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kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
Fourth in the Joe Pitt urban fantasy series set in a contemporary New York City about a lone vampire refusing to bow down to any one group of vampires. Joe doesn't care about anyone else's agenda. He simply wants to be his own man, um, vampire. But rogues aren't tolerated and every clan, society, enclave wants a piece of Joe for their own ends.
My Take
Oh wow. It makes sense. It really does. But still. Oh lord.
I hate that I have to wait to read My Dead Body. I am dying to know how they all cope with what Joe has unleashed, hee-hee-hee . . .
The Story
After burning all his bridges in Half the Blood of Brooklyn, Joe is in miserable exile in the Bronx. Even more of a loner — and alone — than ever. Joe doesn't even know if Evie made it through the Change.
When Dexter Predo comes calling, Joe is willing to listen. Anything to escape the wilds of the Bronx and get back to Manhattan. His life may be forfeit but Joe would rather scrape and survive on home ground then do the same in a strange land and now Predo needs a spy in Amanda Horde's new Clan. Seems Predo doesn't like the attraction Amanda's ideas have for vampires. Nor does he like the idea of her finding a cure for the Vyrus. No Vyrus. No more vampires. No more little kingdom for Predo to terrorize. Worse, Predo is afraid that Amanda will broadcast their existence and he makes a deal with Joe.
What starts as a spy mission evolves into a turnabout with Joe spying out "every last drop" and what he learns turns everything on its head. Terry and the Society, the Count and the Enclave, Predo and the Collective all have a lot of scrambling to do.
The Characters
We met Amanda Horde when Joe is hired to find her in Already Dead. Exposed to the reality of vampires, Amanda takes on a new bodyguard, Sala, a cross-tranny vampire who also becomes her lover. Amanda also takes over her father's research with the aim of finding a cure.
Mrs. Vandewater seems to have survived Joe's assault on her in No Dominion and is eager to take her revenge on him even as she "rescues" him from Alistair Lament.
Esperanza is working the Bronx. Working to mold it into a civilized clan with a better chance at survival. Modeling it on the groups over on the island. With a hankering for Joe. A survivor from Lament's idea of raising newly-changed Vampyres.
The Mungiki are a new clan. Savage. Based on an article, Menace read in, he thinks, a National Geographic about Kikuyu farmers in Kenya, a small beat down group, who won out against Nairobi government forces. Determined to get out from under Lament, Menace escapes with his own small crew making them into a force to be feared.
The Cover and Title
Oh yeah, the trademark split cover with a partial face showing a bit of fang. Only the cigarette is missing as Joe contemplates his drink under a red-hazed New York City skyline. With such an appropriate title too!
For it is Every Last Drop that Joe discovers.
My Take
Oh wow. It makes sense. It really does. But still. Oh lord.
I hate that I have to wait to read My Dead Body. I am dying to know how they all cope with what Joe has unleashed, hee-hee-hee . . .
The Story
After burning all his bridges in Half the Blood of Brooklyn, Joe is in miserable exile in the Bronx. Even more of a loner — and alone — than ever. Joe doesn't even know if Evie made it through the Change.
When Dexter Predo comes calling, Joe is willing to listen. Anything to escape the wilds of the Bronx and get back to Manhattan. His life may be forfeit but Joe would rather scrape and survive on home ground then do the same in a strange land and now Predo needs a spy in Amanda Horde's new Clan. Seems Predo doesn't like the attraction Amanda's ideas have for vampires. Nor does he like the idea of her finding a cure for the Vyrus. No Vyrus. No more vampires. No more little kingdom for Predo to terrorize. Worse, Predo is afraid that Amanda will broadcast their existence and he makes a deal with Joe.
What starts as a spy mission evolves into a turnabout with Joe spying out "every last drop" and what he learns turns everything on its head. Terry and the Society, the Count and the Enclave, Predo and the Collective all have a lot of scrambling to do.
The Characters
We met Amanda Horde when Joe is hired to find her in Already Dead. Exposed to the reality of vampires, Amanda takes on a new bodyguard, Sala, a cross-tranny vampire who also becomes her lover. Amanda also takes over her father's research with the aim of finding a cure.
Mrs. Vandewater seems to have survived Joe's assault on her in No Dominion and is eager to take her revenge on him even as she "rescues" him from Alistair Lament.
Esperanza is working the Bronx. Working to mold it into a civilized clan with a better chance at survival. Modeling it on the groups over on the island. With a hankering for Joe. A survivor from Lament's idea of raising newly-changed Vampyres.
The Mungiki are a new clan. Savage. Based on an article, Menace read in, he thinks, a National Geographic about Kikuyu farmers in Kenya, a small beat down group, who won out against Nairobi government forces. Determined to get out from under Lament, Menace escapes with his own small crew making them into a force to be feared.
The Cover and Title
Oh yeah, the trademark split cover with a partial face showing a bit of fang. Only the cigarette is missing as Joe contemplates his drink under a red-hazed New York City skyline. With such an appropriate title too!
For it is Every Last Drop that Joe discovers.
mdstepp1998's review against another edition
5.0
What a pick me up after the so-so 3rd Joe Pitt book [b:No Dominion|7263|No Dominion (Joe Pitt Casebooks, #2)|Charlie Huston|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165609939s/7263.jpg|10393]! Every Last Drop was surprisingly my favorite of the series as it continues Pitt's badass intrigues within the political circles of vampires in Manhattan, but it throws in a wicked 12 to 6 curveball that really churned my emotions.
