Vampire Royals 1: The Pageant

Vampire Royals Series, Book 1

De: Leigh Walker

Narrado por: Eva Kaminsky

Duración: 5 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

Who's the fairest of them all?

Young women from every settlement in the land are being handpicked to enter The Pageant, a contest reminiscent of Miss Universe from the old days. Gwyneth West's social-climbing mother wants her to compete, but Gwyn isn't so sure....

The Pageant is government-sponsored. If you're lucky enough to be chosen, participation is mandatory. Aggressive competition is allowed, even encouraged.

And then there's the prize...

Dallas Black, otherwise known as The Dark Prince, will propose to the winner. Dallas is the son of King Black, who won the last world war and governs the new settlements.

The Royal Family is mysterious. Rumor has it they don't sleep. Rumor has it they eschew the sun. Rumor has it they're immortal.

When Gwyn is thrust into The Pageant, she fights to survive the competitive nature of the other contestants. But even if she wins...can she survive a vampire fiance?

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Leigh Walker (P)2018 Tantor

nice

it's a nicely mixed story combining the hunger games with vampire royalty. it's keeping me interested. off to book two. narrator is doing great too.

Vampire Romance, with a twist.

(I am basing this review off the audiobook)

4 out of 5 stars from me.

This was a breath of fresh air for all the spicy books I have read and listened to recently.

I haven't read The Selection, but I've read a lot of young adult vampire novels. While this was a quick listen, I still found it enjoyable.

As this is written for a younger crowd, I found some of the characters a bit obnoxious, but I did enjoy the story as a whole.

Gwyneth is a typical female hero in a vampire romance novel, but I found that I enjoyed her and seeing her come to terms with her circumstances. I did find myself groaning at her stupidity near the end, but I had to remind myself that she is still a teenager, and perhaps she will grow and mature as the story goes on.

Dallas was the typical vampire romance hero. Of course, this time, he is a prince searching for his future queen with a pageant. I can see his charm and am interested to see him grow as a character.

Aside from one or two side characters, most of them are just a bit bland and we don't really get to know some of them, which is understandable as this is supposed to be a contest over the span of a few weeks. I hope in the next books some of these characters get developed a bit more.

I did enjoy the bit of word building that we got, the settlements, the Royal City, and the North. I would have liked a bit more about the world. Hopefully, there will be a bit more in the next books in the series.

I have a feeling I know where this story is going to go, and I am pretty good about this, but I have a feeling that this story will surprise me.

I will eventually go back and listen to the rest of the series to see if I am correct, I hope to be presently surprised.

Great audible!

I love all the characters. The book left me hanging, so I need to listen to the next book. There is a little romance in this book 1. Very PG. There is mystery about the war, so I am hoping the next book explains it more.

Enjoyable

Enjoyed this. Will be buying the next one. Good narration and a really good story.

Great

This novel was well great, and well put together, I felt that it flowed well and the characters were believable . I enjoyed it very much.

Good story

I liked it all the girl Gwen could be a little dense at times still a good story

The Selection

This story is pretty much "The selection" book all over again but with vampires. Heck I liked when they did it to Jane Austin, so why not.

horrible

horrible unless you are a 13 year old girl. I searched for books in the category of dystopia and this came up. it was so predictable and dumb.

Better than some

Vampire and human royal marriage will save the kingdom.

Writing is decent, despite the story being predictable. It took a while to settle in with the narrator's voice, which, though adequate, is
not my style.

But it's slow. The story doesn't support an entire series.

Had Potential

I quite enjoyed Leigh Walker's other book Awakening so I decided to check out The Pageant. The book has a great scene at the beginning that is fraught with tension, and violence. It kind of shocked me. So, I thought I was in for a real roller coaster of a book. Unfortunately, after that one scene, this book had a hard time keeping my attention. The characters were all kind of bland and the plot which had a lot of potential never lived up to its promises. I don't think this series is for me, so I probably won't be continuing.