Red-Headed Stepchild

Red-Headed Stepchild (Sabina Kane #1)
by Jaye Wells

In a world where being of mixed-blood is a major liability, Sabina doesn’t really fit in. And being an assassin – the only profession fit for an outcast – doesn’t help matters. But she’s never brought her work home. Until now.

Her latest mission is uncomfortably complex, and threatens the fragile peace between the vampire and mage races. As Sabina scrambles to figure out which side she’s on, she uncovers a tangled political web, some nasty facts about her family and some unexpected new talents. Any of these things could be worryingly life-changing, but together, they could be fatal …

This time, it’s personal.

I love when I finish a book craving the next in the series. That’s how things go with Jaye Wells’ Red-Headed Stepchild.

Sabina is Half Vamp and Half Mage. This is a very exciting, well-written book with a fresh new outlook on vampires. The vampires are descended from Lilith's affair with Cain, so in addition to Lilith's blood thirst, all vampires also have inherited Cain's red hair (god marked Cain with red hair after he murdered Abel) and inability to go out in sunlight.

The book is full of action. Through the book Sabina learns that the things she thought were truth were all lies and she must decide what is true and who to trust.

This book goes into my favorite books list. This is a really good book as soon as I am done writing this review I am going to start reading book two... The Mage in Black.