These vampires are actually monsters. They don't glitter. They don't beat themselves up over their monstrosity. And Bledsoe does a good job of writing them so that you have some understanding of that monstrosity even though you don't buy into it.

There are a couple that aren't as bad as the others. But, that doesn't make them nice people. ( )

I found this book to be a fairly easy read (although the subject matter was rather heavy at times - lots of sex and violence). The story flowed well and kept me captivated right through to the end, with just the occasional pocket of plot that didn't quite click for me. Having enjoyed vampire tales most of my life, I really loved what the author did with the standard vampire conventions.

As a side note, I would be curious to learn more about life in the 1970s and see if his portrayal of issues between different races, classes, and sexes was accurately portrayed for the time period (I got the impression that the author did quite a bit of research, which seemed to lend a lot of credibility to certain plot lines).

I will definitely be picking up the sequel, and in general am looking forward to picking up more books by the author. ( )

These vampires are actually monsters. They don't glitter. They don't beat themselves up over their monstrosity. And Bledsoe does a good job of writing them so that you have some understanding of that monstrosity even though you don't buy into it.

There are a couple that aren't as bad as the others. But, that doesn't make them nice people. ( )

Well, it's yet another vampire book. It's a bit gory, and a bit graphic. It's also 1975. There's a bit of a older mentor teaching the fledglings who know only what "modern" vampire culture has told them the truth. If you are feminist and are easily offended, you will probably be offended.
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just meh. Not your traditional vampire story, but not as punk as it wants to be either. Some parts were pretty good, but it left so much hanging and the plot seemed kind of scattershot. It was hard to care about any of the characters in the book, although the ones you did like ended up having horrible things happen to them. Just meh, I would skip it. ( )