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jlaynereads's review
5.0
Battling a demon lord is all in a day’s work for the Dark One named Sebastian. But now he must take on a horde of unhappy zombies and an obnoxious teen vampire if he wants to win the hand of the one woman who can make him whole.
I LOVE these books & the Dark Ones. Who doesn't love a sexy, brooding alpha male that NEEDS you to save them!
sign me up! Looking forward to others!
I LOVE these books & the Dark Ones. Who doesn't love a sexy, brooding alpha male that NEEDS you to save them!
sign me up! Looking forward to others!
ladymoonlight's review against another edition
2.5
"Beißen will gelernt sein" ist Band 4,50 der "Dark Ones" Reihe von Autorin Katie MacAlister.
Ich muss ganz ehrlich sagen, dass mir diese Novelle nicht so gut gefallen hat. Mir ist die Story etwas zu viel des Guten. Es wirkt hier fast so, also ob alle Menschen wüssten, dass es übernatürliche Wesen gibt. In den anderen Büchern ist das aber nicht so. Teilweise ist die Geschichte durchaus amüsant, wirklich stimmig finde ich die Handlung aber auch nicht. Der Humor wirkt stellenweise schon fast erzwungen, so als ob die Autorin alles absichtlich ins Lächerliche ziehen wollte.
Von mir gibt es dieses Mal leider nur 2,50 Sterne. Trotz der wenigen Seiten hat sich das Buch irgendwie gezogen.
Ich muss ganz ehrlich sagen, dass mir diese Novelle nicht so gut gefallen hat. Mir ist die Story etwas zu viel des Guten. Es wirkt hier fast so, also ob alle Menschen wüssten, dass es übernatürliche Wesen gibt. In den anderen Büchern ist das aber nicht so. Teilweise ist die Geschichte durchaus amüsant, wirklich stimmig finde ich die Handlung aber auch nicht. Der Humor wirkt stellenweise schon fast erzwungen, so als ob die Autorin alles absichtlich ins Lächerliche ziehen wollte.
Von mir gibt es dieses Mal leider nur 2,50 Sterne. Trotz der wenigen Seiten hat sich das Buch irgendwie gezogen.
storybehindallthestories's review
4.0
What a fine little read. It has been too long since my last Dark One fix. MacAlister's writing is something else - it is hilarious, smart, sexy and exciting all at the same time.
Sebastian wasn't my favourite dark one but an interesting character all the same. I also enjoy how in every story the heroine is different and they all are great.
Sebastian wasn't my favourite dark one but an interesting character all the same. I also enjoy how in every story the heroine is different and they all are great.
melanie_page's review
3.0
Bring Out Your Dead by Katie MacAlister is part of the Dark Ones series. It’s an extra novella that falls between two books. Apparently, readers wanted to know more about the French vampire Sebastian, who appears in two earlier books, but is always a side character. He meets his Beloved, Belle, rather quickly, and the book clips along at a rapid pace as they attempt to keep a demon from taking one of Belle’s two souls (she has two thanks to a glitch).
While I often feel like the Dark Ones novels drag on too long, Bring Out Your Dead was too short. MacAlister made an interesting heroine (a first in her Dark Ones series), but then leaves much unexplained about Belle. Readers learn she has been married five times . . . and that’s because she’s died before and was resurrected. Belle has a sidekick, Sally, who is unexplained. She’s a spirit guide, but what does that mean? Sally doesn’t know French, but she likes to throw it in awkwardly. I wouldn’t even compare this to the beauty of Spanglish:
Typically, the heroines of the Dark Ones novels are naive, stubborn for terrible reasons, and stupid despite their education. Belle is older, like the vampires, so she isn’t as irritating. In fact, she has a useful job: she’s a counselor helping zombies cope with existence. She encourages them to be vegan so they don’t get a taste for flesh, and she helps them with daily microaggressions:
As with all the Dark Ones novels, I’m not sure that I recommend them. Except they are compulsive reads, and I’m 4.5 books into the series (yes, Bring Out Your Dead was a 0.5 book). I enjoy reviewing them because they often give me a chance to be snarky!
This review was originally published at Grab the Lapels
While I often feel like the Dark Ones novels drag on too long, Bring Out Your Dead was too short. MacAlister made an interesting heroine (a first in her Dark Ones series), but then leaves much unexplained about Belle. Readers learn she has been married five times . . . and that’s because she’s died before and was resurrected. Belle has a sidekick, Sally, who is unexplained. She’s a spirit guide, but what does that mean? Sally doesn’t know French, but she likes to throw it in awkwardly. I wouldn’t even compare this to the beauty of Spanglish:
Sebastian’s eyes narrowed at her for a moment. “You are aware, are you not, that you are not speaking actual French?”It’s also unclear why another character thinks Sebastian is her Beloved. A Beloved is a woman who is “meant” for the Dark One — sort of like soul mates, if you believe that sort of thing — except the Beloved returns the Dark One’s soul once they go through a series of steps that lead them to joining. Some of these steps are the vampire admitting who he is, kissing, sex, a blood exchange, and the woman risking her life to help the vampire. Typically, a Dark One very clearly has one Beloved, but in Bring Out Your Dead, another character is mad at Sebastian and Belle because she thought she was Sebastian’s Beloved. Why would this misunderstanding happen? MacAlister doesn’t explain.
“Le gasp! Sally said, following word by deed and gasping in a thoroughly shocked manner. “Je suis too!”
“No, you are not. You are mangling a perfectly nice language.”
Typically, the heroines of the Dark Ones novels are naive, stubborn for terrible reasons, and stupid despite their education. Belle is older, like the vampires, so she isn’t as irritating. In fact, she has a useful job: she’s a counselor helping zombies cope with existence. She encourages them to be vegan so they don’t get a taste for flesh, and she helps them with daily microaggressions:
“You were telling me about the taunting you experienced recently?”I enjoyed the presence of the zombies, articulate creatures trying to be helpful in Belle and Sebastian’s quest to save her souls. They were unexpected in this culture of The Walking Dead and the huge number of cheaply made zombie movies on Netflix. We sure have come a long way from the 1st Dark Ones novel, in which the heroine didn’t even acknowledge vampires were real. Now everyone is a mythical creature.
“Yes, brains. Or rather, braiiiiiiins. Spoken in a slurred, repugnant voice that was accompanied by a fine spray of spittle. That’s all they said, over and over again, as if I were supposed to stagger toward them with a fork and knife, and start hacking away at their heads.”
As with all the Dark Ones novels, I’m not sure that I recommend them. Except they are compulsive reads, and I’m 4.5 books into the series (yes, Bring Out Your Dead was a 0.5 book). I enjoy reviewing them because they often give me a chance to be snarky!
This review was originally published at Grab the Lapels
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