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When I first started reading this book it took me a bit to get into it. After the first three chapters I couldn't put it down!
When we enter the story, the world has been taken over by vampires, or Cursed Ones (C.O.). They have taken over the world by force, using fear as a motivation to herd the Nation's leaders into compliance. Of course, initially they were very `human friendly' stating they only fed off animals, never `converted' anyone against their will and were willing to live peacefully side by side with humans as equals. After the President's daughter is kidnapped a nationwide search is started with the help of the vampires. She is found and as a soldier is carrying her to safety, she mercilessly rips out his throat. Of course, this is publicized and is the beginning of the vampire/human war.
With the World being dominated by the C.O.'s, any resistance is met with swift repercussion. This leads us to our protagonist, Jenn. She is the daughter of a passive man who will turn on his own to stay safe and fly under the radar of the C.O.'s. Jenn, greatly influenced by her radical grandparents who always fought for what they believed to be right won't be compliant and leaves home at 16 to go to Spain to a Missionary there that trains people to become hunters.
As the story starts, Jenn, along with her hunter team, some of which have paranormal abilities are engaged in a mission in a small Spanish village that is being terrorized by some C.O.'s. They have been set up, someone has notified the vampires that they were coming and the hunters were ambushed and they realize there is a traitor in their midst. Is it Antonio, the seminarian who was converted almost seventy years ago yet remains a devout catholic, or Skye, a white witch who works magick's to protect and heal her team? Perhaps is Holgar, the Belgian werewolf or Eriko, the Japanese leader who received the only elixir designed to make her stronger, faster & more like the enemy they are fighting? Maybe it is Jamie, the ex-IRA Irishman whose family was killed by werewolves while the C.O.'s watched. Their team is fragmented and full of mistrust, it is only their trust in their mission and Father Juan, their mentor and leader of the Sacred Heart Academy that keeps them going.
Throughout the story, the authors give each characters POV, I loved this! It gives the reader a chance to get to know the character in the present and also their individual pasts. Each characters flashback gives us a chance to understand why they chose the hard life of a hunter.
Each of them experiences betrayals, heartbreak and angst which makes this story dark and a bit foreboding but there is also strength, learned trust and a bit of romance to even it out.
I wish that Jenn's character was a bit stronger, she came off as a bit of a cream puff and I didn't really see her bone up. I'm so hoping the sequel shows us a stronger Jenn, a bit more romance and definitely more triumph for the good guys. Along with that, I hope to see them become a bit more cohesive and trusting of one another. The action in the book is fantastic along with the thrills and horror. The descriptive scenarios are very realistic i.e. the sewer scenes in New Orleans. Altogether, this book rates as one of my favorites and again, I look forward to the next book.


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Crusade Nancy Holder Debbie Viguié Books Reviews

CRUSADE was a slower read for me.. finding myself frustrated that I couldn't really get into it and struggling a bit to finish it.
There are a lot of main characters to focus on and the writer jumps around, following each of them in third person. While I feel Holder & Viguie did an ok job keeping it from getting too confusing as the story skipped from year, location and person every few pages, I also feel there was just too much info. In an attempt to give a full background on nearly all the characters, the story lost some of.. well, some of it's story quite frankly. As a reader it was a bit overwhelming (a little boring) to ingest so much background on six lead characters, not to mention the many supporting characters; leaving little room to really get into the actual plot. There is obviously going to be more books in this series, so why not save some of these backgrounds to share latter? For me, all he excess personal info took away from the paranormal feel and kept me from really connecting with any of the characters. I would have much more preferred to just get a few of their stories per book.. like cover Jenn and Antonio's history and what led them to Sacred Heart Academy in Spain, then have the next book focus on another set of fighters. It's not necessary to the plot to give the reader so much info up front.. leave some of the characters (and us) with a little mystery to ponder.

Now with all this focus on the many characters, I'm disappointed to say that they fell a little flat and sadly lacked of originality. Within the main group of young vampire hunters, many are reminiscent of the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series. First we have, Jenn (Buffy without the awesomeness) fighting side by side with Antonio, her boyfriend/vampire with a soul (think Angel), along with Skye the white witch (think Willow) and we also have (our OZ) Holgar the werewolf. Jamie O'Leary is the groups angry and belligerent Irishman and finally, the lead Hunter Eriko is a petite Japanese powerhouse with superhuman strength who is detached and stoic (a little Faith like). These young vampire hunters are all trained and held together by their "master" Father Juan (Giles) a spanish priest at the Sacred Heart Academy. While the Cursed Ones (vamps) are taking over he world behind the claim of peace and friendship (a little TrueBlood vibe), the hunters are sworn to kill the C.O. and protect humanity.

I know it probably sounds like I hated this book.. not so. CRUSADE is an ok start to a series that has the potential to be a great story. Let's hope that the book that follows this one is a bit more plot focused, while allowing us to connect with one or two of the characters... I vote for Holgar =0)
When I first started reading this book it took me a bit to get into it. After the first three chapters I couldn't put it down!
When we enter the story, the world has been taken over by vampires, or Cursed Ones (C.O.). They have taken over the world by force, using fear as a motivation to herd the Nation's leaders into compliance. Of course, initially they were very `human friendly' stating they only fed off animals, never `converted' anyone against their will and were willing to live peacefully side by side with humans as equals. After the President's daughter is kidnapped a nationwide search is started with the help of the vampires. She is found and as a soldier is carrying her to safety, she mercilessly rips out his throat. Of course, this is publicized and is the beginning of the vampire/human war.
With the World being dominated by the C.O.'s, any resistance is met with swift repercussion. This leads us to our protagonist, Jenn. She is the daughter of a passive man who will turn on his own to stay safe and fly under the radar of the C.O.'s. Jenn, greatly influenced by her radical grandparents who always fought for what they believed to be right won't be compliant and leaves home at 16 to go to Spain to a Missionary there that trains people to become hunters.
As the story starts, Jenn, along with her hunter team, some of which have paranormal abilities are engaged in a mission in a small Spanish village that is being terrorized by some C.O.'s. They have been set up, someone has notified the vampires that they were coming and the hunters were ambushed and they realize there is a traitor in their midst. Is it Antonio, the seminarian who was converted almost seventy years ago yet remains a devout catholic, or Skye, a white witch who works magick's to protect and heal her team? Perhaps is Holgar, the Belgian werewolf or Eriko, the Japanese leader who received the only elixir designed to make her stronger, faster & more like the enemy they are fighting? Maybe it is Jamie, the ex-IRA Irishman whose family was killed by werewolves while the C.O.'s watched. Their team is fragmented and full of mistrust, it is only their trust in their mission and Father Juan, their mentor and leader of the Sacred Heart Academy that keeps them going.
Throughout the story, the authors give each characters POV, I loved this! It gives the reader a chance to get to know the character in the present and also their individual pasts. Each characters flashback gives us a chance to understand why they chose the hard life of a hunter.
Each of them experiences betrayals, heartbreak and angst which makes this story dark and a bit foreboding but there is also strength, learned trust and a bit of romance to even it out.
I wish that Jenn's character was a bit stronger, she came off as a bit of a cream puff and I didn't really see her bone up. I'm so hoping the sequel shows us a stronger Jenn, a bit more romance and definitely more triumph for the good guys. Along with that, I hope to see them become a bit more cohesive and trusting of one another. The action in the book is fantastic along with the thrills and horror. The descriptive scenarios are very realistic i.e. the sewer scenes in New Orleans. Altogether, this book rates as one of my favorites and again, I look forward to the next book.