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Title | Oxford Blood
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Author | Georgina Derwent
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Publisher | CreateSpace - 2012
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First Printing | CreateSpace - 2012
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Title | Screaming Spires
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Author | Georgina Derwent
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Title | Ivory Terrors
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Author | Georgina Derwent
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Category | Paranormal Romance
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Harriet French
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Main Elements | Vampires
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Website | georgianaderwent.com
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 Oxford Blood
A Tale of the Posh, the Privileged and the Paranormal...
The Cavaliers are the most elite society at Oxford University - rich, powerful, and beautiful. No one realises that they are no ordinary students, but a group of aristocratic vampires from the English Civil War. For four hundred years they have groomed the most promising students to run the government, police, and finance in the way the vampires wish, granting them eternal life in return for absolute obedience.
When Harriet French arrives at Oxford University from her working class northern state school, she’s prepared for a culture shock, but not to become embroiled in the Cavaliers’ scheming and bloodlust. Harriet thought she'd be busy enough juggling her demanding tutor, new friends, and the murky world of student politics. But now, she must find the rebel vampire who is killing off the members, stop the Cavaliers from orchestrating a massacre of the year’s most beautiful and successful students, and defy the Society to be with the man of her dreams.
Oxford Blood is a British, adult, paranormal romance. It's a tale with vampires that aren't afraid to kill and a heroine who's not afraid of sex or her own ambition.
I read this actually a couple years ago, didn't realize I hadn't written a review for it! So already the details are kind of fuzzy, it wasn't anything so spectacular that one would remember it clearly. I know I was happy to grab a free copy of it when it was briefly available for download.
What drew me to it was the mix of vampires and university (yay, not high school!) but I recall being not all that impressed with it. It was ok, and great for a free download, and interesting enough that I would read the rest of the series...if I could get them for free, or at least very cheap.
So this isn't a very fair review given my hazy recollections (though I'm not about to reread it right now as a refresher), the blurb above has jogged my memory, and I recall the mystery aspect of it being entertaining enough. I didn't much care for Harriet herself, but some of her suitors were intriguing. Her family connection kind of threw me though. Basically if you're a vampire fan you will certainly get some enjoyment from it, the concept was quite promising, and will be interesting to continue with the series to see more of how the vampire society functions.
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