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Title: Minion: A Vampire Huntress Legend by L. A. Banks ISBN: 0-312-31680-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (22 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Female Blade? Not quite.
Comment: I was drawn to the premise of this book almost immediately. I also really liked the cover.
Reading Minion was a little hard to do in the beginning. I honestly wasn't prepared for L.A. Banks' writing style, and her use of black slang. This unfortunately turned me off, at least early on. I found myself comparing Damali to a female Blade, albeit a whiney, self-absorbed, bratty Blade.
The story follows the young vampire huntress Damali Richards a week before her 21st birthday. She's surrounded by "guardians" all of who are from various backgrounds. Damali also has a makeshift den mother, whose sole purpose it seems is to make Damali's life all work no play.
The story itself is weak in the beginning. A whole chapter is devoted to the team discussing how they feel weird about what might happen that night. A whole chapter. And it's not as if we learn anything about the team as they're talking, just that they're all on edge for some strange reason. There's a lot of filler in the beginning of the novel, if left out, would have made "minion: more enjoyable and easier to read.
When this guy Carlos enters the picture, the story rakes an interesting turn. Carlos is basically a drug lord with various real-estate holdings, including a trendy club named Vengeance. He and Damali have a shared past, and it's quite interesting.
I won't give too much away, because the second half of the novel was the most enjoyable part.
A couple things bothered me. One was the fact that the entire team hunted vampires by night and were successful spoken word musicians by day. Spoken word? Is that even a nationally accepted form of entertainment? At least, I don't think so.
I know we all think differently than we talk, but Damali's string of slang she uses sometimes is baffling. In her mind, she's an educated young woman with a strong will. When she talks, her IQ lowers drastically and she constantly craves a "soda" and hot barbeque chips." ?!? The whole chips thing was really strange. My only hypothesis is that the author has a thing for them and incorporated them into her character. Banks doesn't write dialogue for a 20 year-old Damali very well. All the other characters whom are close to Banks' age sound believable, but something with Damali doesn't fit.
This wasn't anywhere near the steamiest vamp novel I've ever read, but it has potential. The shower scene is evident of this.
I wasn't going to order the sequel, "Awakening," but after finishing "Minion," I'm curious of Damali's fate.
Rating: 3
Summary: okay....
Comment: the cover pulled me and the character sealed the deal. a black female vampire hunter...too cool !
but i put the book down after the first few pages.
the first chapters drove me nuts with aimless dialogue filled with slang and unlovely prose. and i HATE a lot of slang when i am reading for pleasure--- i dont know why, I JUST DO! i only like slang in my music!
anyway, i was able to come back to the book a few weeks later and finish it.
it was just fine when i skipped over some of the more odious slang passages.
and the plot was getting JUICY before i was hit with the cliffhanger-
sooooo...if the author could get rid of most the slang and throw in even more african tinged occult lore...
DAMALI just might be a match for buffy...
and a close runner up to anita blake.
Rating: 4
Summary: Buffy Doesn't Even Come Close!!!!
Comment: so when my sister told me she'd found a book about an African American Vampire slayer I freaked.
I love Buffy the vampire slayer. More so, the idea of a female kicking Vampire and Monster BooTy.
Then she told me that the Huntressâs name was Damali, My Name Is Damali!! Once again I freaked!!
She brought the book for me and let me tell you this book is good. From beginning to end this writer had me.
I gave this book a simple 4 b/c of 2 things.
#1: Our writer has a tendency to ramble on. I found my self-saying to myself (LoL)
"okay I get the picture, move on now."
She over explained a few things and dragged a few conversations way out. But she makes up for it. Oh does she make up for it.
#2: The book ended with no type of closure what so ever. I know the book is a trilogy, but I always thought that each part of a trilogy is a story in it's self. You know a story in a story. In my opinion she could have chopped a lot of useless dialog out and had about 8 pages left to add some closure for the reader.
But don't let her rambling and limbo-esq ending scare you.
This book is Good!!!!!
From the beginning she throws you into the chaos & keeps you there for the rest of the book. You get a Great feel for the characters and at the end you are hungry for more.
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Title: Club Dead by Charlaine Harris ISBN: 0441010512 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Dhampir by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee ISBN: 0451459067 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Stolen by Kelley Armstrong ISBN: 0670031372 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 22 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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