Ace Books -- pb
New York -- ©2001 -- 292pp
ISBN: 0-441-00853-4
Vampires have recently been accepted as members of society and a small Louisiana town gets their first vampire citizen, who happens to have affectionate intentions toward an unusual local waitress.
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I've been fascinated by vampire literature long before it was popular chick-lit. For those old enough to remember, it was once popular for young boys (who remembers Vampirella?).
I picked this up because I've enjoyed the TRUE BLOOD series and I wanted to read the 'original.' I was sadly disappointed. I found this book to be dull and boring ... not nearly as exciting as the tv series.
I could picture each episode of season one as I read through this, and of course I could only imagine the actors in the roles, rather than creating new impressions of the characters. This part of it was somewhat fun ... especially seeing how they created the entire first season out of the one book.
But as a book alone ... I guess it's just the 'romance' aspect of it; clearly written as a romance with a dark twist, that didn't appeal to this reader.
However, I will say that I intend to read a few more books in the series -- in part because I picked up a bunch rather cheaply and in part because I had high hopes for such a popular series that I don't plan to give up on it too soon.
