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Summary: AuthorZone.Com Book Review
Review: Plain clothes officer Brenda Mather answers a late shift call from Jackson Purchase State University. There is a dead body of an elderly man in Callahan Hall. Her partner Church, Churchill Jones has already left for the weekend so Brandy answers the call alone. Lucky for her Campus Security Chief is Howard McBride a retired police officer. Coroner Troy Sanford's autopsy results disclose the ancient fellow laying dead in the History Department has died of natural causes due to old age. The case takes a definite turn for the peculiar when dental records reveal that the body is that of Professor Everett Land who everyone knows is a robust man in his forties. Brandy engages the help of Dr. Dan Martin one of the school's professors in the Computer Science department. The pair determine Professor Land assumed a new identity some thirty or so years ago after he had reached his sixties under his previous name. Brandy is dumbfounded when the police chief declares the case closed and tells Brandy to get back to her other cases. As Dr. Martin and Brandy develop a caring relationship she is convinced there is more to her loved one than is apparent. As time goes on Brandy begins to know for certain that Dr. Martin is not your average college professor. Blood Will Tell is a page turner daring to take what is accepted lore regarding vampires and turn that cliché inside out. Writer Lorrah presents a well crafted work filled with good writing, fiduciary situations and characters, thought provoking situation and stimulating dialogue. Blood Will Tell is an appealing amalgam of romance, science fiction, and police procedure in which solidly punctilious main characters exhibit great strength of character in the face of impossible situation. Blood Will Tell stands in the class of P.N. Elrod's vampire mysteries. Writer Lorrah sets the stage for excitement from the opening paragraph then carries the reader on a roller coaster of excitement right to the last page. Blood Will Tell is not a narrative for a dark stormy night alone when the lights are flickering and the reader is home alone. Reviewed by: molly martin
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Summary: One of the worst books I've ever read
Review: The dialog is stilted, the characters boring, their relationship emotionless and it falls apart leaving the reader wondering why they ever bought this book. How it ever won an award is beyond me. I ended up skipping pages, but even that didn't help, so I just threw it away. If I could give it a zero I would.
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Summary: One of the worst books I've ever read
Review: The dialog is stilted, the characters boring, their relationship emotionless and it falls apart leaving the reader wondering why they ever bought this book. How it ever won an award is beyond me. I ended up skipping pages, but even that didn't help, so I just threw it away. If I could give it a zero I would.
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Summary: The best contemporary vampire novel I've read in a decade
Review: The situation where Brandy is called to investigate a body in the faculty offices of the local university starts getting screwy almost from the start. Why is a young man's chair occupied by the body of someone dead of extreme old age? Then, too, why is Dan Martin taking such an interest in the investigation? And what part do Doc and his ex-con son have in the situation? Then Brandy's best friend is found murdered, with fang-marks in her neck. Now it's personal!
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: The story was okay. I didn't find the characters that interesting or appealing -- at least, not enough to buy a sequel if there is one. It's so obvious who the villain is. And, frankly, I like my romances a lot steamier. The best we get here is the first delicious kiss that Dan gave Brandy. Everything after that was just bland. I DO have to agree with one reader, though. The cover is so misleading. Who is that vamp on the cover? It certainly isn't Dan Martin who was described as having black eyes and black hair. Black hair? Isn't that a [very unappealing] blonde on the cover? And was that supposed to be a werewolf in the corner? There was no werewolf in the book. One more thing; I thought the last terror scene would never end. Good grief, was THAT ever dragged out. I kept hoping the book would get better. I would recommend any of The Southern Vampire Series books INSTEAD of this.
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Summary: Hang in there
Review: This book does start slow - but if you hang in there it is a great story. No real surprises - the hero is the hero and the villian is the villian (if you know what I mean...)A new slant on the old blood-sucker. I cared about Brandy and Dan and would like a sequel. The ending suggests there could be more...
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