The Vampire's Mail Order Bride (Nocturne Falls) Paperback – June 1, 2015

The tone is just right and that’s so important. Lighthearted, fun; exactly what I wanted, exactly what I needed! It gave me that tingly feeling of excitement. It’s immediately edge-of-my-seat good. Wow, this was so good! Dual POV, which works well. I liked Delaney’s POV the best, but Hugh’s POV did add another layer, plus he made me laugh! Oh my goodness, Hugh was so funny in his unwillingness to find a mate. Stanhill, Hugh’s rook, was such a cool character. It’s just SO fun! A lot of books claim to be hilarious and then only generate a smile or two, but this was truly so so so funny, I actually laughed out loud. A lot! To actually make people LOL is a gift. This book made me so enthusiastic that I immediately put all this author’s books on my wish list. I’m on a budget, so I’ll have to get book by book, but it’ll be worth it! Lighthearted and fun, but also multi-layered and well-written. I felt their chemistry, I felt it all. Go read this now!

The Vampire’s Mail Order Bride was a fun, quick, and quirky read. It’s a light and fluffy PNR that mixes a little romance and humor. I loved the humor, the set up for the plot, world, and characters.I was looking for something light-hearted and funny to read. I have to say this fit the bill.I enjoyed all the characters and the town was just as fun, with it being Halloween all the time. Nocturnal Falls is a town where supernaturals hide in plain sight. With so many different supernaturals living in one place, things are bound to get interesting. Delaney was a fun character. Her life takes a turn when she saw something she shouldn’t and ends up in a most unlike place. I liked that she spouts chocolate facts when she gets nervous. Hugh was also a fun character. He humors his grandmother, but ends up falling for the women who shows up on his door steep.What I Didn’t LikeI felt that Delaney and Hugh jumped into bed a little to fast. (Sex happens behind closed doors)I wasn’t found of Hugh’s x-girlfriend Piper. That women was a B***H and the author kinda portrayed her as a future alcoholic.The Vampire’s Mail Order Bride is a fun read, a sweet romance, and with plenty of fun characters to keep you entertained. The author had me laughing a lot. I most defiantly plan on pick up others in this series.Rated: 4 Stars

This is the one that started me reading this series then others from Kristen Painter. It has detailed characters and environments. The story is fun and makes you want to read more about the characters in the town.

I don't usually pick up vampire stories, but this one lived up to the by line: "light, funny paranormal romance " And I'm very glad to see that there are many more stories about the town that celebrates Halloween every day of the year!

prosDelaney is a sympathetic MC, the author had fun with the town of Nocturne and clearly has more stories prepped, except for the romance, the book was decent.ConsThat romance was the worst thing about it, as it was yet another insta-love match.... and I'm still trying to figure out what to do with them, since so many authors use those as crutches. I decided that maybe all I can do is call these stories fairy tales, since that's the only genre in which relationships begin in seconds, are so powerful they instantly rewrite the histories and futures of the people involved, and go from first encounter to wholly consummated in only a few days or weeks (sometimes even less).I think it's all a cheat, myself, a bit of writer's laziness imposed on the reader because the author needs the romance to get to a certain point by X time in the book, or else the two MCs won't be an official couple by the ending. My question is why does the author thinks we readers have to have the relationship tied up in a big fashionable bow with some socially-approved title stuck on it?SPOILER -- though anyone reading this type of book probably already knows this is a likely pattern for its plot:In this book, the MCs meet and are instantly attracted (okay, that does happen). But then it only takes them a day or two to decide to be a couple after tossing out the window their (very reasonable) fears and concerns about the other person and what each of them wants. Completely changing both their lives happens in less than a week and all of it with almost no getting-to-know-you conversations.ARGGGHH!!!These two haven't got a clue who the other person actually is. They like what they've seen of one another so far, but that's not much to base an eternity on, is it? I don't think so.I also think books like this should come with warnings that they have nothing to do with reality or the way actual human beings build sustainable relationships with other people. I feel that authors who use this cheating ploy are doing their readers a disservice, as there are already enough Disney princess stories and bowdlerized fairytales about.Why not give up the artificially compressed time frame and cotton-candy romance and just write something real that might actually offer people help in recognizing the seeds of love (which is all any of us start out with) and in building their ability to grow and sustain that love? Something that actually nourishes people's skill in loving for one another?Okay, that's my rant over...It was a decent book for this type of story, I'm just finding that I don't particularly like candy-coated chocolate truffles covered in sprinkles, dowsed in caramel and served with a mound of marshmallow fluff. If that's what works for you, though, this may not be a bad choice.