I had no life…For the past ten years, I’ve been kept away from the world, treated as a danger to those around me. While the visions I have both confuse and frighten me, I know I’m not the dangerous one in the family. Escape has never been within my reach. When my father dragged me along on an expedition to an ancient temple, I discovered a door hidden in the wall, and everything changed.
He would live forever…
After freeing a vampire from his stone prison, I was swept away to the island belonging to his coven. He swears none of them will harm me, but I can’t be so sure. Zachary is convinced he knew me before he was imprisoned—three hundred years ago. He tries to get me to remember our shared past…while I find myself more concerned with our future.
My blood could end them…
When the woman I was mistaken for appears, she brings startling revelations for both of us. She knows more about me than I ever knew about myself. My blood is unique, and the key to a dark plot by the vampires that locked Zachary away. Vowing to protect me, Zachary must find a way to shield me from his worst enemy, for if the enemy gets my blood, the entire world will be in danger.
So, Nikki….we’re talking paranormal today.
Woot! I love paranormal!
Me too! And today we’re looking at a debut novel from Ashley
Jeffers.
Yay! A debut! I love when we find brand new authors!
Me too. What was your overall impression of Blood of the
Immortal?
Well, I thought it was pretty good for a debut. The story line
was pretty interesting and unique, even though I was a little confused by a few
things and I wished the author had added a map and maybe a family tree for
reference.
I totally agree with you. There were so many people that were
introduced that having a family tree would have been helpful. And I love when I
get a map to an area I’m not familiar with. Both of those would have been a
great addition to the book.
Yup. The one complaint I have, which I kind of blame on you 
Is not knowing the book was set not only in the future, but also in an
alternate universe. I think that could have been explained more in the
beginning to prepare the readers so it wouldn't be so confusing. Or maybe my
natural blond was just coming through... 
Is not knowing the book was set not only in the future, but also in an
alternate universe. I think that could have been explained more in the
beginning to prepare the readers so it wouldn't be so confusing. Or maybe my
natural blond was just coming through...
Hey! I know we read each others minds and all, but you’ve never
mentioned that you need a heads up to future settings and alternate universes!
You never said a word when we threw ourselves into KA’s fantasyland series! And
I’m totally calling you a blonde on this one! 
LOL! Well, ok so it's not all your fault. But I don't typically
go for the futuristic books. I can dig an alternate universe, I just like to
know going in so my natural ability to get confused doesn't get triggered! But
once I figured all that out, this book got a little less confusing. There were
still some times with all the characters mentioned, but after a while it was
easier to get passed that.
But
once I figured all that out, this book got a little less confusing. There were
still some times with all the characters mentioned, but after a while it was
easier to get passed that.
I can totally understand that. But in the defense of the book,
the futuristic stuff was really only in the beginning. After Arielle met
Zachary, it almost had a historical paranormal feel to it. There was one point
while reading that I did think to myself that a lot of people were introduced.
But I also realize that this is book 1 in a series so she was trying to balance
the story for the book with world building and setting the stage for the future
books.
You have a point there! It would definitely make sense to
introduce us to the characters that we'll meet in later books. And while there
were a lot of characters, I can't really think of too many that weren't necessary
to the story.
That’s very true. They all played a part. Want to know what my
favorite part was? Vic. He cracked me up. He lightened the story up enough to
keep it from being bogged down in totally seriousness. He made every scene he
was in a delight to read. What was your favorite part?
I'm gonna have to second that and say Vic. Even though he wasn't
the main character, he stole every scene he was in. He had a witty disposition
and seemed to lighten the tension. I'm really hoping he'll get a book!
Oh! Me too!!!! That’s not to say that I didn’t like Zachary and
Arielle, but while they were dealing with the serious stuff, Vic was there to
irritate them and lighten the mood.
Ok for the hard part, dislikes. I always hate this because I
know how hard authors work on their books, but inevitably there's gonna be
something readers don't like. Fortunately, there wasn't much not to like. I
have a big issue with the lack of contractions. I always do. Also, I have to
say that some things didn't seem to get answered and left me confused. Like
just exactly how Matthias was turned into a vampire from a human when his
father is an immortal.
I agree, I hate doing the issues part. I guess I didn’t realize
that the Matthias question was never answered. My biggest issue (and it wasn’t
huge, more of an observation) was that Arielle and Zachary fell in love really
quickly. I get that they were destined to be together, but there wasn’t really
any get-to-know-you time after they met. It just seemed like they went from
meeting and Arielle not trusting him to not wanting to leave him and loving him
in the blink of an eye.
Yeah that was an issue for me too. I understand the insta-love
happens a lot in paranormals with the mate thing. But we usually see them get
to know each other for a few weeks or months before they declare their undying
love. Here, Arielle and Zachary said it after mere days, half of which she was
either scared and mistrusting of him or unconscious.
Exactly. I forgot about her being unconscious for half of the
time early in their togetherness. But on the plus side…the author really knows
how to write some evil characters. I truly loathed them. I was rooting for them
to die a long and painful death.
That is also true. I wanted some of them to be tortured along
the lines of your harshest IA list!
OMG! Me too!!! I wanted to go all Dexter while I was going all
Queen of Hearts on them! Heck, they even had me wanting to create a new list of
ways to torture a fictional character!
Oh boy! I can't even imagine what that could be...
*manically twirling mustache*
LOL. And on that note, it’s probably wise for us to wrap this up
before Lindsay starts plotting torture.
Nikki's Rating: 3.5 Lindsay's Rating: 4
Ashley Jeffers
writes Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English
from the University of Michigan. A certified night-owl, she spends most her
nights writing, as her days are occupied being a full-time mom to three young
children. Her debut novel, Blood of the Immortal, is available in paperback and
e-book format. Thanks to a combination of ADD and OCD, she has several other
projects in the works. She currently lives in Michigan with her husband, three
kids, and two dogs.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7950048.Ashley_Jeffers
https://www.facebook.com/authorashleyjeffers
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