Book one of the Kandesky Vampire Chronicles.
4 out of 5
Review:
The book had a very good story line and very realistic characters. It took me a little bit of time to get into the story, but once I did, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I know that I am different in that I will try to read almost anything, but I might not always recommend the book to anyone else. This is a book I would highly recommend to read because I did enjoy it for the most part. Like I said, the only draw back for me was that there could have been more detail. Then again, I enjoyed Great Expectations and Moby Dick (I did say I was strange!). I have found too many authors have problems with characters being realistic, but they characters were very human, from the emotions to the way they handled situations. Also, the fact how some one who is hundreds of years old views things very different than someone who is only twenty or thirty years old is well done. The only thing I was not thrilled about was that there seemed like there could have been more details. It felt like parts of the story were glossed over. But, all in all, I did enjoy the book and am looking forward to what happens next in the story!
Review by Formal Penquin
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Description:
SNAP, a multinational celeb TV show and magazine, is the holy grail for Maxie Gwenoch. When she snags the job as managing editor, she’s looking for fame, fortune and Jimmy Choos. What she finds is a media empire owned by Baron Kandesky and his family. A family of vampires. They’re European, urbane, wealthy and mesmerizing. And when she meets Jean-Louis, vampire and co-worker, she’s a goner.
The Kandesky vampire family rose in Hungary centuries ago. They gave up violence and killing to make a killing on the world’s commodities markets and with that beginning they built SNAP, an international celebrity multimedia empire. Now cultured…and having found food substitutes for killing…they’ve cornered the world market for celebrity and gossip journalism.
They haven’t fully left the past behind. Their Hungarian neighbors and rival vampire clan, the Huszars are starting to ramp up attacks, maybe looking to start a war to take over all the Kandeskys have built.
Maxie believes she’s found her ultimate career. She doesn’t realize that she’s found a family feud like none other, a centuries-old rivalry between vampire families, with her as the linchpin. Bells ring with Jean-Louis, but she doesn’t realize they’re alarm sirens until she learns that Jean-Louis is second in command of the Kandeskys…but by then it’s too late.
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