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Sunset Strip (2000)

by Rick Gualtieri(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Wayman Publishing

review 1: Sunset Strip is a side story to The Tome of Bill series by Rick Gualtieri, spicing up the overall series theme by switching to the POV of Sally The Vampire.Throughout the series Sally has been the sidekick, the character to appear when needed. But now she’s got an adventure all her own in this book. We finally get to learn her real name, and discover the circumstances around her turning into a vampire and what she was like in her human life and how she became the snarky woman she is today.It was a rough start to her life, and it’s about to get even rougher as Sally is forced to confront her beginnings in the vampire world. But, outfitted with her less than shiny morality and quick eye-roll, she’s ready to raise some hell in the City of Sin.The tone of this book is mu... morech different from in the previous installments of The Tome of Bill series. Sally is by no means Bill, as in she’s much more willing to leave behind a trail of bodies than he is. This book held more of the usual tone of a vampire horror novel, but laced with the usual humor Author Rick Gualtieri is so well-known for. Sally is quick to snap someone’s neck and then criticize their shoes. In her own right, Sally is a badass!Once again I’m blown away by this series, even if this is just a side-story. I am absolutely in love with this world, and am so eager to see how it will all tie together. The ending was a very teasing way to lead into the next book, and it definitely has me ready to jump right back into the world of Bill The Vampire!
review 2: I was given an ARC copy of this novel, and honestly I would normally give it 5 stars, because the writing is that damn good. The reason for the 4 stars is that this novel focuses entirely on Sally and therefore feels like a piece of the puzzle from somewhere in the middle where you can not quite completely place it… yet. Sally has a different tale to tell, and the reader is opened up to a lot of her past and exactly what made Sally who she is today. As the Bill tales had been growing darker of late, Sally’s tale is definitely morbidly blackened. She’s still airy and goes about her day usually without the inspections on her self that Bill would, but as she tears through people the reader actually understands why she did or does it.It does a superb job at continuing the storyline from the previous novel, Holier Than Thou. This novel is not just an excuse to give Sally her backstory, though it does it without remorse and the reader is glad of it. This novel is a transition. Spoilers ahead if you have not read Holier Than Thou.*Spoiler * With Bill missing still, this helps pass the time, and gives the reader a better idea of how long has passed since Bill has gone missing. This shows how things are being run without Bill. This is a needed phase, if anything, to give the reader time to ponder what the damage was they had truly caused. / *Spoiler *Reasons to Read this novel:- Gualtieri is the master of writing characters with depth in an easy read- Sally’s story is worth knowing- It opens up story for the next novelsReasons Not to Read:- The humor is going down a much darker route and I believe that this is the final turning point for the Tome of Bill. The stories have grown increasingly darker and had a harder reach for the humor of the first novel, but with good reason. However if humor is entirely what brought you, you might lose interest with the dark and bloody less

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