![]() ![]() ![]() Showalter's surfeit of narrative threads-a witches' curse, interspecies romances (human-or is she?-Mary Ann/werewolf Riley and Aden/vampire princess Victoria), Mary Ann's horrifying realization that she is a Drainer of supernatural powers, Aden's continuing education about vampire culture, former vampire king Vlad's secret recovery and yet another potential war among witches, fairies and vampires-never quite weave together. Readers entranced by Aden and his Scooby Gang of friends will be eager to return to their world, but this follow-up is a plotting disappointment. At the end of Intertwined (2009), Aden Stone, who plays host to three dead-raising, future-predicting and body-snatching souls, was named king of the vampires and negotiated an uneasy truce among the many supernatural creatures-fairies, vampires, witches, werewolves and goblins-he and his resident souls attracted to Crossroads, Okla. ![]()
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