Wednesday, August 02, 2006
The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
My bookmark reluctantly gave up on Mario Acevedo's book about halfway through. It had such promise. It was also a Booksense Notable Pick for April 2006.
Felix Gomez is a former soldier who served in the Middle East. He was bitten by a vampire while there and returned home, now a vampire himself, to become a private investigator. Just imagine the possibilities of a PI with superhuman vampire powers and military training.
Yeah well, those possibilities weren't here. The dialog was choppy, the characters were two-dimensional, the plot was getting silly despite the nymphomaniacs, and Felix just had too much angst about drinking human blood.
I read to approximately the midpoint of the book, then jumped to the end to see if the story was going anywhere. The last chapter convinced me I didn't need to see what happened in between. I really didn't care how it got there.
I will try his second book, X-Rated Blood Suckers, out next spring. I still think this premise has potential.
Felix Gomez is a former soldier who served in the Middle East. He was bitten by a vampire while there and returned home, now a vampire himself, to become a private investigator. Just imagine the possibilities of a PI with superhuman vampire powers and military training.
Yeah well, those possibilities weren't here. The dialog was choppy, the characters were two-dimensional, the plot was getting silly despite the nymphomaniacs, and Felix just had too much angst about drinking human blood.
I read to approximately the midpoint of the book, then jumped to the end to see if the story was going anywhere. The last chapter convinced me I didn't need to see what happened in between. I really didn't care how it got there.
I will try his second book, X-Rated Blood Suckers, out next spring. I still think this premise has potential.
# posted by Kim Reis @ 6:28 AM 
