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Summary: Uninteresting or Boring.... you pick!
Review: I am sorry....but this book was so annoying. Actually, the author should be sorry....really sorry for writing this mess. I really love this author too but I can not "fake it". I did not care one iota about Joy, who by the way was not interesting or amusing. Just not worth my vision time to read about. The only character that I did like was Christian, he was interesting and sounds very sexy. As for Roxy I am surprised that Joy didn't ring her next on about 5 different occations. She pushed me over my tolerance level. I couldn't take it any more...I just skimmed to the ending with relief.
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Summary: Delightful......................
Review: I bought this book after reading about the great reviews it had recieved. I was pleased, Joie and Roxy are touring Europe and looking for the so called Dark-Ones. Then unexexpectedly they run into three gentlemen one the dark Raphael(Bob),Dominic,and finally the mysterious author Christian. I will not go into a great deal of this book, only to say it was a quick and enjoyable read. Picture a young naive Anita,and her friend out on finding out if Vampires really exist. I also enjoyed the infor about the Runestones and what they mean,and finally I hope that Joie and Roxy are able to find Christian's soulmate. I am eagerly awaiting for sequel in series. My hats off off to you Katie, I enjoyed the quirky humor and excitement.
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Summary: Great fun and terrific sex
Review: I could not stop laughing almost the whole way through this books. On top of that the book had intensely erotic sex scenes between two great characters, lots of tension, a mystery and smooth sailing almost until the end, where it got bogged down and left me slightly incomplete. I wanted Christian's problem solved, which I hope happens in some future novel, but I doubt it will. Still I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves sensuality, enjoys a good frolic and bursts of hysterical laughter. Hope you have as much fun reading it as I did.
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Summary: Not so good...
Review: I like vampire romances, but could live without this series. The Roxy chick is about as annoying as they get,I would abandon her in a foreign country in a heartbeat. The story drags on and two-thirds through the book I had enough and skimmed to the end. I read the second book in this series first. It was a little better than this one, but once again I skimmed through to the end.
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Summary: Interesting angle
Review: I've read some of the reviews already posted, and wanted to set the record straight on a few things.
Firstly, I've read some people complaining that the vampires in the book are very similar to Christine Feehan's Carpathians - if they'd bothered to read the acknowledgements at the front they would know that Katie is friends with Christine Feehan, and even says she first encountered vampire romances through Feehan's books, so you should expect some similarities to crop up.
When I read the book I didn't think Katie's vampires were too similar to Feehan's - for a start Katie's vampires had a step-by-step method of 'binding' themselves to their other half, whereas Feehan's vampires are portrayed as being driven by instinct to do what they do (as illustrated by the fact that Darius in Dark Fire performs their traditional binding, without being taught how it happens).
Also, the very way Katie MacAlister's story plays out is very different from Christine Feehan's, so if your only complaint is that the vampires are 'similar' then it shouldn't effect your reading and enjoyment of the book.
The story itself may seem a bit hokie (sceptic librarian journeys to the Czech Republic, suddenly starts believing in vampires and gets caught up in a murder investigation) but the characterisation of Joy fits the story so well you can see someone like her actually doing what she does! Or at least, I could.
There is actually very little about the 'dark' vampires, but what little there is offsets the budding chemistry between Joy and Raphael so cleverly, that for once I found myself routing for the humans - and my faith in finding a delicious human man fully restored!
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Summary: Just A Fun Book
Review: If you're a fan of vampire romantic fiction, you'll enjoy this one. The basic premise is that our heroine, Joy, is accompanying her friend Roxy on a trip to the Czech Republic to try to visit a reclusive author of romantic vampire fiction and to explore whether or not vampires do exist. Joy is a disbeliever but she doesn't want Roxy to do this on her own, so she agrees to go along. Naturally, Joy is the one the vampire takes an interest in. In her acknowledgements Ms. MacAlister thanks Christine Feehan, so it's not surprising that the reclusive author's vampires have a marked tongue-in-cheek resemblance to Feehan's Carpathians, including the inclusion of a series of steps to soulmate-hood. If you like Feehan's books, you'll enjoy Roxy's obsession with the Rules of the Dark Ones.This book was just so funny in sections that I laughed out loud. The heroine wasn't a petite little thing (a wonderful change of pace); the hero was mysterious and sexy; the setting was a nice change of pace - a GothFest in the Czech Republic; and the secondary characters were fleshed out enough to make them interesting and relevant. All and all, it was just a fun book and I enjoyed it.
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Summary: Embarassing
Review: In all my years of reading I don't think I've ever disliked a heroine as much as this one. 'Joyful' (teehee) is one of the stupidest women I've ever seen in print. Her friend Roxy gets the prize for most annoying. I haven't the least respect for Raphael given all the crap that Joyful heaps on him while he begs for more while gazing at her with pure lust. I don't think I laughed once - there's nothing funny in people who are portrayed as stupid, sick and messed up at these are. And what, pray tell, does the title have to do with the book? If the editors hadn't put the "tips" on the back cover there would have been nothing that related at all. It's a catchy title and cover that has no relationship to what's going on inside.
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Summary: Unanswered questions
Review: In the beginning, I wasn't thrilled with this story. It seemed that the author was just copying Christine Feehan's Dark Series, but in a "tongue in cheek" sort of way. I am a huge fan of Feehan's Dark Series, and I resented this authors efforts to capitalize on her success by taking her characters and themes and trying to make them into something humorous. I mean c'mon, just changing Carpathians to Moravians does not make it original. Thankfully, as the story progressed, she took it in a bit of a different direction, although there were still way too many "unoriginal" ideas to suit me. There were also way too many unanswered questions at the end of the book. I'm giving it 3 stars because it did turn out to be a cute story w/ a lot of humor (even if Joy was a bit obnoxious at times), in the hopes that there will be a sequel that will explain the significance of the tattoo, what Raphael/Bob meant by sort of a "liaison", what the personal history Bob was referring to w/ Christian was about, and most importantly, what happens to poor Christian now that Joy has abandoned him. The storyline between Christian and Joy is my biggest objection to this story. I really feel like it trivializes Feehan's lifemates theme. The authors acknowledgment to Feehan at the beginning of the book for taking her "vampire virginity" does little to justify the blatant plundering of her ideas.
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Summary: Katie Macalister is awesome
Review: In the book "A Girl's Guide to Vampires," Katie Macalister takes you on a wild adventure. The romance between Joy and Raphael was adorible. Not to mention I couldn't stop reading this book, I had to know what happend next. The book was always building up to a satisfying ending. Katie Macalister's writing style will also have you laughing and smiling. She is deffinetly my new favorite author. I recommend this book to all Paranormal romance readers!
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Summary: A Must Read!!!
Review: Katie Macalister does it again. This is a warm, witty, laugh aloud book. The heroine is great (not annoying as one poor spirited reviewer so rudely commented) and is a good match to her hero. Katie Macalister's heroines are thoughtful and realistic, not wimpy doormats that spend the book wringing their hands and waiting for the hero to tell them what to do or what to think. The secondary characters are full blooded and keep your interest. This is a very entertaining book and a definite keeper!!
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