4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Desiring More..., December 26, 2007
This review is from: Every Dark Desire (Paperback)
Vampires run wild in Fiona Zedde's third novel, EVERY DARK DESIRE, which chronicles the death of Naomi McElroy and her rebirth as vampire Belle.
Naomi's life in Jamaica was mostly uneventful, until the night her desire for women takes her to a place she's never been before -- and leaves her lifeless. Belle is now a blood-sucking, cold-blooded vampire, recruited by a clan of men and women just like her.
The ringleader, a sexy beast named Silvija, makes sure Belle learns the ropes of hunting for blood, fighting enemies and satiating her sexual cravings. It's far from easy, what with Belle missing her daughter, Kylie, and the life she left behind.
And it especially doesn't help that Belle's falling for her.
Their encounters are extremely wickedly hot, but Belle can't seem to get a good read on whether their affair means more to the unattainable Silvija. To a group of vampires who lack human characteristics, it's hard to tell whether Silvija's carnal desires are real, or just a part of the hunt and chase.
Zedde's Desire is evident in every page. You see the growing yearnings Belle has for Silvija, and the author's trademark sex scenes leave nothing to the imagination; you can visualize and feel thrust and lick. However, I wish this same attention to detail was given to the plot. In reading Desire I felt like the sex came every chapter, and the ending felt rushed. With that being said, Zedde is an excellent writer I will always read, as her previous works -- Bliss and A Taste of Sin -- were more than enjoyable.
Desire kept my pulse racing, but left me wanting more -- whether that's a good thing is up to you.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must Read!!, October 10, 2007
This review is from: Every Dark Desire (Paperback)
This book was excellent!!!!! The characters are well developed. The plot is well thought out! I was engaged from the first page so much so that I didn't want to read it all in one day just so I could look forward to reading the next day and the day after that. Alas, I didn't succeed because I woke frequently at unGodly hours of the night to read a few more pages. Despite my best efforts to make it last, I finished it in three days and am waiting impatiently for and hoping there will be a sequel. Fiona, if you're reading this, don't leave us hanging. Please hurry up and release the sequel cuz I know u must b writing one..
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It Could Have Been Better, August 15, 2007
This review is from: Every Dark Desire (Paperback)
Naomi McElroy has lived in Jamaica all her life with a secret. She has secret desires that have gone unfulfilled because she just does not know how to express them and she does not want to disappoint her family. When Naomi finally surrenders to her secret desires her life alters in a drastic way. Naomi puts her former self to rest and emerges as Belle. Belle becomes a wild woman of the undead, free to slate her urges and desires but she must learn how to control herself in her new life. Belle does not embrace her new found life and family of vampires with open arms. Will she realize that in a world of bloodthirsty creatures not everyone is the enemy?
Every Dark Desire would have been an okay read if Fiona Zedde had focused more on the story development minus all the sex scenes. Vampires are known to have carnal desires that are never fulfilled and that is understandable but never have I read a book that is not in anthology form, have sex scenes every few pages. There is a way to express that a character has engaged in sex without there having to be a scene about it. It got to a point where I began to skip over the sex scenes trying to find the story underneath. The little pieces of the story that were expressed happened to be pretty well-written. Sad to say this but at the ending of this book is when the story actually picks up and becomes interesting. I do not recommend this book to everyone unless you are looking for a book that is eighty-five percent sex scenes, fifteen percent story.
Reviewed by Chantay W.
APOOO BookClub
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