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    Yesterday's Daughter
    Yesterday's Daughter
    Yesterday's Daughter
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    Yesterday's Daughter

    By Sallie Lundy-Frommer

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    Yesterday’s Daughter is an emotionally laden vampire romance novel woven with layers of betrayal, love and loss. Grace Stone, who later learns her true identity is Sapphira, is a loner who survives abuse in the foster care system after being abandoned as a child.
    A brilliant student, she escapes from her brutal foster parents as a teenager and creates a life for herself. But, her life is little more than existence; plagued with questions about what she really is, a family that she has never known and the never-ending need to keep her differences hidden. She is alone and lonely, believing it will always remain so until Malachi appears in her life.

    Malachi, a Guardian of the vampire communities, has searched for his life mate, Sapphira, for decades. He refuses to cease searching for Sapphira even though she is believed dead by all. Conflict arises over the decades between Malachi and his family because of his refusals to accept another mate. But his very soul drives him on to continue his search, knowing that he could not exist if Sapphira were not in the world, somewhere.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSallie Lundy-Frommer
    Release dateOct 2, 2011
    ISBN9781465865151
    Yesterday's Daughter
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    Sallie Lundy-Frommer

    Sallie Lundy-Frommer was born on a farm in the rural South to a family of migrant farm workers. At an early age, her family moved to the urban North-East. She now lives in the suburban North-East with her husband and a large assortment of plants. She holds bachelors and masters degrees in Human Resource Management and currently works in the health care industry.

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    • 4/5
      A very charming vampire novel! I loved the romance aspect between Grace and Malachi. The book was well balanced, with moments of bad-assness and touching moments of love. This book was written in 3rd person but Sallie balanced it with inner dialogue. I feel, though, if it were in 1st person that I would have connected with the characters more. I also liked the author's version of the Vampires and their world. I liked that she added her own paranormal race to this world. All-in-all I liked this book and recommend reading it.
    • 3/5
      Posted on Romancing the Book's blogReviewed by AprilReview Copy Provided by the AuthorI really and truly wanted to love this book. When I read the synopsis of Yesterday’s Daughter I was instantly intrigued, however I have to be honest in saying that, for me, the story fell short of my expectations. Grace is a young woman who has always felt different. She has a lingering doubt that she is anything like anyone else. For one, years ago, Grace made the discovery that the sun was a severe danger to her – deeply burning her skin. This led her to a life of working at night and sleeping during the day. Another odd thing? She craves blood and luckily she has pretty easy access to this substance since she works at the morgue in the hospital. Grace also no real friends, other than co-worker acquaintances; in addition, she is considered a bit of an ice queen and has turned down more than her fair share of dates. After living a solitary life and falling into a routine that suits her, Grace’s calm life takes a turn when a strange and incredibly handsome man suddenly shows up at her apartment. The man’s name? Malachi. Malachi claims that Grace (whose real name is Sapphira) is his life mate and to have known her parents. Surprisingly Grace is not completely thrown by this. She is a bit surprised, yes, but in the scheme of things is rather accepting, which was one of the issues for me with the story. If someone were to suddenly show up and claim that I had lived for centuries, was a rare breed of vampire and human mix and that there was a life waiting for me somewhere completely unknown to me, I would be much more unaccepting than Grace was. I realize that this is paranormal/fantasy/fiction, but it was a bit of a stretch for me. I did, however, enjoy the overall storyline of Yesterday’s Daughter and thought the writing was fairly smooth. There were some grammatical and mechanical errors, but they did not distract overly much from the flow of the story. There is a good amount of action and the story never really dulls out. Though I enjoyed both the characters of Grace and Malachi and could truly feel their love and the bond that they shared, I did not find myself overly connected to them. I did, however, wish them happiness as the story progressed. Sallie Lundy-Frommer does show a great talent for storytelling and her writing voice is enjoyable. Though I did not connect with Yesterday’s Daughter as I had hoped, I do look forward to reading more from this author in the future.
    • 3/5
      Immediately I am curious about Grace, who believes and acts as if she is a vampire. But, if it wasn’t for this strange fact becoming known right at the beginning, I am not sure if I would feel engaged in the story. I know that the beginning is the time to lay the foundation, but there is a lot of showing and not telling . I was slow to catch the rhythm of the voice of the writer. For me, at first, I was turned off by the amount of words it took to say something. But do not for one second be mistaken, this is a truly awesome book. For me, everything started picking up and falling into place at Chapter 6. At this point it is so much easier to get lost in the story. Though, I have to say that there are moments when the flow is interrupted by the overuse or repetition of certain words. Yes, this is nitpicky things to mention, but I am only mentioning these minor flaws in the hopes that it helps. I want another book by Sallie Lundy-Frommer. She is very talented, and overall this story is amazing. So on to the things I liked about this story. I really liked the original idea behind it, this was a fresh take on an old idea of vampires and vampire hunters. Some would complain about the overexplaining (maybe) but in truth it really is necessary. It is the only way to make Grace and Malachi’s love special and believable instead of quick and unfitting. There is a lot that would be missed without the knowledge gained throughout the book. At the beginning it seems a slow and unbearable pace, but the characters move you to keep going. Grace is weird. I mean, who really believes and acts as if they are a vampire without proof? But she is also a strong and great female lead. There is something about her that doesn’t become clear until Malachi comes into the picture. She has the strength to be the deadliest creature but what you see is a gentleness that is the perfect balance for Malachi. Malachi is every woman’s dream; he is strong, masculine and protective as well as sensitive and intimate. Though it is their destiny to be together, and all evidence points to Grace being dead, Malachi holds onto an unexplained hope. He doesn’t sit around waiting for Grace to come back into his life, he goes looking for her. Time did nothing to change their fate, except perhaps make them stronger for it. There are so many things that I could say about the actual story, but in truth I wasn’t completely prepared for the ending. I mean some of it I could see coming. Some of it I couldn’t and that made the story so much better for me. The ending left me wanting more of Malachi and Grace’s story because I know that there is so much yet to be discovered and I am certain that there are more obstacles to be tackled.

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