Review: Consumed (Deep in Your Veins, #4) by Suzanne Wright (Goodreads Author)

Consumed by Suzanne Wright
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Consumed is the 4th book in Suzanne Wright’s Deep In Your Veins Series about a community of vampires living on a secret island somewhere in the Caribbean, known as The Hollow.

Led by The Grand High Pair, Jared Michaels and his mate, Sam Parker, the group is dedicated to protect any of their kind from their enemies.

This was a fun and utterly fabulous read. I am totally crazy about the characters in the world that the author has created. They are so refreshing from the usual dark and serious vampires we read about. Funny, quirky and relatable and somehow real jumping off the pages!!!

This story focuses on Salem McCauley and Ava Sanchez, both members of the fighter squads, which are trained by Sam and Jared. These were such cute and endearing characters.

Ava – a shot-in-the-arm of happy and cuteness!!! Bubbly …..Incredibly endearing!

“Relationships never worked well for me. Guys liked me well enough until they realized just how quirky I really was. The cheeriness, the humming, the giggling, the optimism, and the ‘being a morning person’ thing – or ‘dusk person’, in my case – would begin to wear on them.

This was what she believed of herself….but me….I would love to have someone like her as a friend!! She has the upbeatness about her that radiates to everyone around her….and she loves Hello Kitty….how could I not fall in love with her, never mind Salem!!!!

She would brighten up anyone’s day!!! Okay, she’s sweet and cheery…but she’s also kick-ass and snarky and smart and takes no shit from anyone…

So, this is the reason she wants nothing to do with Salem, despite being deeply attracted to him. He has decided that the time has come for him to claim Ava, the first woman that he has felt such an attraction for in a very long time.

But Ava is not convinced about Salem….he’s possessive and controlling and he’s going to do what every other man has done to her. He wants her. She tells him she’s only into casual flings…he persists..The chase is on…

A lot happens in this book. The main plot is about the discovery that someone thought to be a vampire is setting up brothels and kidnapping vampires and demons to use as sex slaves. Sam and Jared work on a plan together with their squads to rescuing the sex prisoners and destroying the brothels and the persons responsible.

Characters from previous books make an appearance and we also meet new characters…Salem’s Sire, Will – a totally repulsive and horrible character, his mate, a total idiotic bimbetto and Will’s daughter, Gina – a bitch beyond description. Manipulative, ghastly and determined to cause problems between Ava and Salem. Priceless how Ava handled that bitch….

The camaraderie and closeness between Ava and her fellow squad members was pretty awesome…and the entertaining scenes of Sam training her squad of fighters!!!!

And Ava moving in with Salem….he’s never going to be the same again…..did he actually agree she could move all her own stuff to his and now their pad???? Yes, you did!!!!Don’t worry, she’s going to brighten up your life…I promise!!!

Another thing that makes this series such a fun and enjoyable read, is the author’s writing. Being an English author, the prose is witty, humorous and filled with a load of laugh out loud moments. It’s light and upbeat and certainly lifts you up into a cloud of delight.

I am so looking forward to the next book!!!

One of the many favorite quotes:

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