Anamnesis
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From Amazon.com:
I've been a fan of Hendee's Noble Dead series (co-written by her husband J.C.) for some time, enjoying the combination of the vampire and sword/sorcery genres. After seeing this book at the library I checked it out, wondering how she would handle modern-day vampires. Not all that well, sadly. The book is poorly paced, the first half dedicated to descriptions of hunting and spending time with other vampires. Yawn. It doesn't help that most of these characters aren't very memorable. There wasn't anything about them that offended or annoyed me As we get to learn more about the characters and their backstories, the novel does improve slightly . . . and then everything moves too abruptly, as if Hendee got tired of her story and wanted to wrap things up as quickly as possible. For all its flaws, the novel does offer the reader some cool twists on the vampire legend. Every vampire has one distinct gift; the main character has the gift of seduction, while another can read minds. And whereas recent vampires like Edward Cullen of Twilight and Bill Compton of the Southern Vampire/True Blood series aren't happy with their immortal natures, these vampires have few qualms about their predatory nature. And as mentioned above, the backstories are very compelling and even managed to surprise me at times.
Apparently this is the start of a new series, the second installment hitting stores in October. I'm not in a rush to find out what happens next; I'll be waiting patiently for it to arrive at my local library. I should also note that this was originally published in 1998 and was re-released last year. This new version is the author's preferred version. Hey, at least someone's happy with it.
I've been a fan of Hendee's Noble Dead series (co-written by her husband J.C.) for some time, enjoying the combination of the vampire and sword/sorcery genres. After seeing this book at the library I checked it out, wondering how she would handle modern-day vampires. Not all that well, sadly. The book is poorly paced, the first half dedicated to descriptions of hunting and spending time with other vampires. Yawn. It doesn't help that most of these characters aren't very memorable. There wasn't anything about them that offended or annoyed me As we get to learn more about the characters and their backstories, the novel does improve slightly . . . and then everything moves too abruptly, as if Hendee got tired of her story and wanted to wrap things up as quickly as possible. For all its flaws, the novel does offer the reader some cool twists on the vampire legend. Every vampire has one distinct gift; the main character has the gift of seduction, while another can read minds. And whereas recent vampires like Edward Cullen of Twilight and Bill Compton of the Southern Vampire/True Blood series aren't happy with their immortal natures, these vampires have few qualms about their predatory nature. And as mentioned above, the backstories are very compelling and even managed to surprise me at times.
Apparently this is the start of a new series, the second installment hitting stores in October. I'm not in a rush to find out what happens next; I'll be waiting patiently for it to arrive at my local library. I should also note that this was originally published in 1998 and was re-released last year. This new version is the author's preferred version. Hey, at least someone's happy with it.
