I'll probably enjoy tearing through the rest of the series, too, because it's all a very light read that doesn't much challenge us. I also suspect that any number of editing sins can be swept under the rug this way, too. I like it well enough, but I suspect that I like it more because I listened to the equally high-energy narration within the audiobook. Wanna change the world, one torn throat at a time? This is probably your book. :)īUT, let me tell you what it does right: Pace, high-energy characters, willingness to introduce some wacky SF elements, and the obvious build-up to some really Big Happenings later.

We're here to focus on the Underworld chosen one syndrome. It's right out of Vampire Masquerade, only the names have changed and the number of houses decreased, but that's fine, too. Some of the dialogue reads out of a cliché manual, but the energy is bright and there seems to be real love from the author for the world he's building. Oh, my.ĭon't get me wrong, it's good for what it is, a fast-paced stereotype-laden action romp that tickles most of the fancies even as it fails to nourish. It's not hard to categorize this book, even for all the little quirks that creep in that is not all that standard for our UF craze. The UnkownWorld is going to change, it just doesn't know whose beat they will dance to, yet. When she wakes up, nothing is going to go like she thought. The problem? Even he didn't realize exactly how he was transformed and it completely throws the understanding of vampires and why they were created out the window. She accepts the offer but doesn't realize she won't be transformed like any other vampire in history, even Michael. The daughter of a General, she excels were others fear to go. He needs to find a way to bring another to take his place, someone with the will and desire to make a difference. After a thousand years of fighting and keeping the peace with his Family, the Unforsaken and the known supernaturals he is world weary and ready to sleep a final time.

The third effort to overturn Michael's decrees is about to take place, the problem is Michael is tired. Michael thought this serum safely lost in the bombing of Japan in 1945. Someone has found the serum to make intelligent nosferatu, a type of vampire little better than blood sucking beasts who can change the power struggle significantly. As the first and most powerful vampire in existence, he has the power to keep the power struggles under the radar from the rest of humanity. For a thousand years, it has felt stifled by Michael's strictures, the rules they must follow on pain of death.

The UnknownWorld is about to suffer change. Alternate cover edition of ASIN B017I3NVP2

Death Becomes Her by Michael Anderle