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It really seems like this book had all the potential to be more than just okay. Too bad about the errors and lack of character development. I agree about the profanity [non]usage. It is pointless to allude to the word instead of actually using it when anyone reading the book can just fill in the blanks. Thank you for the insightful review.
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Don't I just loooove your reviews, it's almost like having a face to face conversation. Simple and straight to the point.

Perhaps the author was trying to give Valentine the vampire a deeply spiritual persona when he was including the bibilical stuff.

Too bad he missed the point and the character ended up being inconsistent. I would have loved to see the author get away with a deeply religious vampire for a main character. Just to savour the irony of it. :D
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If there are two things that I hate its lack of character development and cliff hanger endings. I probably won't be reading this one.

Great Review! :D
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Very interesting review. I like that you mentioned that there is a lot more to the book than just being another run-of-the-mill vampire story. That being said, I don't care for the vampire genre, but I think other readers might like this one.
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Thanks bookowlie. I enjoy a depth to my books and this did have some of that. It just needs a little tweaking.
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kandscreeley wrote:Thanks bookowlie. I enjoy a depth to my books and this did have some of that. It just needs a little tweaking.
I love that word - tweaking. :) A lot of books are like that, where you think the story is pretty good and it's just missing a little oomph to make it wonderful.
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I agree. The two rating is hard to me. There's a two with potential, and a two that's a lost cause. ?
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