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A Blood Seduction (Vamp City, #1)
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Well, it was dark and gritty, that's for sure. The vampires are not nice people at all, they are unapologetic for it, too. The hero is an anti-hero and he's one of the best of the bunch. He's redeemable but it's too little, too late in general.
The heroine is just too stupid to live and I never really cared if she made it through or not. She started out falling into his arms and I didn't understand why and that only got worse, and every time she did I liked her less. At the end she kind of came into herself a bit but by then didn't really have a chance to develop her skills and the way the ending was written I suppose the next book will be her opportunity for that, perhaps primarily in the "real" world instead of the Vamp City world.
The end isn't a cliff hanger but it was a set up for a longer arc, and the book arc was satisfactorily closed although it was on a reveal that just continued an established trend about the anti-hero and confirmed my already firmly established opinion of him. I might read the next installment but I'll be reading in the hopes of seeing everyone finally get their comeuppance, not because I like anyone enough to wish them a happy ending or am rooting for them.
3 to 3.5, mostly for the macabre world building.
The heroine is just too stupid to live and I never really cared if she made it through or not. She started out falling into his arms and I didn't understand why and that only got worse, and every time she did I liked her less. At the end she kind of came into herself a bit but by then didn't really have a chance to develop her skills and the way the ending was written I suppose the next book will be her opportunity for that, perhaps primarily in the "real" world instead of the Vamp City world.
The end isn't a cliff hanger but it was a set up for a longer arc, and the book arc was satisfactorily closed although it was on a reveal that just continued an established trend about the anti-hero and confirmed my already firmly established opinion of him. I might read the next installment but I'll be reading in the hopes of seeing everyone finally get their comeuppance, not because I like anyone enough to wish them a happy ending or am rooting for them.
3 to 3.5, mostly for the macabre world building.
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Reading Progress
June 27, 2012
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Started Reading
June 27, 2012
– Shelved
June 27, 2012
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urban-fantasy
June 27, 2012
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horror
June 29, 2012
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50.0%
"The heroine is definitely too stupid to live, and the anti-hero has nothing worth hoping for redemption. The world is dark and gritty but everyone in it deserves to die. There is nobody here worth saving."
June 29, 2012
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tstl
June 29, 2012
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Finished Reading
June 30, 2012
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pnr
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I was just writing the brief review as you were commenting. It's dark, and there are things about it that were quite good. But there are things about it that can only be called insipid, too. I kept hoping that the reason for the insipid would be revealed and it would turn out to be a plot device and not just a plot hole. Maybe in the longer run.
I don't understand how the love-interest can be a vampire if they're emotionless creatures but it's a minor concern since I havent read it yet.
I'm having a Harlequin marathon (because I only have few hours between work and house chores and bear to bookmark a book) so I can't stand TSTL heroines right now. Maybe when the Feral series is finished i'll get back to this.
The interaction between the hero and the heroine reads more like a romance novel and it doesn't make sense. She gets attacked repeatedly and is tied to a bed spread eagle and tormented, is coming to grips with the existence of vampires after having been attacked by two of them and her brother being abducted, has just learned there is an alternate reality city full of said vampires she is a prisoner in and is now considered a slave, and she's falling into the arms of her captor while still being tied to the bed in the first 35 pages. It only gets worse as he plays with her like a cat plays with its food for the rest of the book and she continues to run back to him like he's the second coming of Christ.
Yeah, she's tstl.
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People who are a fan of the tormented hero who is trying to be better than his genetics will probably resonate to this.
I'm not that forgiving and tend to hold a grudge much longer than the average romance reader.
For example, I think Bill in the Sookie Stackhouse series is a game playing, conniving, two-faced rapist; not a poor tormented soul who was just doing what he was ordered and who has done his best to redeem himself. I usually equate the women who are hard core Bill lovers with the sort you'd likely find in a battered women's shelter still holding on to the notion that "love will conquer all" right into their grave. I don't think it's romantic, I think it's stupid and it makes for poor fiction.
So, your mileage may vary.
I'm not much a fan of tormented heroes either esp. when I have to spend pages inside their minds but I do prefer strong male leads who leads to a no backbone follower.
Well, the male lead here is an anti-hero. He's better than most of the others of his ilk but it's not saying much.
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