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A Drop Of Red (2009)

by Chris Marie Green(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0441016812 (ISBN13: 9780441016815)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ace Trade

series

Vampire Babylon

review 1: ************Spoilers for 1st three books**********************This book starts the next trilogy story arc in the Vampire Bayblon series and it picks up one year after the end of the third book. Dawn and crew, having destroyed the vampire Underground in Hollywood (the story arc for the first trilogy), have moved on to London where Costin has sensed the presence of another Master. This series still remains a two star product to me, though I can't quite pinpoint why. Maybe because it's because I just haven't wholeheartedly attached to any of the characters yet, which you'd think would've happened by the fourth book in. But the pacing seems woefully slow at times too, so that's a factor.The whole Costin/Jonah thing is weird, and made even weirder since Costin and Dawn are ... moreinvolved. I should find it more interesting since it's a "triangle" (though not really) that I've not seen before, but I don't. At this point I think I'm just hanging in there with this series to see how and if Costin completes his quest to win final peace for his soul.
review 2: Still like this series, although as the team starts a new hunt for a new Underground they lose some of the momentum that had built up in the last book with the destruction of the Hollywood Underground. Green definitely did a good job of keeping this Underground unique from the previous one, it reminded me somewhat of the movie "The Craft" (which you would know is a compliment if you had any teenage angst in the 90's). Dawn and Costin did get a bit whiney for me. Boo-hoo I'm a vampire, boo-hoo I have commitment issues, get over it. I had a feeling Jonah would come out to play more in this book and was not disappointed, I think this is an interesting obstacle since they really do kinda treat him as a second-class citizen. Overall this book introduced the new Underground and the new team dynamics. Although I didn't feel it was terribly eventful, I'm sure things will develop more in the next book as the hunt goes on. less

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