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Summary: Good but not moving
Review:
The plot of this one may seem like an everyday vampire novel from first glance but thankfully it's a lot different once you bite in. There is one thing about this book that is slightly out of the norm: it definitely focuses on the sexual side of both humanity and vampires. While this isn't really different from any other vampire tale, what makes it stand out is that it's loaded with it. There are explicit details, naughty dialogue, and a high number of sexual encounters, from the first chapter to basically the last one. Not to mention not all of the sex is even straight; I wouldn't call this one PG-13. But it is erotic.
The style of the writing was fast-paced and to the point. The transition between chapters was done well, and the overlying mood was dark but also fun and light. It's no easy feat to blend all those in one novel, but Jefferson manages to make it his craft.
It dropped two stars simply because there wasn't enough substance for my taste. It offered what it offered and that's that. There were no hidden meanings, surprising twists, mysteries to solve, crimes to stop, dreams to plunge or lives to destroy - it was a pretty basic story filled with sex and minor emotional dilemma, nothing much else.
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Summary: Phenomenal Read!
Review: A triumphant first novel! Ms. Jefferson's writing style is pulpy and poignant, with a gruesome sense of humor woven throughout her dark tale. The characters are clever and engaging, and Ms. Jefferson's predilection for Pop permeates the book. A wonderful read if you like vampires, porno, black humour, and camp. Can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: A New Voice
Review: Appealing to not just vampire fanatics, but those who enjoy well written stories dealing with relationships with twists and just a hint of adventure. It's like what one would wish to happen to themselves, but this way it's much more interesting because we don't have to go through the ordeals that Ariane faces. I was so impressed with this novel and its author that I went and visited a place that very much reminded me of a place in the story.
All in all, it's an excellent work or imagination that pulls you into the characters more than I thought possible. Ms. Jefferson has no troubles with deeply involving you with the characters she portrays.
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Summary: sex, drugs, and violence!
Review: Ariane Dempsey is a college professor and scientist. After teaching a night class, she returns to her office to find a terrible surprise. The rats that she had been testing had been killed, and blood had been all over the office. Shortly after she surveys the room, she blacks out. She awakes in the hospital room, and is very badly injured. Memories start to come back to her of what might have hurt her, she remembers a dark figure standing in her office. She finds an apology letter, asking her to come to a hotel, where the person that hurt her could apologize. What Ariane does not know is that the person that hurt her really isn't human. And when she arrives at the hotel, she discovers a very new, shocking world that she thought could not exist.
I do not recommend this book to children in any way at all. This book is extremely violent and goes into a lot of detail with the violence. Also, there is a lot of drug use and sexual content that I didn't expect to be in this book. I would recommend this book to people 16 or older, just because this book has an extreme amount of adult content.
In my opinion, this book concentrated far too much on drugs, violence, and sex, rather than the actual plot of the story. I did not like this story because there was no moral, and nothing came out of the story. The characters had no feeling or special roles that I could see, because most of time in the story, they were drunk high and just sat around doing nothing.
Rating: 
Summary: GOOD VAMP. BOOK
Review: ARIANE IS A GRAD. STUDANT, AND JOHN (ARIANE'S FIANCEE) IS A PROFESSOR; AGE 29, IN PHYSICS. JOHN GOT AN INVITE TO STAY AT CAMBRADGE FOR A FEW MONTHS. THEY FOUGHT AND ENDED THE RELATIONSHIP. ARIANE MEETS (WELL FELL PREY TO) RICARI, A VERY OLD ECCENTRIC VAMPIRE. SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM. HE SENDS HER TO HIS OLD BOYFRIEND DANIEL WHOM HE MADE A VAMPIRE; HE LIVES IN HOLLYWOOD.
DANIEL FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER, BUT HE IS VERY SLUTTY. AND HE HAS A POSSE, OF NON-VAMPIRES THAT FOLLOW HIM.
ARIANE MEETS LOVELY (A GAY 18 Y. OLD KID) HER NEW BESTFRIEND.
DANIEL WANTS HER TO BECOME A VAMPIRE ALSO, BUT SOMETHING GOES WRONG. SO THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO SEE RICARI, TO HELP THEM.
