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Blood Is Thicker Than Water
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Rating: 4.1/5 from 20 reviews This book would be a great Quentin Tarantino movie.Very surprised, excellent story! Could not put it down!I am in the process of reading the last page of this book, and I was surprised how much I liked it. I have read the southern vampire series, all the Anita Blake books, Anne Rice, Tanya Huff and many lesser-known authors. I have been reading vampire novels for 19 years, and I have rarely found books that pique my interest as much as this book. And the LENGTH of the book is a definite plus. I love long books that keep up the action and the suspense. It can be hard to pull off. (See Anne Rice's The Witching hour as a long book that was painful to read!) The characters are fun. The story is entertaining! I wish the cover art could have been better. All in all, I am hoping she writes the second book fast so I can read the continuing adventures of the Reilly family. I think this story has been swimming inside the head of Wynette for a very long time, and the characters show this depth very well. As another reviewer stated, "Move over Anita!" Avid Reader & ReviewerBlood Is Thicker Than Water is the first book in the Reilly Vampire Chronicles from Wynette A. Hoffman and it is a story any vampire fan will love. Amy Reilly has some very dangerous friends. Amy is unable to feel pleasure and as a result, experiences pain as pleasure. This little quirk has brought her to S&M and a very dangerous, degenerate vampire. Through help from an unknown source, Amy survives her encounter, but she is changed. Her sadistic vampire has marked her for death and is not happy she has survived. Luckily for Amy, fate in the form of a Celtic goddess named Ceredwyn is on her side. Into this mix of characters is Paul, Amy's brother and his pregnant wife Marcie; Lorcan, a 2000-year-old vampire; Jake, his thrall and an ancestor of Amy and Paul's; and Sophia, Amy's best friend. This intrepid cast of characters is thrust into vampire politics and is hard pressed to survive. Hoffman has created an unforgettable story that will keep readers guessing until the end. Her vampire's are wonderful, lusty creatures that need more then blood to survive. Lorcan is a very intriguing, heroic vampire who doesn't just sweep Amy off her feet. They save each other from certain death. This alone makes the story very intriguing. This Reader Advisory from the back cover of the book accurately explains all the various references in the book. Read at your own risk. Reader Advisory - This book contains the following elements which may be considered unsuitable by some readers and literary purists: violence, graphic sex, erotic blood sucking, foul language, gore, angst, questions of morality, reincarnation, guns, S&M, family loyalty, pop culture references, the promotion of anarchy, metaphors, Wiccans, Druids, ancient Celtic goddesses, undead politics and etiquette, thralls, snappy banter and witty retorts, pregnancy & childbirth, bisexuality, talking dogs, car wrecks, torture, romance, sibling rivalry, psychic powers & scenery, and true love. And though promoted as a vampire novel, it may or may not contain vampires within the parameters of any one person's definition of the undead and/or bloodsucking leeches. Pure pulp, read at your own risk. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wynette Hoffman's vampires are relatably human. Her vampires are more interesting than Anne Rice has dreamed of yet. Wynette Hoffman's male vampires and thralls have thoughts men really think. Her male characters think like men and not what a woman thinks men think. She writes much better male characters than Anne Rice.
But, it's more than that. Hoffman's mind is free of the current vampire myths. Which means she's free to create a whole new set of vampire rules. In this way then the vampire myth is rejuvenated for a whole new generation of readers. She modernizes vampires for the 21st century reader.
I hope someone who knows Quentin Tarantino tells him about this book because I can't wait to see Hoffman's characters brought to life on the silver screen.