Book Review: Claimed (Dark Protectors #2) by Rebecca Zanetti - A Must Read

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance Series
Publisher: Entangled: Teen (August 27, 2013)
Publication Date: August 27, 2013
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A Daring Rescue Emma Paulsen is a geneticist driven by science. But she's also a psychic, so when a dark, good-hearted vampire frees her from the clutches of the evil Kurjans, she realizes he must be the man who's been haunting her dreams. But with a virus threatening vampires' mates, Emma may discover a whole new meaning of "lovesick".

A Deadly Decision As King of the Realm, Dage Kayrs has learned to practice diplomacy. Still, it's taken three hundred years to find his mate, so he'll stop at nothing to protect her—even if it means turning his back on his own kind...

Overall Impression of the Book

Claimed is the second book in the Dark Protector series. Claimed focuses on Emma Paulsen and Dage Kayrs. I LOVE ME SOME DAGE!! Emma was an okay heroine but she worked my nerves at time. This group of males are primitive alpha males and you get a sense of the era they are from. They protect their mates, or potential mates at all costs. Again I love the world that Zanetti has created. Again I am more interested about the world building then the characters at times. I firmly believe this series should be read in order so the reader can get a better since of the world and the characters. The love connections are pretty fast but hey…it is a romance novel. If you love Immortals After Dark or the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, these book are for you. One thing that is different about this series is that there are significant time jumps between the books. I am sure the purpose of the time jumps are to have the final

Characters

Emma – is a very headstrong heroine. I like how she made Dage work for her affection, but she was a little over the top and unreasonable at times and that really irritated me. She is a feminist, and the whole mating and marking thing drives Emma crazy. I have to disagree; I would love to be marked by Dage Kayrs…lol. Emma and her sister Cara are like night and day but so are Dage and Talen for that matter.

Dage – Is the King of the Realm. He has the weight of th world on his sholder. Unlike his brother Talen, Dage has known who his mate would be for over a 100 years. Both Dage and Emma dramt about on another, but had know idea they either one actually existed. Dage is a little more refined

Plot & Writing: Love the plot of these books. So the Kayrs brother are basically the royal family, but they act more like soldiers then royalty. They have a enemy called the Kurjans. These two factions have been at peace for hundreds of years until both factions find out about Janie, who is a little girl with special abilities. Cara also has special abilities and these qualities are needed in the mate of both the vampires and the Kurjans. So the war is between these two factions is back on, and all the other factions in the realm (witches, shifters, deamons, werewolves) will have to pick a side. The world that Zanetti has built is both fresh (for a paranormal romance) and interesting.

This series is a must read!!