THIS BOOK WAS GREAT READING, FABULOUS CHARTERERS, AND A WELL WRITTEN STORY. BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY RICARI, AND THEN LATER DANIEL TRIED TO KILL HER. (THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL NOT INTERFER WITH THE READING OF THE BOOK). THE BOOK NEVER SAID. THAT WAS WHY I GAVE IT 4 STARS.
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Summary: Voice of the Blood
Review: Awesome book! There are such good characters. Ricari, he is shy and very full of passion. Ariane, she is a fighter, lover, she has a huge heart. Dainel, he is sexy, charming, and he has so much love to offer Ariane. We need another book, a follow up. I would love to see Ariane with Daniel. John(the ex-lover), he has got to go, bring Ariane and Daniel back together. This book was very hard to put down, it kept me there page after page. I only read vampire novels, and well this is the only book that I read 3 times in a row. This book has all of the potential to be put into a series of book. She knows exactly what she is doing, and in my opinion, she should keep these characters going. Make this book into a series. Karen E. Taylor has the Vampire Legacy, Anne Rice has the Vampire Chronicles, you should have stories that fall under the same kind of category. Please make another. I am definatelty first in line.
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Summary: You Gotta' Read it
Review: I bought this book several months ago and didn't get around to reading it until this week. If you like Annne Rice or Poppy Z. Brite, you'll love this novel. Though it's not a copycat by no means, it's unusual. I especially liked the graphic detail of the human-to-vampire transition. This, I've never read before. The characters are alive and vivid. This novel is in a class of its own and if you're an avid vampire reader who doesn't like disappointments, don't miss it. What can I say?
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Summary: Dont buy into the cover. This book is much better than that
Review: I bought this book, expecting to be disappointed. Everytime I read amazon reviews that glow, I buy the book, read it and then remember that only people who care about the book bother to write the reviews.Boy, was I wrong. Damn good book. Several people mentioned Anne Rice in their reviews and I wish Rice got back to writing this coherently again, telling stories about vampires that you like. (Did anyone actually LIKE Vittorio, Pandora, etc. Maybe the ideas turned you on, but jesus, Lestat was the only vampire I actually wanted to BE). Jemiah delivers the goods and I only can express my thanks to her for it. By the way, Jemiah, if you're reading this....get a better cover. Whoever did your marketing and design did you an injustice. Geo
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Summary: Solid writing, but more of the same old thing.
Review: I don't really have much to say about this one, the story of a young woman initiated into what the back cover somewhat melodramatically refers to as "the world of the undead, the vampire, a world far beyond the myths and legends that the living think they know. A world even more horrifying than the living could suspect." Apart from minor missteps, the writing is solid, but the story doesn't break new ground, featuring as it does a vampire initiate, an older, self-pitying vampire who cherishes the past, and his long time companion, a younger, more aggressive creature of the night who revels in everything the modern world has to offer. We've seen this kind of thing before, from Dark Shadows' Barnabas Collins, to Anne Rice's increasingly banal vampire books, to Nancy Collins' Sonja Blue series. Jefferson does a credible job, but Voice is little more than a rehash of plot elements from other sources. The book's final chapters are somewhat more intriguing than those which preceded them, as Jefferson demonstrates a little individuality, describing in vivid detail the main character's metamorphosis from human to vampire, a desperate journey to save her sire's life, and two uneasy reconciliations between former lovers. Still, it isn't enough to overcome the comparative tediousness of the first two hundred sixteen pages. In the end, it's merely competent, a good, quick read, a decent travel companion, but no more than that. Readers who like this kind of thing might better spend their time with books like Rice's The Vampire Lestat, S. P. Somtow's Vampire Junction, Suzy Mckee Charnas' The Vampire Tapestry, or Michael Talbot's The Delicate Dependency.
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Summary: Get It Secondhand
Review: I ended up buying this book at a used bookstore for $$$... dollars. That's all I would recommend paying for this. This is just another first-person tale that falls short of the two genres that it aims for. First, it aims for the "ancient vampire's lament" style with the character of Ricari, who isn't developed nearly enough. Secondly, it falls short of the Poppy Z. Brite "vampires-as-trendy-young-cyberpunk-hipsters" style with the characters Daniel and Lovely. It has a distinctly "Mary Sue"-ish quality to it. For a book that combines both genres and yet hits the mark, I'd reccommend "The Time of Feasting" by Mick Farren. And of course, if you like vampire fiction, you can't go wrong with "Lost Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite.
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