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Series: Royal Blood Chronicles #1
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Title:Katrina, the Beginning (Royal Blood Chronicles #1)
Author:Elizabeth Loraine
Book Format:Kindle Edition
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 143 pages
Published: (first published August 31st 2009)
Categories:Paranormal. Vampires. Fantasy. Young Adult. Romance. Paranormal Romance

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Katrina, the Beginning follows seventeen year old Katrina, a princess who also happens to be a vampire. She lives in a world full of beauty and refined taste. A world any girl would dream of. But soon that world is threatened by those who do not understand the vampires, a select group of humans known as the Volator who seek out vampire covens to destroy them. But Katrina soon realizes they are not the only threat.

The Council has called a meeting to discuss those who will venture into the New World called Americas, so they can begin building covens there. But just as the other kings arrive from the other royal clans someone attacks, hoping to kidnap the other four princesses and at the same time take down Katrina’s father before he can become the new High Regent. Katrina manages to save herself and help rescue the other girls. But just as all seems at peace again, a new threat emerges along with secrets Katrina was no where near prepared to hear.

I have a like/hate relationship with this book. I started off thoroughly enjoying this book. I was very interested to see what a royal vampire family would be like. I enjoyed the Renaissance romantic atmosphere behind the novel. The descriptions of the elegance and sophistication were vivid, you could truly feel as if you were apart of Katrina and her royal life. I also loved that at the beginning both Katrina and Quinn narrated the book.

Katrina is seventeen but wise for her age. She is strong and intelligent. She isn’t a total girly girl and doesn’t mind getting dirty. She can stand up for herself, voice her own opinions and fight her own battles. I really enjoyed that about her character as well as the other girls. They didn’t simply care about dresses and boys and wealth. They truly care about their families and defending their kingdoms to make sure peace remains.

I did get annoyed at a couple of things within the novel. The pacing is very zig-zag like. There’s action but the suspense built up is lacking. It’s either too quick or too dragged out. Like the fainting scene with Katrina, in the same sentence she faints then comes to like it never happened. There is either not enough time to really appreciate what’s going on and get invested or the scenes are written with too much useless description or dialogue. The dialogue is a bit harsh at times. It’s flow seems strained as if the author is trying too hard to make sure readers feel some kind of connection with her characters.

The scene where Katrina’s mother comes back into her life, it’s completely out of left field! Readers hadn’t heard anything about Katrina’s mother until she showed up. There was no build up leading up to her entrance and the new information that followed. She just simply shows up.

Katrina goes from being madly in love with Quinn to passing it up as “blood lust” then saying she’s in love with vampire Damien but continues her flirtation with Quinn. Um . . . What the hecks?! Readers barely have time to adapt to the romance between Katrina and Quinn, to read their love flourishing, when Katrina just throws him to the side and goes after Damien. Then Quinn is all okay with it and happy she’s with Damien and they can still be friends. I just didn’t buy it *frown*

Quinn just disappears for a huge chunk of the story and I much preferred him over Damien. I really like Quinn’s character and hated the fact that he was taken out so abruptly. He comes back into the story but out of no where and acting as if everything is fine. Again, that’s just unbelievable.

I skimmed and sometimes just skipped entire pages because the story was just dragging too much and making me bored. I tired very quickly of reading of the girls constant descriptions of clothes and the elaborate parities.

Katrina is probably one of the characters readers are truly able to connect to and Quinn from the beginning. The actions scenes were actually quite well written. There was plenty of action through Katrina, The Beginning. It was fun being able to see how Katrina sees and senses everything with her special gifts. I also enjoyed the scenes where all five girls connect their powers to enhance each other’s gifts.

Katrina, The Beginning was a very interesting read. Full of beauty and elegance along with powerful female characters young girls can look up to. There are some rough edges to the novel but a novel worth giving a chance nonetheless. I look forward to reading the next installment of the Royal Blood Chronicles, I just hope the dialogue and pacing of the novel are far better than the first.



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Ratings: 3.75 From 522 Users | 95 Reviews

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I enjoyed reading this book very much!It's an exciting story with alot of fun characters! The book had an ease to it that made it easy and fun to read and very hard to put down! I think it has something that everyone can enjoy.. adventure..action..passion.. mystery and intrique.. I can't wait to read more and see where the story and the characters take me next! ♡

It seems to be a trend. Unless it's an amazing book, the first in a series is just ok. It's almost like a really long prologue that finally gets good about 70% in.It's about vampires. A royal family of vampires so they have what seems an unlimited amount of wealth. They are all very good-looking, and each one has their own special talent; like premonitions, extra-keen sense of smell, communicating telepathically, ability to maneuver the elements like wind and fire....(any of this sounding

2.5 stars. Not for me

I have found this book interresting and would like to read more in this series.

KatrinabyElizabeth LoraineI am again fortunate enough to read and review a work by Elizabeth Loraine, and as with Phantom Lives- Collier, she did not disappoint me. And Katrina is the first in a series, so I am thrilled to death! As if that was not great already, this follows in the path of my favorite character, the vampire.Katrina is set in a different time period which is refreshing. In this era, Elizabeth has created a world with drama, action, romance and enough thrill to keep you turning

Katrina: The Beginning was in my opinion a good read. Not great, but fairly good. The plot was better than the actual writing. I found a few spelling/grammar errors that were a little disconcerting. The plot however was very good. A not quite 18 year old vampire named Katrina Von Dracek is learning about herself, her gifts, her family. Woven within the story are some interesting plot twists. Likeable characters and of course, the ever unlikeable characters, though we don't really see them as

Id like to thank Author Elizabeth Loraine for the wonderful GIFT of her novel Katrina, The Beginning (Royal Blood Chronicles)!! Ive been lucky enough lately to be able to finally get hold of some of the books that have been on my TBR or wish list through some amazing authors. KATRINA being one of them, now to follow is my fair and unbiased opinion after reading Katrina.Katrina is being told from the POV of a young seventeen year old royal vampire, of course her name is Katrina as the title of