For the sake of not ruining the story, I'll skip the summary-analysis part of a review and make it short - read this book! While the first three provide a moderately deep plot coated with a gritty lead character, Every Last Drop cuts it up with a heavy dose of humanity and morality. Awesome.
For the sake of not ruining the story, I'll skip the summary-analysis part of a review and make it short - read this book! While the first three provide a moderately deep plot coated with a gritty lead character, Every Last Drop cuts it up with a heavy dose of humanity and morality. Awesome.
newfylady's review against another edition
4.0
I'm going thru these too fast. I can't bear for them to end
creolelitbelle's review against another edition
4.0
Surprising twists and turns in this one. I am very curious how Huston wraps up the series in the 5th book, after everything he set up throughout the story of this one. Joe Pitt - fated to be alone or meant for retribution ?
litwrite's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. It's hard to believe how such a promising series devolved so quickly. In this addition to the Joe Pitt series, our titular character falls deeper in the middle of a convoluted mess of a turf war. Sela and Amanda are back, with Amanda being some sort of young genius with biomolecular and virus research. We also find out the Coalition's secret source for their vast quantities of blood.
Not going to go into much detail for this one because I'm saving it all for the grand finale on my review of the last book but needless to say that the series isn't really getting any better as it goes along. At this point I think that Huston is overreaching in his ability to continue and maintain the 'noir' tone while coming up with fresh material and storylines for each novel all while expanding the overarching plot. Will go into further detail on my review of the final book.
This is definitely a fourth book in the series. I have no idea how anyone could jump into the series by starting with this book and understand what the heck is going on.
Not going to go into much detail for this one because I'm saving it all for the grand finale on my review of the last book but needless to say that the series isn't really getting any better as it goes along. At this point I think that Huston is overreaching in his ability to continue and maintain the 'noir' tone while coming up with fresh material and storylines for each novel all while expanding the overarching plot. Will go into further detail on my review of the final book.
This is definitely a fourth book in the series. I have no idea how anyone could jump into the series by starting with this book and understand what the heck is going on.
grandgranini's review against another edition
3.0
To me, Charlie Huston is a bit like Andrew Vachss: Great dialog, extreme violence, and a ton of sequels. I spent almost 20 years reading Vachss' "Burke" novels, and as soon as I managed to wean myself off them, Charlie Huston came along to make me continue that comfortable habit, where I pick up the book as soon as it comes out, and won't remember anything of the plot a day later. This one was good, but not as good the previous ones, is all I can say. Still, highly recommended, if you like modern noir.
verkisto's review against another edition
3.0
This is what I thought was the last book in the Joe Pitt/Vampyre series, and it’s a book that I’ve had hanging around the house for several months. I mean, I like Charlie Huston’s stories, and when it comes to dialog, I honestly can’t think of anyone who writes it sharper and more effectively than he does, but the gritty, dark-noir novels he get tend to get repetitious. At this point, I was just reading this book to finish out the series and see how certain things that happened at the end of the last novel got resolved. Now, I feel like I’m going to need to read the next one, too, since not a whole lot gets resolved in this novel.
Things start off dark and serious in this book, and then just keep going in that direction. It reminded me a little of the final volume in the Hank Thompson trilogy, also by Huston. The main character in both had been taken along a dark journey, mostly by accident, partly by making some pretty dumb decisions, and wound up at their lowest points by the last book. I guess that makes sense, dramatically — you want to see the protagonist redeem himself by the end of it all — but sometimes it’s hard to be sympathetic with him, since a lot of the terrible things happening to him are happening because of his own actions. With Every Last Drop, I feel like little happens. Like every other Fables collection, this book felt more like a transitional novel to help set up the events of the next book.
There’s nothing new with this book, as far as Huston’s books go, but that’s not really a bad thing. His stories still read with a clarity that I don’t see in many writers’ books, and they rarely disappoint. Sometimes just knowing that you can depend on a writer to tell a good tale, without getting hung up on how original or important it may be, is all you need.
Things start off dark and serious in this book, and then just keep going in that direction. It reminded me a little of the final volume in the Hank Thompson trilogy, also by Huston. The main character in both had been taken along a dark journey, mostly by accident, partly by making some pretty dumb decisions, and wound up at their lowest points by the last book. I guess that makes sense, dramatically — you want to see the protagonist redeem himself by the end of it all — but sometimes it’s hard to be sympathetic with him, since a lot of the terrible things happening to him are happening because of his own actions. With Every Last Drop, I feel like little happens. Like every other Fables collection, this book felt more like a transitional novel to help set up the events of the next book.
There’s nothing new with this book, as far as Huston’s books go, but that’s not really a bad thing. His stories still read with a clarity that I don’t see in many writers’ books, and they rarely disappoint. Sometimes just knowing that you can depend on a writer to tell a good tale, without getting hung up on how original or important it may be, is all you need.
joelipsett's review against another edition
2.0
Pretty disappointing. After essentially blowing up the status quo in the last novel, this one spends its entirety resetting the board, which is pretty boring. It feels like a prequel to a more interesting tale, with this busywork needing to be signed off on in order to get to the good stuff. The substantial amount of inane and purple prose-like dialogue certainly doesn't help the book's readability.
In short, Every Last Drop is a weak entry in the series.
In short, Every Last Drop is a weak entry in the series.
colonel2sheds's review against another edition
4.0
Despite it largely feeling like a setup for the big finale in book 5 this is a hugely entertaining novel. Joe Pitt the political manipulator is easily as cool as Joe Pitt the badass detective.