Comments on: REVIEW: Necking by Chris Salvatore

By: LizJ

LizJ — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:28:34 +0000

Oh, LOL, perhaps the author was taking elements from all three authors.

I just don’t have the familiarity with the the other two to see the similarities based on the info on the review.

I’ve read a few of Rice’s books, but way back in the past, and the only interviews I’ve read with her in recent years are focused on her Christ the King series. L K Hamilton…well, I read one book (mid series), hated it, ditched it and never looked back, especially as I heard more about the author’s personality online.

By: Jia

Jia — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:01:24 +0000

OK…vampire family, dedicated fans and the author’s name is Bella? I’m guessing the “inspiration” was Stephenie Meyer? Now that would be sort of a clever in-joke, considering that there’s likely at least a little bit of author wish-fulfillment in the development of the main character of Meyer’s Twilight series.

There were several in-jokes littered throughout the book so this wouldn’t surprise me. While reading it, I thought that character was a cross between Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton.

By: LizJ

LizJ — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:21 +0000

OK…vampire family, dedicated fans and the author’s name is Bella? I’m guessing the “inspiration” was Stephenie Meyer? Now that would be sort of a clever in-joke, considering that there’s likely at least a little bit of author wish-fulfillment in the development of the main character of Meyer’s Twilight series.

I’m not going to touch the TOTM issue with a ten foot pole, but I’m sure most authors of books with vampires-who-reproduce don’t deal with it any more than Meyer dealt with how male vampires apparently still have one bodily fluid but not the rest.

By: Jody W.

Jody W. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:38:26 +0000

This sounds worth a try. Kind of spoofy, kind of original. Thanks for providing both pros and cons!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:11 +0000

If I’m to be completely honest, I think this book fell on the side of too much slice of life, not enough cohesive external plot for me.

This is such a helpful sentence to me. I’ve read a couple of contemporaries lately where I just got bored: there was a long discussion of the merits of contact lenses versus Lasik surgery in one, and in another, the heroine muses at length about all the things (like work and childcare) that kept her from boinking the hero this week. You’ve given me the words to express my discontent!

I don’t think it’s unfair to say there are a lot of vampire books out there.

And where’s the contest for diplomatic understatement of the year so I can enter this one?! But seriously, your point about a separate subgenre is very interesting — at what point in the growth of a subgenre does it become a genre?

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:41:42 +0000

You know, I have to say that I *have* always wondered about the whole period thing. Not that I want to read about it. Wait, maybe that’s not true. I’d probably wince and then think “Oh, so that makes sense” and feel glad (cringingly) that someone dared address it. Because I do wonder about Kresley Cole’s (just for one) heroines – do Valkyrie women have periods? Witches? Reanimated ghosty things? (We know they ovulate and have children, so it follows that they would, right?) And they’re married to these Vamps – eek! Is this o.k.? Fun? Just part of the delights of being paranormal? Do they have to do a whole Old Testament thing and go away somewhere for a week and then bathe and come back?

So, yeah. I confess. I want to know and I don’t want to know. I might well read this book if for no other reason than to learn how one brave (to my mind) author addresses the issue.