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powerduff 's review for:
The Lies of Vampires and Slayers
by K.M. Shea
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Let me preface by saying this is not a bad story.
My main gripe with it is that it is a purposely unfinished book. Now I get publishing is like, insanely hard. Carving your own little space, your fanbase and such is a miracle onto itself. However. It has limits. But lets talk about the book.
Its a modern fantasy story kinda similar to the Dresden Files, albeit much more lighthearted and comedic. The characters are fun to follow, though none of them have much substance. Its kinda fun to see the main character fumble around social situations, it feels relatable. The story does seem well crafted and the mystery interesting enough.
Its a shame i only have half of it.
Now this is not hating on trilogy, or sequels, or any serialized stories. Those are fine. Because usually, the first book is more or less self-contained. To take a very basic example, the first Harry Potter book ends at the end of year one, and you expect a sequel, but it does tell a complete and full arc. This book doesn't. It leaves you hanging at the end, after a cliffhanger, when it barely feels like the story has started, and tells you to buy the next book. And that feels... low. Like a bad marketing ploy to make sure I keep reading and download the next e-book. And I get the need to make sure you earn a living, but this doesn't feel like a story in two parts, it feels like a story butchered to make two parts and that feels... Wrong. Wrong enough that I will probably not be reading the next book.
My main gripe with it is that it is a purposely unfinished book. Now I get publishing is like, insanely hard. Carving your own little space, your fanbase and such is a miracle onto itself. However. It has limits. But lets talk about the book.
Its a modern fantasy story kinda similar to the Dresden Files, albeit much more lighthearted and comedic. The characters are fun to follow, though none of them have much substance. Its kinda fun to see the main character fumble around social situations, it feels relatable. The story does seem well crafted and the mystery interesting enough.
Its a shame i only have half of it.
Now this is not hating on trilogy, or sequels, or any serialized stories. Those are fine. Because usually, the first book is more or less self-contained. To take a very basic example, the first Harry Potter book ends at the end of year one, and you expect a sequel, but it does tell a complete and full arc. This book doesn't. It leaves you hanging at the end, after a cliffhanger, when it barely feels like the story has started, and tells you to buy the next book. And that feels... low. Like a bad marketing ploy to make sure I keep reading and download the next e-book. And I get the need to make sure you earn a living, but this doesn't feel like a story in two parts, it feels like a story butchered to make two parts and that feels... Wrong. Wrong enough that I will probably not be reading the next book.