The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, #1) in All things Fandom

Jan 12, 2011 Damaris (GoodChoiceReading) rated it it was amazing

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This is yet another first for me. I normally do not read Sci/Fi Fantasy or steampunk, but yet for some reason Vampire Empire just caught my eye. I love Vampires and when a book has a mysterious character with a hidden identity.

Adele is royalty and has always lived by the rules. She is proud of her family and is happy to follow the rules and do what is expected of her. On a trip one day her ship is attacked by Vampires and Adele is the Target. The Vampires want her and nothing is going to get in This is yet another first for me. I normally do not read Sci/Fi Fantasy or steampunk, but yet for some reason Vampire Empire just caught my eye. I love Vampires and when a book has a mysterious character with a hidden identity.

Adele is royalty and has always lived by the rules. She is proud of her family and is happy to follow the rules and do what is expected of her. On a trip one day her ship is attacked by Vampires and Adele is the Target. The Vampires want her and nothing is going to get in their way. When her shipped is attacked she is rescued by The Greyfriar, who to her was just a myth. Now on the run with a man she knows nothing about and had no idea he even existed, Adele needs to find a way to warn her family and find her way home.

The relationship between Adele and The Greyfrair was just beautiful in every way. Who wouldn't fall in love with a mask man who is constantly putting himself in danger to protect you? I loved everything about Adele and The Greyfrair and thought they were very believable. Once Adele finds out who the Greyfrair really is, at first she feels anger and betrayed, but then the more time she spend with him she realizes he is just a broken soul who wants to find a place to belong. She fall's deeply in love with him. Did I forget to mention that she is set to marry someone else once she returns home? Forbidden love is the best!

I actually read Vampire Empire a couple of weeks ago and wanted to put my copy up for grab, but I don't think I am ready to part with it. I absolutely love this book and cannot wait for part two of the story. I was taken by surprise at how much I enjoyed it. I never heard of steam punk and I normally don't read books from the Sci/fi section. After this, I see I am missing out on some good books.

If you haven't read Vampire Empire, I recommend it. It has a beautiful love story that with very little words you feel every emotion the characters feel. It's written so well and it's so easy to picture scene by scene in your head. In my opinion, Vampire Empire is like Batman meets Beauty and The Beast. A MUST READ!

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Jul 18, 2012 Lynn rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, horror, romance, steampunk, paranormal, owned

Today’s post is on Vampire Empire- Book One: The Greyfriar by Clay and Susan Griffith. It is the first in the Vampire Empire trilogy. It is 308 pages long and is published by PYR. The cover has the two main characters looking cool and intense. The intended reader is someone who likes Steampunk, vampires, and action with a little romance. There is language, lots of violence but no sex. So 16 and up just to be safe. The story is told from various points of view of the main characters changing from
Today’s post is on Vampire Empire- Book One: The Greyfriar by Clay and Susan Griffith. It is the first in the Vampire Empire trilogy. It is 308 pages long and is published by PYR. The cover has the two main characters looking cool and intense. The intended reader is someone who likes Steampunk, vampires, and action with a little romance. There is language, lots of violence but no sex. So 16 and up just to be safe. The story is told from various points of view of the main characters changing from scene to scene. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once-great cities were shrouded by the gray empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat there. They brought technology and a feverish drive to reestablish their shattered societies of steam and iron amid the mosques of Alexandria, the torrid quietude of Panama, or the green temples of Malaya.
It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming.
Princess Adele is heir to the Empire Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. She is quick with her wit as well as with a sword or gun. She is eager for an adventure before she settles into a life of duty and political marriage to man she does not know. But her quest turns black she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan, Her only protector is the Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory. Their dangerous relationship plays out against an approaching war to the death between humankind and the vampire clans.
The Greyfriar is the first book in a trilogy of huge adventure and alternate history. Combining rousing pulp action with Steampunk style, the Vampire Empire brings epic political themes to life with a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.

Review- This is a fun book if you looking for a Steampunk vampire political book. I liked it. The setting was interesting, the characters were well drawn, and the action was good. The only thing that I wish was better was the dialog. It is not bad dialog but it was not groundbreaking. Still that is really my only complaint about the book. One strange that I liked about this book was that the chapters were not very long. I think that it is because I was reading a nonfiction book with 100+ page chapters so this was a wonderful relief from that. If you are into Steampunk then read this, if you looking at Steampunk and want to give it a try, try this. If you are neither of those then read of my other reviews and find something to read. I feel a little bad about one thing and that is how long this book was on my TBR shelf. I was given this book before it was released back in 2010. But I have read it now and I will be reading the others in this series.

I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I was given this book as an ARC from DragonCon years ago.
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