The Vampire Queen Saga Books 13 The Vampire Queen Saga Boxset eBook William Stacey
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Game of Thrones meets Dracula.
In the medieval kingdom of Conarck, a long-buried secret is about to reignite a war.
Bound in service to the noble Dain family, young warrior Owen seeks freedom and adventure. When a deathbed confession reveals the secret location of a long-lost weapon of great power, Owen accompanies a military expedition to the haunted ruins of the long-dead vampire queen Serina, who fifty years earlier almost destroyed the kingdom in her bloody rebellion.
But a traitor travels with the party, one who knows another secret—Serina isn’t dead, merely trapped.
And he’s going to set her free!
Featuring epic battles, relentless action, and sexy adult content, you will love this unforgettable dark fantasy trilogy because it will keep you riveted with excitement, breathless to see what happens next.
Author William Stacey is a former career army officer and author of The Dark Elf War series, the Blood and Honor series, and Black Monastery, a 2014 Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist.
Buy the complete boxed set today and find out for yourself why readers are raving about this smart, sexy, and bloody violent saga.
Warning Contains mature content and graphic violence—not even a tiny bit appropriate for children.
The Vampire Queen Saga Books 13 The Vampire Queen Saga Boxset eBook William Stacey
William Stacey clearly has talent, but the story eventually collapses under the weight of flat characters and an endless and improbable series of cliffhangers and narrow escapes.The cartoonishly evil main villain, the titular Vampire Queen, posseses godlike superpowers and is seemingly able to destroy entire armies literally with her bare hands. But instead of actually using these powers, she sends out her bumbling, moronic minions, who promptly fumble the plan and allow the heroes to escape. Those heroes themselves aren't much better, blandly virtuous and one-dimensional, stumbling blindly from one near disaster to the next.
The repetitive nature of the cliffhanger-based plot advancement robbed the story of any tension and the characters of any agency. I eventually stopped caring whether any of them lived or died. At the end, I could spend no more than 5-10 minutes at a time reading the book. I did finish, so it's not totally without value, but there are many better stories out there.
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The Vampire Queen Saga Books 13 The Vampire Queen Saga Boxset eBook William Stacey Reviews
I got The Vampire Queen Saga because it looked like it had everything I liked. Adventure. Magic. Vampires. It had all that plus. The characters have depth. The good guys & the evil. There were unexpected twist & turns that had me staying up nights. I appreciated having all 3 books. It beats having to wait forever for the next installment.
I picked this book because suggested it for me and it looked interesting. I am very glad that I did! Exciting story line and strong characters for you to root for (and against). Having all three books together was great!
This was a page turner. I breezed thru all 3 books in 3 days. Lost a lot of sleep, but I really enjoyed it. Story was compelling even tho it seemed to be a standard quest for such and such object to stop so and so bad guy. The plot development was familiar but took some turns I wasn't expecting. I also loved that there were so many strong, interesting, well developed female characters and they didn't fight over a man and even the "helpless" wasn't helpless. This is one that I need to get a physical copy to display on my bookshelf.
William has the ability to draw you into his story and immerse you to the point that you totally forget about everything else. I loved the first two books in this trilogy and the final book did not disappoint. The Mouth of the Gods has great characters who grow and evolve. Almost non-stop action with just enough breaks to let you catch your breath.
The Vampire Queen Saga is a great read and excellent deal. I would highly recommend it. It is the story of Lady Danika and her family, Owen a common soldier, and Fioni the feisty pirate. Fioni was definitely my favorite character, but Danika did grow and improve to become a very good heroine. Serena the Vampire Queen was all you could ask for in a real vampire. I hate sparkly vampires, the undead should be evil and she was! Stacey keeps the action going and thr fight scenes are very believable. I hated to put it down. I am glad I had the whole set and didn’t have to wait for the final book. I will be watching for more books from William Stacey.
I don't read a lot of high fantasy these days, but this one caught my eye, and I'm glad I did. I finished all three books in two days.
One thing I particularly appreciated was that the eponymous vampire queen was a MONSTER. No sparkly, angsty, or noble vampires here, fighting their blood lust or protecting humanity from bad vampires. She's a necromancer who worships the world's equivalent of Satan, and basically has no redeeming characteristics at all. Even her physical beauty is usually marred by her being covered in rotting blood.
The hero is fairly genre standard A farm boy drafted into the local guard and who becomes an excellent swordsman, and thus gets dragged off on a quest by his young duke and his elder sister to redeem their family honor. OTOH, I appreciate the tropes that didn't show. No elves, dwarves, halflings, or wizards need apply.
The story is self-contained, but the world leaves plenty of room for a sequel.
I really tried to like this work, but the author's addiction to cliffhangers just finally disgusted me. I closed the book one last time and threw it in the trash. I added Stacey's name to my list of authors to avoid.
The work starts too slowly with one meticulous description after another, one meaningless character introduction after another and pointless incident after pointless incident. You can only excuse this as world building so many times. But, just as I was about to abandon the mess, the action takes off like a shot. It was great. I was cheering. I was happy I had toughed it out and slogged through the first act. Then, like a slow train wreck it crashed.
The multiple, third person, point of view mechanism can work in the hands of a skilled author. Stacey hasn't arrived there. Cliffhangers, used judiciously, can heighten the tension wonderfully and keep a reader up all night, glued to the pages. With Stacey, I found myself shutting the book and walking away in increasingly more brief intervals. That saddened me. I really wanted to like this work, but the authors need to punish the reader just ruined it. I finally concluded Stacey neither likes nor respects readers. He brutalizes them.
It's a shame, because the author clearly has talent. He uses language well. He can create a stimulating, visualization of his thoughts. His characters are engaging and have depth. And, when he does move forward, he can command action. Unfortunately, at least in his writing, he's a bully. He just can't seem to resist the addiction. By the middle of the second book, I felt my time was being wasted and I no longer cared about the characters.
William Stacey clearly has talent, but the story eventually collapses under the weight of flat characters and an endless and improbable series of cliffhangers and narrow escapes.
The cartoonishly evil main villain, the titular Vampire Queen, posseses godlike superpowers and is seemingly able to destroy entire armies literally with her bare hands. But instead of actually using these powers, she sends out her bumbling, moronic minions, who promptly fumble the plan and allow the heroes to escape. Those heroes themselves aren't much better, blandly virtuous and one-dimensional, stumbling blindly from one near disaster to the next.
The repetitive nature of the cliffhanger-based plot advancement robbed the story of any tension and the characters of any agency. I eventually stopped caring whether any of them lived or died. At the end, I could spend no more than 5-10 minutes at a time reading the book. I did finish, so it's not totally without value, but there are many better stories out there.
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