Eternal Hearts [Hardcover]

Lucy Taylor (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (September 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565042050
• ISBN-13: 978-1565042056
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,212,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sexual? Yes. Metaphor? Well...., June 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Eternal Hearts (Hardcover)

This book has been billed by White Wolf as one exploring vampires as a sexual metaphor. Apparently their idea of what that means is different from mine, because when I look at my copy of this book, I see lots of sex but no metaphor. Reading the "word from the developer" on pages 8 and 9, it seems they merely took the development of the connections between vampires and sex as an opportunity or an excuse to publish some more vampire erotica of their own. I guess I just had a little more detail and allusions in mind when I ordered this book.

In the story itself, I found the truth behind the event which prompted the reverend Emmet's vampire hunting to be a bit of a stretch. Also, some of the events in this book would make many readers queasy, if not offended. Personally, I don't mind that at all, but if one has any interest at all in this book, I would also recommend the other material the developer himself mentiones in his foreward (i.e., _Dracula_, Lord Byron).

This book gets two stars because I guess I can see the developer's point of view, kind of, even if this book doesn't exactly push any envelopes, or even give one a little nudge. Plus I got a color picture of my favorite signature character from the World of Darkness, Sasha Vykos.

19 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Overdone!, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Eternal Hearts (Hardcover)

This book was a combination of B-movie horror film and a porno with no real redeeming features. The plot was week, the prose was middling and a lot of scenes existed to have a scene. The scenes were very blunt and did not leave much to the imagination. The art was graphic but pretty good. Overall the book was an attempt to see how gross they could be. It was certianly not worth the price of a hardcover. There are other better books that combine eroticism and horror.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Beats Old World of Darkness, February 25, 2010

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This review is from: Eternal Hearts (Hardcover)

Don't expect Dickens or Shakespear. I am a big fan of Lucy Taylor but this was a work for hire based on someone else's setting. This book has a great underlying story of political intrigue, villainy and the essential moral question of Vampire: the Masquerade. Taken at what it is, it is a great novella and a quick read. Well written, easy to read and a page turner. Most books would flounder starting with so many different and seemingly separate story lines. This book reads so quick and, with its relatively short page count, move the story fast enough that you get to where the threads come together before you find yourself wondering how or when they do. If you don't like erotica, you don't like horror, you don't like rape fantasies, then this book is not for you. If you're looking for a walk on the darkside, this is a very nice park of horrors to stroll through.