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The Beautiful Ones (2000)

by Lori Brighton(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: Perhaps some spoilers:While there wasn't much new here, after getting past the questions of "why a compound?" And the still to be answered "who was leaving the books", I'd figured out early in that we were dealing with vampires. It seems that the new norm in the YA vampire world is that the female protagonist just loves the smell of those vampires. We also have the possible canine protectors in the woods, the paleness, and the ok to be out in the day just west a hood (or a ring, or have a spell).As a prequel, it does stand alone rather well. A few points that made me either laugh or want to slap someone:Maids used as very obvious plot exposition... Insulting. They just SAY it!Jane, if someone is saving your life, stop asking so many questions and just GO!Lori, thank you fo... morer 101 descriptions of how our palms feel when helping us up from the ground (cramming into soft earth, pushing up from dusty ground, feeling the sting of pebbles...)And in the end, the saber rattling declaration was a bit much.I am going to read a few other things before I consider checking out the first book in the series. I'd like to see what happens amongst our Greek named vamps and simple agriculture educated compound folk.It's really not half bad, it's just not terribly unique. Have we covered all that vampires have to offer, that putting them in a dystopian world still brings us back to Volterra?
review 2: This was an okay read but I think I'd have had to read it more around 2009 these kinds of paranormal/vampire books where new to really like it. I can't say where the author is going to take the first book in the series, as this is a prequel, but for me to be interested in the next book it'll have to be something very unique to this genre as I feel as I've read it all before. I'm really not sure you can do anything original with vampires these days.Saying that, this prequel had a good amount of tension and mystery for most part, was quick and easy to read, and had quite a bit packed into it. less

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