Katie MacAlister

As Francesca tries to save her mother, who is being held prisoner by Loki, she must also battle against a power-hungry group that wants to dominate both the immortal and mortal worlds and against her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend.

In the Company of Vampires

Briar's Reviews

In The Company of Vampires is a romantic tale told by Katie MacAlister.

I love Katie MacAlister - she's not your typical romance novelist. She writes about vampires, some of them from other times with very silly/interesting points of views, and her books are always hot and steamy. One summer, years ago, I binged as much of her and Gena Showalter as I could get my hands on (it helped that I didn't have a part time job at the time, so literally all of my time was allocated to Katie, Gena, Rachel Vincent, and a few other novelists).

Fran and Benedikt are the leads of this book - if you haven't picked up Katie MacAlister before, these two leads were going to be the main character in her Confessions of a Vampire's Girlfriend YA series that didn't go very far. I absolutely loved that little series, and was broken-hearted when I discovered it was not being continued. But then, Katie did what all the best novelists do, she brought them into the adult romance genre.

And OH MY GOODNESS did she deliver. This book was hot and steamy and everything I wanted it to be. She starts it off in a great manner - these characters haven't seen each other for a while (which makes sense since the YA was cancelled and we never knew what actually happened to them, since it was a sudden stop). The drama, romance and steamy sex scenes that follow will melt you.

This book is fast paced, and it's absolutely hilarious. Katie always adds a sense of humor into her books - so it's not a serious romance novel. When you have vampires, crazy unrealistic drama and the supernatural around, you might as well add in some humor! All of that together ties in for a perfectly good guilty pleasure read! I've picked up this specific book quite a few times, because it's my favourite out of all the Dark Ones series. And if you have read her previous books, yup, the vikings are back. Katie has a thing for vikings... You'll figure that out the more you read her novels.

Overall, I love this series. It's one of my giant guilty pleasures that I reread when I'm having a bad day. I definitely recommend this book if you want something easy to read, something funny, romantic or fast, or just want something that isn't your typical romance novel.

Five out of five stars.

Judy Hudgins

Katie MacAlister has a quirky sense of humor which translates well in her books. While the storyline is great, Fran being followed around by three Viking ghosts (which everyone can see and interact with) who have totally inappropriate topics of conversation is great. You get a good laugh while recuperating from some steamy love scenes.