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Summary: Good, fun vampire novel
Review: While "Blood Kin" is not going to be remembered as one of the all-time great vampire novels, it is a good read that utilizes an authentic Tennessee setting. The vampires in this book are of the Bram Stoker variety - purely evil monsters - so if you are only into tragic, romantic fiends, you might want to read something else (Tom Holland's "Lord of the Dead" comes to mind...).The best thing about this novel is that Kelly gives his vampires a genuine Southern feel. Instead of the typical wolves and bats, the vampires turn into...well, that would take the fun out of it. Let's just say that they turn into animals more appropriate to the setting. Kelly has written many fun horror novels. Are they great art? No. But they don't aspire to be, either. Ron Kelly writes exciting, well-written stories utterly devoid of pretention. He writes to entertain. And yeah, I have to admit that the back cover is misleading, but that's not the author's fault. besides, I thought the surprises Kelly came up with were far more entertining.
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