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A review by vikingwolf
Eyes Like Blue Fire by Amanda M. Lyons
2.0
*I was kindly sent a free copy to read in return for writing an honest review of the book*
Despite the low star rating, there is nothing that I would say is particularly wrong with the book itself or the writing style. It is just not the type of book that I personally enjoy. I am very much into action packed urban fantasy and this comes more under gothic historical fiction featuring vampires.
Other reviews already recount the plot so I will concentrate on what I felt were the positive and negative things in the book.
The positives:
1)-the author invests time in character development, especially what is going on in the mind of the main character, showing her feelings and emotions, and trying to create a bond between vampire and reader
2)-the author spends time setting the scene to try to draw the reader into the world, with lots of description and scene setting
3)-it delves into the personal history of the character to explain her current circumstances, giving you an idea what makes her tick
If you like this kind of fully descriptive, world building book, have patience to follow a slow building plot or are fans of Anne Rice and gothic vampire tales, you will probably like this.
The negatives:
I found it to be too slow and over descriptive for my personal taste but that does not make it 'wrong' of course. It all comes down to personal taste. I was more interested in her life as a vampire than what she was doing as a human so it dragged in places for me. Reading the full history of a character is not something that I generally enjoy in a book nor are frequent flashbacks so I did find this a bit of a struggle.
The book is targeted at a specific kind of vampire fan-unfortunately it just didn't suit me. Thank you very much to Ms Lyons for sending me a copy to read. I appreciated your time and kindness and wish you good luck with the book and future books.
Despite the low star rating, there is nothing that I would say is particularly wrong with the book itself or the writing style. It is just not the type of book that I personally enjoy. I am very much into action packed urban fantasy and this comes more under gothic historical fiction featuring vampires.
Other reviews already recount the plot so I will concentrate on what I felt were the positive and negative things in the book.
The positives:
1)-the author invests time in character development, especially what is going on in the mind of the main character, showing her feelings and emotions, and trying to create a bond between vampire and reader
2)-the author spends time setting the scene to try to draw the reader into the world, with lots of description and scene setting
3)-it delves into the personal history of the character to explain her current circumstances, giving you an idea what makes her tick
If you like this kind of fully descriptive, world building book, have patience to follow a slow building plot or are fans of Anne Rice and gothic vampire tales, you will probably like this.
The negatives:
I found it to be too slow and over descriptive for my personal taste but that does not make it 'wrong' of course. It all comes down to personal taste. I was more interested in her life as a vampire than what she was doing as a human so it dragged in places for me. Reading the full history of a character is not something that I generally enjoy in a book nor are frequent flashbacks so I did find this a bit of a struggle.
The book is targeted at a specific kind of vampire fan-unfortunately it just didn't suit me. Thank you very much to Ms Lyons for sending me a copy to read. I appreciated your time and kindness and wish you good luck with the book and future books.