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Title: Quenched by Mary Ann Mitchell ISBN: 0-8439-4717-9 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: a story as aimless as its characters
Comment: Mary Ann Mitchell's Quenched reminded me a lot of the work of John Rechy in that it deals with aimless decadent characters, but this is where the comparison ends. Had Mitchell the talent of Rechy, she could have prevented this story of modern-day vampires from coming across as so dull and--well-- lifeless (sorry). This one doesn't even have the occasional S&M scene to defibrillate the meandering plotline like Sips of Blood.
Rating: 1
Summary: Ugh - don't waste your time.
Comment: Mitchell's writing begins to approach appeciable at the oddest times, and then falls flat when the need really calls (such as during the climax).
The characters never develop, in fact the interactions often seem as if they were written, then jumbled up and put back together. Situations don't flow, conversations are contrived, and nothing seems congruous. I kept thinking, "Just a few more pages and you'll fall into it..." but that never happened.
In fact, I turned the last page expecting there to be more, and when there wasn't, I honestly thought some pages were missing. I understand this is a series, but there was no meaningful path of the book.
Awful. I hesitate to speak negatively of someone's writing because putting yourself out there must be difficult, and often tastes are just personal opinions. But... I felt strongly enough to do so!
Rating: 3
Summary: Read at your own risk
Comment: An excellent second book in the Marquis de Sade vampire horror series. But the author wastes no time filling the reader in on much of the history from the first book. So its a bit like coming into a nighttime soap in the second year of the series. I would strongly suggest that readers buy and read Sips of Blood first before cracking the cover on this one. Ms Mitchell lets her characters drive the story. For that reason I liked the first book better. Some of the most fascinating charaters were left behind. This story centered on the least enjoyable pair a father and son in a life long struggle of love and hate seasoned with guilt. Sade was entertaining as ever. His attempt to Henry Higgins the new inexperienced vampire was very interesting. The book ends with nothing but loose ends nothing resolved and so many possiblities that I can't wait for book three.
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Title: Cathedral of Vampires by Mary Ann Mitchell ISBN: 0843950234 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Tainted Blood by Mary Ann Mitchell ISBN: 0843950919 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Ambrosial Flesh by Mary Ann Mitchell ISBN: 0843949023 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell ISBN: 0843946385 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Wounds by Jemiah Jefferson ISBN: 0843949988 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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