The Descendant by Kelley Grealis- One Year Anniversary Blog Tour and Review

The Descendant
By Kelley Grealis
Release Date: May 2012

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BOOK BLURB:

Allison Carmichael wakes from a car wreck with no memory of the past three years. She doesn’t recall her husband’s death or how she alienated her friends, and she definitely doesn’t remember anything about her new boyfriend Vincent Drake – a charismatic man with a penchant for rare and unique possessions. In fact, the only things familiar to Allison are her seemingly common ailments – insomnia, lack of appetite, erratic body temperature – which have gone undiagnosed and are worsening.

But Vincent knows exactly who, and what, Allison is – a mortal descendant of the first vampire. He is a vampire who has watched over Allison and her ancestors since the biblical times of Cain and Abel ensuring their secret is kept. Once he realizes Allison’s symptoms are accelerating and transforming her, he’ll stop at nothing to have her.

REVIEW:

Allison Carmichael has led a charmed life. She has a wonderful career, loving and gorgeous husband and beautiful home, but she feels there is something lacking……….. All of her life she has grown up hearing that she is “special”. Her mother’s doctor reinforced this notion when she was born. She is also experiencing weird physical ailments—insomnia, lack of appetite, erratic body temperature. Her doctors don’t have a diagnosis for her and she is getting cranky!

One morning, Allison wakes up from a car accident with no memory of the past three years. She doesn’t recall her husband’s death and she doesn’t remember anything about her new home or sexy new boyfriend, Vincent Drake! This tall, dark and handsome man knows what Allison is—a mortal descendent of the first vampire. He has watched over Allison and her family for generations to ensure that their secret is safe. The author weaves biblical stories of Cain and Abel and Noah’s Ark in telling the story of the creation of the vampire race. Once Vincent realizes that Allison’s symptoms are increasing, he will stop at nothing to transform her and claim this first descendent turned vampire.

Allison must decide if she is ready to transform into a vampire and lose her soul in the process or if she should remain mortal. It is her choice to make. A decision that is difficult when she finds that she has been a pawn in Vincent’s manipulations. Vincent has been manipulating her life to suit his needs and Allison begins to question what really happened in those lost three years. Will she be able to forgive Vincent?

This novel is very fast paced and the story behind vampirism is fascinating. Allison was not always a sympathetic character, due to her “specialness” but she is feisty and determined to live her life on her own terms. When she meets the villain in the story, his defeat is rather anticlimactic! He is centuries old and is defeated rather quickly. Who knows? He could still make a future appearance! The story ends in a cliffhanger and Allison is now ready to search for some answers to what really happened to her during her “lost three years”. This was an engaging first book in a truly original novel about vampires!

Reviewed by Jules

Copy supplied by author.

 

Kelley Grealis was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She has a B.A. in Accounting from Baldwin-Wallace College and a Masters of Businss Administration from Cleveland State University.

She has loved all things vampire since she was a little girl, and it was that passion combined with thirteen years of Catholic schooling, that inspired her to write THE DESCENDANT.

Kelley lives in a Cleveland suburb with her husband.

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Kelley Grealis’ THE DESCENDANT
1 Year Anniversary Blog Tour Schedule
May 20 – May 26

5/20- Book Monster Reviews (guest post)
http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/
5/20- Literal Addiction  (guest post & review)
http://www.literaladdiction.com/
5/21 – Wicked Readings by Tawania (spotlight & review)
http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/
5/22- Romance Junkies (interview)
http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/
5/22- The Reading Cafe (spotlight & review)
http://thereadingcafe.com/
5/23- Jocelyn Dex Blog (spotlight & review)
http://www.jocelyndex.com/blog.html
5/23- Musings From An Addicted Reader  (spotlight & review)
http://musingsfromanaddictedreader.blogspot.com/
5/24- Books-n-Kisses  (interview & review)
http://www.books-n-kisses.com/
5/24- Urban Girl Reader (interview)
http://www.urbangirlreader.com/
5/25- Paranormal Book Club (spotlight)
http://paranormal-bookclub.com/
5/26- Page Flipperz (Spotlight)
http://pageflipperz.blogspot.com/

Kelley is giving away the following prizes on her tour: USA /Canada only

Grand Prize:
$25 Amazon gift card & signed paperback of THE DESCENDANT

Runners-up:
TWO (2) runners-up will receive an eBook of THE DESCENDANT plus a Descendant can koozie & bookmarks

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