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Title: Blood & Fire
Series: V-Wars #2
Editor: Jonathan Maberry
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 292
Words: 106.5K
| Synopsis: |
A collection of short stories that continue the look at vampires as they manifest throughout the world and how they and the humans of the world react.
| My Thoughts: |
A big fat sigh. Some more graphic sex, some more “vampires are just people” and some more of everything I complained about from the first book.
In many ways, it felt like the various authors were writing their own take on vampires without consulting the editor or having any master plan. One author presents them as soulless horrors who have lost all their humanity while another presents them as more human than the humans around them. It was a very mixed message.
Jonathan Maberry, the editor, has his own series called Joe Ledger, that’ll I’ll be checking out. I ran across a short story or two featuring Ledger that I enjoyed, so I’m hoping I’ll have better luck with that.
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Darn, but it it sounded so good! I love books about vampires, but most of the ones I’ve read always have that type of content. Better luck on your next read!
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Yep, people can’t seem to write about them without including stuff like that. Too bad really.
Thanks! 🙂
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I don’t like graphic sex in books. Sometimes they make me cringe. I hope next read turns out better.
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Thanks.
The odd thing is, it was only 1 or 2 stories. And it could have been written without it and still told the same story. It’s just frustrating…..
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I can’t even say anything immature about that cover; a dead end! Sigh.
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Yep, you’re adrift on a sea of mediocrity. This is a dud book on so many levels….
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Sigh.
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I know, I really feel for you. You come here for some intelligent review and then you get trash like this.
But no worries. Because before long you’ll see such gems as Wolf Warrior: Strixhaven Alliance and then that classic, Mirrodin Besieged: The Rise of Phyrexia…..
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I thought you were joking, but then I looked them up. Bring it !
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Well, considering I stole the names from the Magic the Gathering, it wouldn’t surprise me if there WERE books. MTG used to produce lore as much as just the game, but it hasn’t been that way for close to a decade now.
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“Vampires are just people”. Humanity has reached a dead end.
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Indeed. That “head in the sand” thinking is part of why I just stopped. Can’t take that in my fiction!
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Too right! Think you made the correct decision.
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Funny i saw this available on NetGalley. Skipped it though. Recently finished Vampire stories written by Arthur Conan…
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Doyle?
Was it any good? I like vampires as the badguys. They’re powerful, creepy, evil and make for great baddies 🙂
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Ill try get to that when i do the review. Got too little time to myself this week to get to siting down for reviews…
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Gotcha. Well, glad to hear you DO plan on reviewing it anyway 🙂
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Had a quick scan of the Joe Ledger series, they look quite good so fingers crossed for you!
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Thanks Fraggle. I’ve read some good reviews about them from a friend on Librarything so I’m hoping too 🙂
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Since this might have been the “inspiration” for the Netflix series with the same title (the few episodes I watched represent time I will never get back), I’m not surprised to see such a low rating… (((SIGH)))
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That bad huh? I heard it got canceled after season 1, but didn’t realize it was that bad….
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It was *worse* than you can imagine… 😦
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I can’t imagine trying to handle so many authors too though. I see them as “artists” in a collection and to ask to align themselves to one cohesive vision would probably require some kind of reestablished deal between all. This one seems to have omitted that and just left everyone go free-for-all…
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A free-for-all is definitely what it felt like. Oh well….
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