Reviewed by Dan

 TITLE:         They Come By Night

AUTHOR:     Tinnean

PUBLISHER:  Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH:     340 Pages

BLURB:

Imagine an Earth just a bit different from ours. It may be 2014, but in this world, normals unknowingly share the planet with vampyrs. Most vampyrs rely on bagged blood, supplemented by the blood of sabors—valued individuals whose blood contains an element needed for the survival of the species.

Tyrell Small has always felt different. He doesn’t know he is a sabor, but he has the birthmark to prove it. When his father reveals that he’ll be required to feed vampyrs, Ty decides to run away. Slipping out of his bedroom window, he finds the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen sitting on his roof. Adam Dasani is a vampyr, equerry to the vampyr king, who has given Adam the task of guarding Ty. The blood of the two most powerful saborese families in the shared history of vampyrs and sabors runs through Ty’s veins. And some vampyrs intend to use him to gain power, something Adam isn’t about to allow. Adam insists that Ty can’t escape his destiny, but they both find that destiny can take unexpected turns… and following those turns may put those Ty loves—including Adam—in danger.

REVIEW:

Do I know how to pick them, or do I know how to pick them. Another fantastic book to add to my favorite books list. Tinnean has delivered a very well thought out book, which makes the world just a little different than we think it is. The blurb says to imagine an Earth just a bit different from ours. I didn’t do that, I chose to think of here and now. The “normals” in the book don’t know about the vampyrs so it could easily be here and now that this book is taking place.

The story revolves around the vampyrs, and special families of humans, known as the saborese. Certain children of the saborese are born with a special birth mark and are known as sabors. The blood of the sabors is coveted by the vampyrs and sabors are treasured. Vampyrs live on bagged blood, rather than hunting “normals”.   The only exception to bagged blood for most of the vampyrs is the hope of sampling the blood of the sabors.

Tyrell Small is the fifth child born to his parents. The first four were all born saborese, but Tyrell is born not only with the birthmark, but also with a caul. The first sabor ever born with a caul in vampyr/saborese history. No one knows what it means. We quickly learn that Tyrell is the child of two saborese families, his father’s family, the Lupescu family changed their name to Small when they immigrated to the US. His mother’s family, the Dragomir family changed their name to Crist when they fled Romania, also settling in the US. There is a vast difference between the two families. The Lupescu/Small family embraces the saborese/vampyr relationship, the Dragomir/Crist family have been fighting it for generations.

When Tyrell is born, his mother flees from the “monster” that she sees him as, taking his brothers and sisters and disappearing with her extended family. Tyrell is left with his father, who raises him and eventually breaks the news that he is a sabor, along with all that that entails. When he tries to run away after hearing the news, he crawls out on the roof to find Adam Dasani waiting for him. Adam is a vampyr, the vampyr that has been watching over Ty since he was born.

It wouldn’t be a vampyr story if there wasn’t also a bad vampyr.  In this book that bad vampyr is a “made” vampyr instead of a “born” vampyr.  The guy thinks he should be the Rege (King) of the Vampyrs because he was a Duke in Spain before he became a vampyr.  He has created some of his own vampyrs who he mercilessly controls.   They are rogue vampyrs and think nothing of feeding on the “normals”.  What will happen when the Duke comes chasing Ty because he feels Ty is his “due” as the rightful king?  What will happen when the “normals” find a graveyard full of corpses from the rogues feeding?

I really enjoyed the way the story unfolded, and the characters.  One note, there really isn’t much sex in the book.  Part of being a sabor is the necessity to stay a virgin so that the blood stays pure. That was the only part of the story that I didn’t really like. Ty having to stay a virgin forever didn’t sit that well with me.  I would have liked at least a little hot vampyr/sabor sex thrown in along the way…but that is just my opinion.  That piece is the only thing which kept me from rating it a full 5.0 because otherwise the book is great.

I can’t wait to see where the author goes from here with the storyline. The author tells me that there will definitely be several books in the series, which I’m happy to hear. This is a great start to that new series. I look forward to the next book and I highly recommend this current book.   Consider picking it up today!

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