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Paranormal Romance
Date Published: May 27, 2014
A reluctant vampire hunter, stalking New York City as only a scorned bride can.
Elle Dupree has her life all figured out: first a wedding, then her Ph.D., then swank faculty parties where she’ll serve wine and cheese and introduce people to her husband the lawyer.
But those plans disintegrate when she walks in on a vampire draining the blood from her fiancé Greg. Horrified, she screams and runs--not away from the vampire, but toward it, brandishing a wooden letter opener.
As she slams the improvised stake into the vampire’s heart, a team of black-clad men bursts into the apartment. Turning around to face them, Elle discovers that Greg’s body is gone—and her perfect life falls apart.
My Review:
I really, really enjoyed this book! In fact, I think it deserves a five star rating.
From the beginning, when she talks about the creepiness of the undead, the main character grabbed my attention. The easy, almost conversational tone made me want to keep reading. The story made me keep reading.
Elle is a great character. She didn't ask to be thrown into the world of vampire hunting. She just wanted the life she had envisioned. Of course, finding your fiance getting his blood drained by a vampire could easily alter your life's path!
This book isn't a light read with brooding, handsome vampire boyfriends and happily ever afters in paranormal land. This book has some nicely gruesome scenes and vampires aren't the good guys. I loved that. While I enjoy vampire romances, I really like getting back to the whole vampires are evil leeches that must be destroyed at all costs kind of story.
This book has enough action and twists to keep many readers entertained. The writing flows smoothly and has a fun upbeat kind of feel to it, even with the darker elements of the story. The author created a world that I want to read more about. I hope there are many, many books in this series.
I really, really enjoyed this book! In fact, I think it deserves a five star rating.
From the beginning, when she talks about the creepiness of the undead, the main character grabbed my attention. The easy, almost conversational tone made me want to keep reading. The story made me keep reading.
Elle is a great character. She didn't ask to be thrown into the world of vampire hunting. She just wanted the life she had envisioned. Of course, finding your fiance getting his blood drained by a vampire could easily alter your life's path!
This book isn't a light read with brooding, handsome vampire boyfriends and happily ever afters in paranormal land. This book has some nicely gruesome scenes and vampires aren't the good guys. I loved that. While I enjoy vampire romances, I really like getting back to the whole vampires are evil leeches that must be destroyed at all costs kind of story.
This book has enough action and twists to keep many readers entertained. The writing flows smoothly and has a fun upbeat kind of feel to it, even with the darker elements of the story. The author created a world that I want to read more about. I hope there are many, many books in this series.
BUY LINKS
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/legally-undead-margo-bond-collins/1119607989?ean=2940149615803
Amazon Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Legally-Undead-Vampirarchy-Volume-1/dp/0692211497/
Excerpt:
The
worst thing about vampires is that they're dead. That whole wanting
to suck your blood business runs a close second, but for sheer
creepiness, it's the dead bit that gets me every time. They're up and
walking around and talking and sucking blood, but they're dead.
And then there's the whole terminology problem--how can you kill
something that's already dead? It's just wrong.
I
was twenty-four the first time I . . . destroyed? dispatched? . . . a
vampire. That's when I found out that all the books and movies are
wrong. When you stick a wooden stake into their hearts, vampires
don't disintegrate into dust. They don't explode. They don't spew
blood everywhere. They just look surprised, groan, and collapse into
a pile of corpse. But at least they lie still then, like corpses are
supposed to.
Since
that first kill (I might as well use the word--there really isn’t a
better one), I've discovered that only if you're lucky do vampires
look surprised before they groan and fall down. If you're unlucky and
miss the heart, they look angry. And then they fight.
There
are the other usual ways to kill vampires, of course, but these other
ways can get a bit complicated. Vampires are notoriously difficult to
trick into sunlight. They have an uncanny ability to sense when
there's any sunlight within miles of them, and they're awfully good
at hiding from it. Holy water doesn't kill them; it just distracts
them for a while, and then they get that angry look again. And it
takes a pretty big blade to cut off someone's head--even an already
dead someone--and carrying a great big knife around New York City,
even the Bronx, is a sure way to get arrested. Nope, pointy sticks
are the best way to go, all the way around.
My
own pointy stick is actually more of a little knife with wood inlay
on the blade--the metal makes it slide in easier. I had the knife
specially made by an old Italian guy in just about the only ratty
part of Westchester, north of the city. I tried to order one off the
internet, but it turns out that while it’s easy to find wood-inlay
handles, the blades themselves tend to be metal. Fat lot those people
know.
But
I wasn’t thinking any of this when I pulled the knife out of the
body on the ground. I was thinking something more along the lines of
“Oh, bloody hell. Not again.”
About the author:
Margo Bond Collins is the author of a number of novels, including Waking Up Dead, Fairy, Texas, and Legally Undead (forthcoming May 27, 2014). She lives in Texas with her husband, their daughter, and several spoiled pets. She teaches college-level English courses online, though writing fiction is her first love. She enjoys reading urban fantasy and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of her free time daydreaming about vampires, ghosts, zombies, werewolves, and other monsters.
Connect with Margo
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/margobondcollins
Email: MargoBondCollins@gmail.com
Website: http://www.MargoBondCollins.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargoBondCollin @MargoBondCollin
Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/vampirarchy
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