#first hunter

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Hmmm....I think I'm going to with Meara for this one, cuz I often wonder what it would have been like trying to parent her 😂

The first thief sighed, picking his way across the barren island. It was the tracker's turn to choose a meeting spot and, as usual, she had chosen the most desolate, gods-forsaken, wind-blasted, middle-of-nowhere, piece-of-shit... The thief spent some time trying to come up with some more, or at least better, descriptors for the barren rock of an island upon which he found himself but decided it was too cold. He didn't know it could get this cold in the undying islands, with a biting, freezing, driving...

He was so focused on trying to come up with some more descriptors for the wind that he full on tripped over one of the ropes holding down the tent he was heading for, though he would later deny this.

The priest was there, sitting serenely (though the thief hadn't ever known them to look anything else in their long history), dressed in hardwearing travel gear. Tracker was also there, though the thief spent a lot less time looking at her (for reasons that remain unacknowledged by them all for now).

First Hunter

by Karpov Kinrade

Vampire Girl #5

High Fantasy | Comedy | Paranormal

I've had a terrible day, let me tell you. First, I ran into Elias Vane Spero, High Prince of Hell. Maybe you've heard of him? Vampire. Powerful. Dangerous. Number one on the most wanted list. My mark. At least he was... Until an even greater foe showed up. A monster from legends who turns the earth to ice and fire to frost. The White Rider. He's after Elias. He needs his blood for reasons I'm only beginning to fathom.

Bottom line is, I need to stop him. As First Hunter, it's my job. Of course, that would go a lot easier if my fellow hunters hadn't just thrown me into a dungeon. They think I stole the Moonlight Sword, a powerful artifact. I didn't. Someone's trying to frame me. Someone wants me to fail. I'll need to go to hell and back to prove them wrong. Fight a powerful witch along the way. Uncover the identity of whoever keeps messing with me. Oh, and team up with Elias. The most dangerous vampire in the world.

No biggie, right?

So... How's your day been?

Goodreads

It all started in Vampire Girl with Arianna Spero, now the story continues with Iris in  First Hunter.

I didn't know what to expect with First Hunter, I mean yeah it's the fifth book in the Vampire Girl series but this time we follow different characters and when I started reading this book I got quite a surprise. The writing style is totally different than the Ari vampire books, while the first four Vampire Girl books were serious paranormal romance the husband/wife writing duo know was Karpov Kinrade took Iris' book in a different direction.

First Iris is the main character and the story is told from her point of view but she also directly talks to the reader (in this case me, in your case you) of the book which isn't something that I have encountered too much but I loved it in this book. Second, while Iris is the main storyteller we do hear from Elias Vane Spero and third this book is based on the funny and not so much the romance.

While First Hunter was still a paranormal fantasy with bits of mystery, danger and a little romance it was also funny. I admit that at times I'm corny, I like to laugh and I am a pretty easy reader, meaning I pretty much like anything if it's in my genre, so I might not be the best to judge this but I was laughing most of this book. I don't mean here or there I mean pretty much every page or every other page I was laughing, I had a smile on my face for this entire book. Between Iris' and Elias' personalities, Iris' commentary to the reader and her the lines she pulled off, I don't think I have ever enjoyed a book this way. It was a quick fun read that has everything I could want in a fantasy but there was this element that I couldn't describe but it had me thoroughly enjoying the story.

It's pretty safe to t say that I loved First Hunter with all it's danger, action, mystery, revelations and plot twists, I mean how could I not. Plus the epic back story, I mean yeah I read the Vampire Girl books before this but there were missing pieces of information, the backstory wasn't really completed and now with First Hunter, all the juicy details are coming to light. Things have only just begun, there are at least two other books in the series and a novella and I can't wait to read more. I have so many questions and while I do want them answered, the truth is I am dying for the dialogue, here is to hoping I laugh as much as I did in First Hunter as I do in the next book, Unseen Lord.

Pros of dating Julien

He's very sweet and loving. If he cares about someone, he goes out of his way to show it and is super open about it.

He doesn't believe in dancing around things and is good with conflict, so if there's a problem he will confront it and do it well.

Cons of dating Julien

His family is overbearing and he's bad at putting distance between them and him or telling them to back off. You'd have to deal with that a lot. They have a lot of opinions and try to interfere with his life a lot.

The Herald of Andraste thing is... a lot. And it takes a certain type of person to think they are literally the Herald of Andraste lmao.

Pros of dating Thea

No one in the universe would give you flowers on a more regular basis. They literally grow out of her hair and she can and WILL conjure them at all times.

Exceedingly positive. Sees the bright side, even in the darkest times, and can help others do the same.

She's literally a demigod and how cool is that? Also you get to watch her turn into a giant tree sometimes and go all Ent At Isengard on bad guys

Cons of dating Thea

Literally a demigod and a hero. Kind of a pain to deal with also. She has a lot of enemies and a lot of priorities that will have to come before you, given that she is kinda trying to stop the end of the world from happening.

Her mom is a tree and that's kind of unrelatable. Is constantly talking to her staff that is made out of a branch of her mom tree when she misses home and nobody is quite sure of whether or not it can tall back or not.

So, let me just say that fighting the first hunter was a beautiful masterpiece. I had so many emotions from the burning house and the flowers to the wonderful soundtrack.

But I wish we knew more about Gehrman. Like imagine if the player got to experience more of who he was and just more lore into the character. What sacrfice he was making. It would make that scene even more depressing than it already is.