Sunglasses After Dark (SIGNED) [Hardcover]

Nancy A. Collins (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Kinnell; 1st ed/1st printing edition (1989)
• ASIN: B000GLIAU0
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,722,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nancy A. Collins is the author of numerous horror, dark fantasy & comics stories. A native of Arkansas, she currently resides in Cape Fear with her Significant Other and their Boston Terrier, Chopper.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Vamp Book Ever, July 26, 2000

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This review is from: Sunglasses After Dark (Paperback)

I have never been the type who went for reading the adventures of werewolves & vampires, etc., but Nancy Collins Sonya Blue series was able to persuade me otherwise. I first read Sunglasses in college and found that not only did I like it, but could not put the book down. Sonya Blue is definitely nothing like that OTHER well known vampire writer's protagonist, LeWuss, I mean, well, you know who I mean...Sonya Blue is unlike any vampire you'll ever read about. In the first installment, we are introduced to a badass Sonya, and Nancy Collins has a way of making the reader care about this badass. Not only is the story compelling, but if you read the subsequent Sonya Blue books, you'll see that the character development meets and exceeds all expectations. I have read all four novels in the Sonya Blue collection and simply cannot say enough positive things about the series. My favorite book happens to be In the Blood, but the reader would be doing a great disservice to himself not to read the other books.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A modern classic to keep in the library, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sunglasses after Dark (Onyx) (Paperback)

Although the synopsis as written here is actually the plot line to Nancy A. Collins' book "Wild Blood", "Sunglasses After Dark" is one the best vampire novels I've ever read. Sonja Blue is a very complex and sympathic character in the same manner as LeStat and like the early Anne Rice vampire novels, you find yourself getting mental impressions from the detailed story lines long after reading the book. This is definitely one to keep and read 2 or 3 times.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue gets [mistreated], May 26, 2002

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F. Gammella (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunglasses After Dark (Paperback)

How this series remains so widely ignored is beyond me. Perhaps Sonja Blue gets [mistreated] by other books because it predates more current popular series. Start reading it, start loving it. Stop wasting time on newer stuff until you have read this. Love the complexity and originality of her writing. Her charater is three-dimensional, not just colorful adjectives on paper. There is a practicality you will find shared between Nancy's A. Collins' Sonja Blue and Laurell K. Hamiltons' Anita Blake that is refreshing. Although the characters share the job description of vampire hunter, they are very different - one being a vampire and one being human - they each lend a new perspective on the genre.