Hunting Memories: A Vampire Memories Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Barb Hendee (Author)

Book Description

Series: Vampire Memories | Publication Date: October 6, 2009

The co-author of the bestselling Noble Dead novels continues her ?exhilarating?(SF Revu) new vampire series.

Eleisha Clevon has begun a correspondence with fellow vampire Rose de Spenser. Both reluctant predators, they venture outside only when the hunger becomes unbearable, trying not to draw attention to themselves?and feel guilty when ending human lives.

But Eleisha has learned a way to draw blood from her victims without killing them. She wants to share this knowledge with like-minded vampires and create a haven where they can exist together?and forge a united front against Julian Ashton, a vampire who has been hunting down and destroying his own kind?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Vampires continue to feud in the flashback-laced sequel to 2008's Blood Memories. Eleisha Clevon, one of the few survivors of Julian Ashton's serial destruction of his fellow vampires, seeks to gather others like her so she can spread the knowledge of feeding without killing through psychic memory manipulation. Joining her are Philip, a once-feral vampire reluctantly converted to her cause, and telepathic human Wade. When they meet up with reclusive vampire Rose de Spenser and her ghostly cousin Seamus, Eleisha urges a move to a safe haven in Portland, Ore., as the paranoid Julian wants them all dead. Hendee smartly handles unusual concepts like the vampires' unique supernatural powers and Julian's drive to destroy his own race, but stilted language, uneven characterization and a choppy narrative style prevent this tale from standing out in its overcrowded field. (Oct.)
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About the Author

Barb & J.C. Hendee live just outside of Boulder, Colorado, close to the Rocky Mountains. Both are online college instructors in English. J.C. teaches for Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Barb teaches for the University of Colorado at Denver. Barb's short fiction has appeared in numerous genre magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the novel Blood Memories. J.C.'s poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction have also appeared in many genre magazines.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Roc Trade; Original edition (October 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451462912
• ISBN-13: 978-0451462916
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Barb & J.C. Hendee live in a quirky small town just south of Portland, Oregon. They are the authors of the Noble Dead Saga. Learn more at: www.nobledead.org

Barb is also the author of the Vampire Memories series and the upcoming Mist Torn Witches series. Learn more at www.barbhendee.org

J.C. and Barb share a home office with their desks pushed up against one another.

They garden year-round and grow a good deal of their own food.
They also seem to spend a good deal of time researching myths and folklore about vampires.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2nd book in the Vampire Memories series, October 9, 2009

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SciFiChick "The SciFiChick" (Fishers, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hunting Memories: A Vampire Memories Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

Following the concluding events in Blood Memories, the ruthless vampire Julian Ashton has fled back to Europe. And Eleisha Clevon has forged a new life with fellow vampire Phillip and the psychic human Wade. But she has been secretly corresponding with another vampire. Eleisha and Rose have a vision to provide a safe haven for vampires that don't want to kill humans, safe from Julian. It seems there are other vampires out there that have escaped Julian's killing spree.

Barb Hendee has created a different world of vampires, where the vampires are the hunted and live in hiding. Each character is given a dramatic backstory, with complex relationships and motivations. Incredibly suspenseful and eerily vivid, this sequel is once again fast-paced and hard to put down.

This dark fantasy series continues to impress me. I enjoyed this installment even more than the first. It wasn't quite as dark and bleak, with Eleisha and Rose's idea of a better life for everyone. With powerful characters and an impressive storyline, vampire and urban fantasy fans shouldn't miss this unique series.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for any fantasy holding, November 15, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hunting Memories: A Vampire Memories Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

HUNTING MEMORIES tells of Eleisha, who receives a communication acknowledging her status as a vampire and letting her know there are others like her in the world. The difference is - she's learned a way to draw blood from her victims without killing them - and her discovery will divide the existing vampire community in this tense thriller, recommended for any fantasy holding.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vampires you want to know, October 12, 2009

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H. Hanlin (Round Rock, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hunting Memories: A Vampire Memories Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

Eleisha is one of my favorite vampires. Even in her undead state she cares deeply for others and hopes to create a community for herself and her small group. The characters in this novel are all so engaging and interesting. Even Julian is delightfully complex. And the stories these vampires discover about one another are interconnected in strange, wonderful and sometimes contradictory ways. These are vampires with human problems (as well as supernatural ones), which makes them easy to relate to, worry about and spend time with enjoying a laugh.