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This book was a very hard read for me --- had to practically force myself to finish it. I normally love Katie's writing style but this one did nothing for me.
My favorite thing about them. "The Last of the Red Hot Vampires" fell short in that area.
Pia, in "Zen and the Art of Vampires", has my vote any day. Even when she has a rain cloud following her around, she still refuses to believe and insults everyone around her who does.
While most of Katie MacAlister's female characters start out as skeptics, none are as obnoxious about it as Portia. I am so glad this wasn't the "Last" of the Dark Ones.
I absolutely love the Dark Ones series. The plucky, loveable heroines of course.
I found it incredibly hard to finish this novel because of her character.
A perfect blend of action, romance, suspense and smoldering vamps that will melt women in all the right places. I feel like this book was a bunch of ideas rolled into one and then never fully developed. I tried and tried to like it inspite of the completely annoying main character and the only so-so red-hot vamp but in the end I skipped more then I read and put the book down just as quickly as I picked it up. A great author isnt going to get it right everytime so I dont fault her at all I just really HATED this book.Pia Thomason's tale on the other hand was absolutely hillarious. All right. I love Katie and am eagerly awaiting her next Dark Ones installement, Crouching Vampire Hidden Fang but this book was sooo darn boring. I didn't like all that other realm crap and couldnt be more disappointed that I ended up paying full price for it.
I don't recommend this book unless you are a big Katie MacAlister fan. This was a quick read, but was not really like the other Dark Ones/Beloved novels. It is sort of funny, but not my cup of tea.
Take out all of the stupid denial and you probably will find a short story which could have been better served by its inclusion in an anthology. I find that if I can't enjoy the main character within the first few pages of the book, I have a very hard time continuing reading the book. In fact, if I were her friend I would have told her to find someone else to vacation with instead of making my vacation a pedant rave fest. My feeling is that this is what my highschool teacher labeled as a "potboiler" which the author churned out in order to make a deadline while working on a better book. Katie MacAlister has often had me laughing out loud and really enjoying her storylines and her characters; however, she has missed the mark with this book. The main character, Portia is not likeable. I got as far as page 75 and still couldn't find a reason anyone would like this woman.
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