1 out of 4 stars
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Jericho Cain, Vampire Slayer is a supernatural book revolving around vampires, an angel turned vampire, and the slayer who is out to kill all of them. Dakota is an angel who was turned into a vampire and shunned from both parties. He was resting for a long period of time, but once he woke up and started turning human into his own minions to form an army, the angels, the vampires, and Jericho Caine all took notice.
This book is very short, with only 148 pages. Literally everything about it, from Jericho's attitude to the sword he carries, his human assistant, the vampire covens, and angels all reminded me of Supernatural, the TV show. However, other supernatural beings, such as werewolves and sirens, also show up in the story. It is very fast-paced and full of action with a little bit of drama.
To start with what I liked about the book, I'll go back to what I mentioned earlier: the book is a lot like Supernatural. Because of that, I was able to imagine the characters and their powers without needing much prompt from the book. There are a few funny lines amidst all of the action, and the writing style is very simple. I feel like the reading level is low enough for anyone to be able to read it, although there are some expletives that raise the target audience age.
Unfortunately, there were a lot of things that the book could have improved upon. There were a lot, and I mean a lot, of grammatical errors. I stopped keeping track in the first 15 pages of the book. However, it was mostly the same kind of punctuation and grammatical errors over and over again, so they were easy to get used to and stopped bothering me after a while. Another thing that disappointed me was the lack of depth throughout the novel. It was so short that it was hard to connect with the characters until the very end of the book. I mentioned earlier that the book is fast-paced, but I think that in this case it works against the reader in that events occur so quickly that it's hard to keep up. I think the author, Dee Rose, could have taken a little more time to set things up in the beginning instead of waiting until explanation is necessary and giving the readers the bare minimum so as not to interrupt the story's flow. Also, the writing in some of the action scenes was stiff, which made me lose interest a little bit.
Although the story itself wasn't bad, I think the book lacked originality and had potential that was not taken advantage of. I would have given the story at least three stars if it had been fleshed out with perfect grammar, but as it is, I can only give it 1 out of 4 stars. Because of its short length and easy reading level I would have suggested it be a YA novel, but the characters curse quite a bit, so I would recommend it to readers who are 16 years old or older who enjoy supernatural books and just want something simple and quick to read. Also, Supernatural fans will definitely enjoy the banter between characters and spotting the similarities between Jericho's world and the TV show.
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Jericho Caine, Vampire Slayer
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