My sister loves this series, and since I have begged her to read the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, I figured I aught to read her favorite...right?
Book one....vampire executioner takes a job working for a vampire...interesting.
My first reaction was not to like it too much. My complaints? Mainly Hamilton's over-use of words. (There is a sentence in book 2 where she used the word car twice in one sentence!) That and other things made me a little nutty. My complain about the character was that she reuses her own jokes. It might also be that I am used to reading vampire novels written from the vampire's perspective. All of Anne Rice's vampires tell their own stories or have them told though the Vampire Lestat's point of view. This one is told from a human perspective.
Now for the positives. Anita is a bad ass. I absolutely loved that the hero of these novels is a female, and one who doesn't need a man. While I see a budding romance between her and Jean Claude, I am so happy to see that it is not helpless girl falls head-over-heals for a sexy, somewhat abusive, vampire. She is independent and not looking for love.
I decided to stick with this series because I think I will learn to love the characters, despite the somewhat repetitive writing.
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