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The Vampire and the Man-eater

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You learn your entire life to obey the rules, but as you get older, you learn that there are no rules. This is Brock Hart's belief, but he sure has a lot of rules and he is about to break almost every single one. With men at his fingertips wherever he goes, Brock rarely has to chase after anyone - that is until a beyond-gorgeous man with mesmerizing green eyes captivates his interest in the crowd at the club. He won't stop until he finds this mysterious man. Waking up the next morning from a coma-like sleep, he can remember making out with the guy and bringing him home, but he can't remember anything else.

Strange dreams of sex plague Brock as he continues with his life as usual, though he isn't sure why he has a nuisance of a cut on his neck. Encountering Daniel Wolf, the man from the club, outside his office is more than a bit of a surprise. He has been with lots of pretty men (lots being a bit of an understatement), but there is just something off the charts about Daniel, and he can't resist him. Waking hours later in his car after an erotic encounter with Daniel, he is furious at the lost time and the painful broken open cut on his throat. Feeling used for the first time in his life, he decides that he isn't going to let Daniel get to him and resolves to never see him again. But that resolution won't be easy to keep when this man-eater meets his match in a vampire.

At first, these characters came across a bit flat, but as the story wore on, their distinct emotions and personalities plus the fleshed out aspects of Brock's life really paint a vivid picture. Both of these characters come across rather naive, even if Brock is the king of anonymous sex and Dan is four-hundred-plus years old. I would have liked to have seen a smoother transition of their personalities as both work through their issues. The emotional dynamics of this story were interesting, though half the time I was sure that we would find out Dan was hypnotizing Brock because his emotions came across a bit unreal. I also didn't like the way things would be introduced into the story and plot but never expanded on. The plot of this story was rather weak, and there was material there to help draw the reader in that was never capitalized on. From the ruthless pursuit of pleasure with an almost detached feel to the more involved emotional encounters that definitely have their own magical twist, fans of M/M erotica will be intrigued by this story.

Reviewed at Bitten by Books Paranormal Fiction Review Site by Sarai
The Bitten by Books review score for this book was 3.5 Tombstones

Well, I finished it. That is something in itself. If I didn't love Queer as Folk and Brian Kenny I would not have read this book. This book is a complete rip on the Brian Kenny character, everything from the night club (A complete rip off of Babylon from the dancing go go boys to the bathroom antics.) to back room where they do you know what, to people at work pulling him into the bathroom. If you've watched the show, you'll feel like you half way know this Brock character.

Now Daniel, Daniel is to annoying to be a rip of anyone. He's a vampire with 40 million dollars leaving in the grave yard yet and doesn't seem to understand modern terms. Yet, he manages to dress and find his way to the gay hang out seen.

Then there is Brock's Brian Kenny rules of ''play'' (the nicest way to say it) with as many and as often as possible without falling into any form of relationship. Even his best friend Eli is a rip on Michael. Best friends since child hood, sort of longing for Brock and Brock saying he cares to much to ''play'' with him like that.

That said, this book is completely unbelievable. And Brock went from an ass to a mushy puppy I'm so in love I cry. He got to soft and it was a bit jarring on how soft he got once he fell in love.

It's not a bad book. I don't want to give that impression. But I think I only related to it because it felt like I was reading about Brian Kenny before he got soft and mushy and fell in love.

Another great story by GA Hauser, I buy all books by this writer and I have never been disapointed.

This novel is too unbelievable compared to other Vampire stories I have read. Never in anything I have read can a Vampire return to human form. And the Vampire's human interest is supposed to be a very smart financial sales person and he can't even figure out how strange the Vampire is. Too much trash in this novel.

Brock Hart is a playboy who has no intention of settling...period. He's out for what he can get and doesn't hide that fact. He's rich, handsome, smart, and knows he's a catch. The catch for Brock is, he doesn't want anyone tying him down.
Until he meets Daniel Wolf. Unknown to Brock, Daniel is a vampire from the 16th Century. Brock mistakes Daniel's little blood sucking acts as a kind of kinky fetish, and permits it, though it leaves him woozy. The slow evolution of two predatory men into two lovers, is both sweet and satisfying. At first they don't seem very endearing, but they grew on me until I was cheering for them to be together.
Another hot M/M story, sexy and fulfilling.

For those who like their vampires very traditional, a la Bram Stoker (cast no reflection; fear of the Christian god) this is one you will like. We even have the virgin, in this case the human male lover of the vampire who is homosexual, but has never been penetrated, in spite of his vast experience. He is a man-eater because he's rather like first-season Brian in QUEER AS FOLK, who likes to conquer and remain emotionally distant and seldom revisit the same guy. It's not badly written, but it goes on for too long without any originality. By the halfway mark I had hit all the cliches and was done with it.