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Summary: I found this book to be quite entrancing
Review: After reading one cheesy vampire book after another, I became tired of these "modern" vampire stories. I preferred the classic vampire stories such as Jeane Kalogradis's vampire trilogy, but this book was great.
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Summary: Collins has impressed me even more than she did before!
Review: All of us who read Nancy A. Collins' Midnight Blue Collection knew that she was a great writer. Once again, she manages to astound with the latest Sonja Blue book. This time around, Sonja's here to clean up Deadtown, a haven of vampires involved in a clan war for control of the "city". Collins seamlessly combines her world of Pretenders with the inhabitants of the World of Darkness. This is a crossover made in heaven. Or, more likely, hell.Just one more note...remember how your English teacher used to get so excited about certain passages in the "great works" of the past?
I don't know about you, but I never saw what was so exciting. Sure, I loved to read, but nothing ever took my breath away. But you know what? The scene involving the death of Father Eamon actually left me speechless. (Not an easy thing to do!) If anyone had any doubts about Collins' ability an a writer, this book will dispell them.
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Summary: Quality work from a quality writer.
Review: As usual Nancy A. Collins dilevers the goods with the fourth installment into the Sonja Blue series. This is a mix of vampiric horror and a spagetti western. This one is highly recommended. Do yourself a favor and check it out
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Summary: Excellent continuation of the Sonja Blue saga
Review: Collins has done a wonderful job of integrating Sonja Blue into the political area of the Masequerade series. Her seamless effort left me craving more
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Summary: WOD fans will pick this apart.
Review: Collins tried to blend an elsewhere established character into the brilliantly realized World of Darkness, and the effort fell flat. It would have been a similar endeavor for someone to write a novel about Batman throwing down with Brujah street toughs on the mean streets of Gotham, thus running afoul of the city's Prince. The story in A Dozen Black Roses was fairly contrived, and the characters lacked a certain panache. Perhaps the thing that annoyed me the most though was the way Collins went through the entire book without introducing Sonja Blue by name until the very end. She simply refers to Sonja as "the stranger". I felt that it was a pretty lame literary device.
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Summary: Violence is pornographic in its excessiveness
Review: Don't get suckered in by the other glowing reviews. I loved Nancy A Collin's character Sonia Blue from the book Sunglasses After Dark and followed the character faithfully through the trilogy. The character was witty, fresh, and the combination of violence and humour was absolutely great. I did note that the third book in the trilogy was not as great and that trend seemed to have carried into this new latest Sonia Blue adventure. None of what I loved in the first two parts of the trilogy is here in this book. I have usually have no problem with violence in books or in other media. However, in this book in particular, it was gratuitous to say the least and pornographic in its excessiveness. While there's violence aplenty, including an arm chopping, machete wielding henchman, gone is the caustic, fresh wit of the Sonia Blue I loved. Instead, the attempts to be hip and speak in a street parlance seemed forced. Perhaps Sonia works best when she is playing off of a character like Palmer in " In the Blood" ( the second book in the trilogy), but in this latest endeavor, there is no such character for her to play off with. As a result, the book is decidedly flat, using violence to make up for a lack of wit and creativity. I spent good money on a bad book. Don't do the same.
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Summary: "A monster's monster"
Review: Excellent story and plot. Sonja's tale is fast paced and very intriguing. Her actions and emotions narrate the opposiong struggle of her human/vampire side which makes her a very interesting and sexy character. The story chills the human mind completely, and to say the least, it resembles a chaotic and feasome society that may one day exist. Fear is the key. Nancy Collins did a terrific job on this one. I still haven't been able to pass a whole day without imagining Deadtown, Sonja, and her unique attitude. She reminds me of a vampire hunter named "D", only Sonja is tougher and much more charismatic
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Summary: This book sucked
Review: First off I want to say that I'm a Nancy Collins fan. The other Sonja Blue books are excellent. But this one just sucks. The characters are all lame and flat, the plot is cliche, the writing is spotty, the motivations weak, the organization poor. It's VERY obvious that she just slapped it together due to the crossover deal with White Wolf. She deals poorly with the various White Wolf clans and terminology, and her "personal" vampire mythos doesn't square at all with the White Wolf world. There are lots of glaring inconsistencies. Don't waste your money on this garbage. Read the other Sonja Blue books.
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Summary: Another GREAT book by Nancy Collins
Review: Great book, I rate it at the top of all the books written by Nancy Collins (with Sunglasses after dark and Angles on Fire). I enjoyed the story line revolving around the battle for "Dead Town" and the gang/vampire warfare. The construction of the characters was very well conceived and excitiong to read. Again, a great book....
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Summary: Another GREAT book by Nancy Collins
Review: Great book, I rate it at the top of all the books written by Nancy Collins (with Sunglasses after dark and Angles on Fire). I enjoyed the story line revolving around the battle for "Dead Town" and the gang/vampire warfare. The construction of the characters was very well conceived and excitiong to read. Again, a great book....
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