7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Simple Writing, September 12, 2008
This review is from: Alliance In Blood (Partnership in Blood) (Paperback)
The concept was good. The pairing of a vampire and a wizard to fight an evil wizard of black magic. I think the story could have been fleshed out a bit more.
eg. For the first time in over 200 years, the vampire Orlando saw Paris in the daylight!He and Alain spent the whole day together exploring the city...yet little more than a small paragraph was devoted to this new joy for Orlando! They saw a couple things (two sentences) and then they were back at the apartment.
The author has already told us she lived in and loved Paris so I think she could have taken the time to show Orlando and Alain having a good day. She didn't give the reader anything.
Everything seemed to happen too fast.
Every paragraph was a new idea instead of fleshing out the places, people, feelings.(just like this!)
The attraction and feeling Orlando and Alain had for each other was very sensuous and erotic and I'll give the author her due on that point.
But the battle between good and bad wizards was not fleshed out enough.
This reader felt that there was not enough descriptive narrative in the story. It felt rushed.I just wasn't caught up in the story.
Of course, I am always wary when I see double-spacing and large fonts...that's also a sure sign of not much content.
Not interesting enough for me to buy into the series.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pure Disappointment, August 26, 2010
I can't believe i bought all 4 of these books .Alliance In Blood is one of the sorriest books I've ever read ! Alain and Orlando were a joke.Why would and abused and tortured person tell his lover that if he really loved him ,he would let him brand his neck with the very ring his abuser and torturer wore as proof of his love and Alain does.This book was nothing but dribble about Alain and Orlando .I gave up trying to finish it , it just wasn't worth it and after glancing through the others they aren't either . Wow man , BUMMER ! I gave it 1 star because I couldn't give it a 0 ! This author really needs a break ! I really , really HATED this book and the other 3 that went with it .
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Can we say, confusing...?, March 31, 2009
This review is from: Alliance In Blood (Partnership in Blood) (Paperback)
I plowed through the first book of this series, thinking it was pretty interesting, but confusing since there are SO MANY character introductions that were unneeded. The main relationships were good and the premise was interesting (warlocks teaming up with vampires), so I thought I would give book two a try. I should have left it alone. A new character is introduced almost every few pages, and the main characters are kept in limbo for so long that you tend to forget who they are. I had to keep looking at the back cover to read the synopsis in order to remind myself of their names. To the author, I'll skip book three. You've already got too many of my hard earned dollars for what is, essentially, something that could have been done in one book (minus all the added characters). Buyer, beware!
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