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Summary: Entertaining Vampire Saga
Review: This is the fifth and latest of Elaine Bergstrom's vampire books about the Austra family. While I usually find vampire stories too juvenile, this series is sophisticated and witty, with an interesting twist on the basic vampire concept -- they are not undead humans, they are a different species altogether.Bergstrom creates a believeable biology for her vampires, as well as plausible reasons why conventional physical laws don't necessarily apply to them. And she has endowed her creatures with credible characteristics that serve as the basis for old folk tales, such as a vampire's fear of sunshine. Nocturne and the earlier books of the series (Shattered Glass, Blood Rites, Blood Alone and Daughter of the Night) are good page-turners to take on an airplane or to read on the subway. They're not too demanding, yet serve up enough substance to satisfy an intelligent reader.
Rating:
Summary: Entertaining Vampire Saga
Review: This is the fifth and latest of Elaine Bergstrom's vampire books about the Austra family. While I usually find vampire stories too juvenile, this series is sophisticated and witty, with an interesting twist on the basic vampire concept -- they are not undead humans, they are a different species altogether. Bergstrom creates a believeable biology for her vampires, as well as plausible reasons why conventional physical laws don't necessarily apply to them. And she has endowed her creatures with credible characteristics that serve as the basis for old folk tales, such as a vampire's fear of sunshine. Nocturne and the earlier books of the series (Shattered Glass, Blood Rites, Blood Alone and Daughter of the Night) are good page-turners to take on an airplane or to read on the subway. They're not too demanding, yet serve up enough substance to satisfy an intelligent reader.
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