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Genre - YA Paranormal Romance
Rating - PG13
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I have
had a long love affair with the vampire. It might date all the way back to
watching The Lost Boys (I had a thing for Corey Haim at the time). Of course
the difference back then was it seemed common consensus that vampires were the
bad guys. One of the heroes in that movie was in a state of transition between
mortal and immortal, and could still be saved from his vampire fate. Otherwise
it seemed that once someone became a vampire, all that was good about them was
gone.
But as
our obsession with the vampire continued, an evolution took place. There were
still the traditional vampires who embraced their dark side and all that entailed,
but then we started having "good" vampires popping up; those who were
conflicted about their nature and therefore destined to live an eternity in a
kind of psychological torture.
We eat
these characters up, don't we? They were bad boys who could change, and are
willing to rail against their darker side for some stronger cause (usually love
of a mortal woman). It is very romantic in a dangerous kind of way, and I have
been no less susceptible to this trend.
Although
the plot of Heiress of Lies is primary focused on the crown princess, Angeline
Robart, I also offered readers an opportunity to see some of the story unfold
from vampire Connor's perspective. Connor is the one who kidnaps Angeline as
she is rushing home to be at her father's sickbed. Connor is the one who
introduces Angeline to the darker side of her family's history.
Although
she is scheming for a way to escape, Angeline is drawn to Connor because of the
way that he treats her. He is intelligent, thoughtful, and respectful of her. All
of the stories Angeline heard as a child don't align with the man that she
meets in person. This is one of several conflicts that she had to try to
resolve in her mind.
On page
99, the reader has just experienced a rather traumatic turn of events with
Angeline and Connor, and then we are given the chance to find out how who Connor
was before he became a vampire and he met his untimely fate.
I think
by sharing this background, the reader gains much deeper insight into Connor's
motivations for kidnapping Angeline in the first place, and why he has evolved
into the man and vampire that he is today. The way that his human life came to
its horrible conclusion is heartbreaking, and then he is forced to carry the
burden of that guilt forever.
We
essentially discover that Connor is a man atoning for his sins. That is why I
think readers can feel comfortable then watching the inevitable development of
romantic feelings between Angeline and Connor. We see that by fixing his wrong
with Angeline, perhaps Connor can find it inside to forgive himself.
In the
end, Heiress of Lies encompasses themes that are much larger than introducing a
new vampire mythology (although it does that too). Connor definitely doesn't
start out as a good guy, but we see that in time, and with the right
motivation, he can become one.
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