The Vampire's Violin

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Summary: A Disapointment
Review: I have never read any other books by this author and thought I would give it a try. I did not like it. The book dragged on and on. What it amounted to was a fictional history lesson. The book was suppose to be about a girl who was given a 'special violin.' That turned out to be a very minor point of the story. Since the book was part of the series I would assume the others have to be better?

Rating:
Summary: A Disapointment
Review: I have never read any other books by this author and thought I would give it a try. I did not like it. The book dragged on and on. What it amounted to was a fictional history lesson. The book was suppose to be about a girl who was given a 'special violin.' That turned out to be a very minor point of the story. Since the book was part of the series I would assume the others have to be better?

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Summary: his best since I, Vampire
Review: I think that Vampire's Violin is Romkey's best book since I, Vampire (little could top it). Romkey's vampire world was starting to get a little stale and then he writes this novel. It's a haunting, beautiful tale. Romkey's use of language is as beautiful as his first half of I, Vampire. It's a story of vampires, music, love, and a violin. And a divine book.

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Summary: Typical of Michael's style.
Review: Shorter by several degrees than most of Michael's novels, The Vampire's Violin is not another installment in the much darker David Parker series. It is nevertheless a very Romkey-esque, vividly written tale splashed with history and music and various flawed but still likeable characters. Romkey fans will find Violin to be in a similar vein to his other novels, however this is a quicker and faster-paced read with fewer subplots but just as many moments of quiet beauty. Those who have never read one of Michael Romkey's books and who like their vampire novels dark, convoluted and sinister may prefer to delve into Michael's catalogue beginning with I, Vampire but The Vampire's Violin is a novel that definitely belongs in the library of any serious fan of literary vampires.

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Summary: Vampire's Violin
Review: The very best of Michael Romkey's vampire series. The writing is a seamless weaving of fictional history entwined with a twisting plot and set before a background of haunting music.

This latest work seems like a natural for filmakers to explore in the same vein as the "Phantom of the Opera".

I am eagerly waiting to see what this gifted author's fantastic imagination will next create.

Kudos.

Rating:
Summary: Vampire's Violin
Review: The very best of Michael Romkey's vampire series. The writing is a seamless weaving of fictional history entwined with a twisting plot and set before a background of haunting music.

This latest work seems like a natural for filmakers to explore in the same vein as the "Phantom of the Opera".

I am eagerly waiting to see what this gifted author's fantastic imagination will next create.

Kudos.