[books] Dorina Basarab - Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance

My Christmas read this year turned out to be Karen Chance's Dorina Basarab Chronicles. Dorina, Dory to her friends, is the half vampire half human daughter of Mircea (yes, it's a spin-off Cassandra Parker series for those who read it.) And if you're not weirded out by the fact that the main romance lead in one book is the father of the other, Dorina Basarab will get you past the fact that the next Karen Chance book is off in the middle of 2009. Dorina is a bit rougher than Cassandra, and I keep wondering when the two leads will meet even if Dorina doesn't want to do anything much for her father, but that's for another book. This book is mostly about learning about the Basarab family ties, including Uncle Vlad the impaler and the bookish Radu and the only vampire, because in this book, Mircea pits Dorina against Vlad who, if I'm not mistaken, is actually alive due to the changes in time dealt by the Priya. There is also a subplot involving the Fey because, yes, every Urban Fantasy female lead needs a love triangle or, at least, another dominant male to shake up the attraction between Dorina and the leading contender. I like the tension present between Louis-Cesare and Dorina, in fact, I like the way the deal with each other. I am looking forward to the next book in this series and am happy that one of the other leads in the Cassandra Parker series was given a history other than what Cassandra knows. I really like the characters and am picking up the next book, but then, this is another Cassandra Parker book anyway