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Claiming Marcus (Lords of Discord, #1)

Jocelynn Drake

Start date: January 6, 2020

Finish date: January 11, 2020

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Jan 13, 2020 Diana rated it liked it

Shelves: turning-pages-buddy-read, tpam-challenge-2020

Claiming Marcus is the first book in the new Lords of Discord series by Jocelynn Drake. The series revolves around the lives of four vampire brothers the first book is about the oldest brother, Marcus.

Marcus Varik has enough to worry about. The vampire world is on edge, and it looks like his family is in the cross hairs. He’s trying to move his family, so he hires a new assistant, Ethan. Little does he know, Ethan has his own secrets that could be even more trouble for Marcus.

This was an okay re ...more

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Oct 27, 2019 Jennifer☠Pher☠ rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, arc, 2019-release, indigo, lgbtq

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for writing a Vampire book! I love Vamps and was so pleased that an author I enjoy was diving into PNR.

Even better? I liked it.

I loved the four brothers. I was into the politics, the world building and all the setups for the future books. I'm anxious to read more.

There were a few or more times where I felt I had missed something or it happened but I never knew it happened, little holes here and there that threw me out of the story, but not enough to be in ...more

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Jan 14, 2020 Marion rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-shifters-vamps, read-in-2020, family-drama, lgbtq, series-to-finish, buddy-read, favourite-author, age-gap

3.5 Stars!

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Jul 18, 2020 Diane Dannenfeldt rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, pnr, kindle-unlimited, have-audio, 301-400_pgs

Relatively low angst quick read.

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Apr 21, 2020 Jeydon Marshall rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, m-m-fantasy, m-m-paranormal, 2020-april-tbr, m-m-vampires, kindle-unlimited

While Claiming Marcus is in fact a M/M Romance book, a large part of the plot revolves around the Varik Brothers, a family of four brothers who all chose to be turned into vampires in order to continue the care of their mentally-ill vampire mother.

The Vampire Brothers plotline is actually what drew me to this series, as I’ve long been a fan of both the Salvatore Brothers of The Vampire Diaries and The Mikaelson siblings of The Originals. There’s just something about Vampire Siblings that I’ve a ...more

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