Quenched [Unknown Binding]

Mary Ann Mitchell (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding
• Publisher: Leisure Books (Mm) (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843948396
• ISBN-13: 978-0843948394
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh - don't waste your time., October 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Quenched (Mass Market Paperback)

Mitchell's writing begins to approach appeciable at the oddest times, and then falls flat when the need really calls (such as during the climax).

The characters never develop, in fact the interactions often seem as if they were written, then jumbled up and put back together. Situations don't flow, conversations are contrived, and nothing seems congruous. I kept thinking, "Just a few more pages and you'll fall into it..." but that never happened.

In fact, I turned the last page expecting there to be more, and when there wasn't, I honestly thought some pages were missing. I understand this is a series, but there was no meaningful path of the book.

Awful. I hesitate to speak negatively of someone's writing because putting yourself out there must be difficult, and often tastes are just personal opinions. But... I felt strongly enough to do so!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Read at your own risk, July 11, 2000

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algerina "algerina" (Saint Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quenched (Mass Market Paperback)

An excellent second book in the Marquis de Sade vampire horror series. But the author wastes no time filling the reader in on much of the history from the first book. So its a bit like coming into a nighttime soap in the second year of the series. I would strongly suggest that readers buy and read Sips of Blood first before cracking the cover on this one. Ms Mitchell lets her characters drive the story. For that reason I liked the first book better. Some of the most fascinating charaters were left behind. This story centered on the least enjoyable pair a father and son in a life long struggle of love and hate seasoned with guilt. Sade was entertaining as ever. His attempt to Henry Higgins the new inexperienced vampire was very interesting. The book ends with nothing but loose ends nothing resolved and so many possiblities that I can't wait for book three.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Mama's Horror!, June 9, 2000

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Rena (San Francisco, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quenched (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Mitchell has rescued the vampire from the clutches of romance. Wil and Keith are not the angst-ridden fanged heroes of popular television or the modern romance novel. You truly do not want to meet these two in a dark alley or anywhere else, for that matter.

This is not a plot driven novel; rather, the author explores characters that clearly intrigue us, giving us the many shadows and shadings of those who've grown up with dark hearts in the heart of darkness. Wil's and Keith's relationship begins to evolve when they are forced to flee from the police; you could even say that the dark heart of this book is the relationship between father and son and how it's resolved.

Ms. Mitchell uses language dramatically, sets her creepy scenes eerily, and explores characters who are the bottom feeders of modern society. If you are looking for Hemingway, you are in the wrong place; however, if you cut your eye teeth on Lovecraft, pull up a coffin and settle in for the ...night...