of his psyche that we are shown in Blood Awakening.

Blood Awakening is a dark Fantasy so there was much more than Marquises love life to it. The darkness in this book is readily apparent. There was plenty of guts and gore in here but there was really only one scene that gave me pause. ***SPOILER ALERT*** The nursery scene. It's weird, I never had a problem with the sacrifice that the Blood Curse demanded but the slaughter of the babies in the nursery got to me. I understand that the babies were evil and needed to die. It was still hard to read about though.I think it was because there were so many of them. However, once I distanced myself from my reading and reminded myself how evil those damn sons of Jeager were, it was a lot easier to deal with.

All in all I had to give this book a 5 heart rating. The action was amazing and the emotions were so real and authentic I found myself crying many times. In fact, at the end I was crying so much that my boyfriend was afraid that something bad had happened when he saw me. There were also some scenes that I couldn't help laughing out load about. Braden and his ridiculous antics were hilarious as always and Marquis is so clueless in social situations that you can't help but chuckle.

Blood Awakening was a fantastic read and I eagerly await the next installment in the Blood Curse series. Tessa Dawn's writing is fabulous and seems to get better with every book. If you can take the horror in this book then it's definitely a must read for you!

*Beware, this book contains rape, blood, guts and gore

Oh my god, these books are sooooooo bad. Purple prose, full of redundant, incorrectly used descriptions, senseless conversations and ridiculous characters.
But I finished the first book in one go and went straight to read the second one.
I'm ashamed.
I don't know what happened. I was cringing through most of it, yet couldn't stop reading.
It's some kind of sorcery. Witchcraft. I don't know what it is but it sucked me in and I don't know what to do. Because I'll most likely read the rest of the series too...
Oh the shame, the embaressment.
I'll give it an extra half star for making me do it's bidding.

I am almost strictly a paranormal genre reader and what got me into this series was Tessa Dawn's fresh take on vapire lore. Tessa does not dissapoint and developes an amazing story. She developes wonderful charachters and makes you fall in love with the entire Silivasi family. In this book a master warrior Marquis Silivasi stumbles upon the newly awakened love of his life only for it to be revealed to him that she is not his destined mate. This book has battles, romance and a sexy alpha male. Once I picked this book up I could not put it down until it was finished and I found myself routing for Marquis' happily ever after the entire time.

I loved "Blood Awakening"! It was SOOOO good. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! Tessa really catches the reader's attention and keeps them there until the very end. This book was fantastic! I think it was definitely better than the first one! There were tons of plot twists, funny moments, thriller moments, and so much more. I loved it: I love the characters, I love this series, I love Tessa's writing style, I love it all! Excellent book! Buy one ASAP! You won't regret it!

Unless, of course, you can't handle a couple of "graphic" scenes. Personally, these scenes did not really bother me. I understand why they were placed in the book and I don't believe they were meant to offend any of the readers. They were placed to show how truly evil the Dark Ones are, and point well received.

Nonetheless, excellent book!! Can't wait for the next book to come out!

Spoiler alert. The end of this book made me cry. This is in a good way just so everything else is a surprise to new readers. I have rated all the Blood Curse Series books with 5 stars. The books take u to everywhere you want to be. A little of everything included. Keep writing Tessa

Ancient vampires, curses and primeval law together to make a nail biting, stay up all night reading, story with danger, deception, and destiny. Another great story by Tessa Dawn. Couldn't wait to read the next one. Terrific.

My Favorite Series! Favorite Author! Every time a new book in this series comes out, I swear I'm going to take my time & make it last. But I always end up reading it in a couple days. I cannot put these books down. Then I find myself waiting for next one.

My Favorite Series! Favorite Author! Every time a new book in this series comes out, I swear I'm going to take my time & make it last. But I always end up reading it in a couple days. I cannot put these books down. Then I find myself waiting for next one.