"A great fast read - even better than preceding titles"
The latest in the series of vampire books by Lindsay Sands
is Tall, Dark, and Hungry. We know this is going to be good as soon
as we
see
the cover with the bride and groom figures on top of the
cake -
he's
dressed up in a black and red cape, with fangs, and the
caption is
"Chow's on." This book is a great fast read. The premise is that Lucian
and his
editor Kate from Single White Vampire are getting married
and
Terri,
her cousin and best friend, has come over from England to
help with
the
wedding. Since Kate's place is full, mostly due to the
groom living there, Terri stays in his brother Bastien's penthouse
apartment.
Attraction is quickly established between her and Bastien,
his
first
experience with love in several hundred years. With two weeks until the wedding things seem under control,
but
then
Lucian and Kate have to substitute for fellow editor
Christopher
Keyes
at a convention on the west coast after a toilet falls
through the
ceiling of his apartment and breaks his leg. Consequently
when the
wedding plans go haywire it is up to Terri and Bastian to
save the
day,
not to mention keep track of Chris who can't seem to stay
out of
the
hospital, and Bastien's cousin Vincent who can't seem to
keep his
fangs
out of everyone in sight. While both the previous books, Single White Vampire and
Love Bites,
are
very well done, this latest book was actually better in a
lot of
ways.
For one thing, I felt Bastien was a stronger character than
at
least
Lucian, who struck me as a little spacey even for someone
who was
supposed to be a romance writer. Also I really liked Terri,
who had
a
very good reason to be wary of a relationship with Bastien
who she
believes is seriously ill - why else would he need so much
blood in
his
private fridge? The scenes where Bastian learns how to
appreciate
life
again are wonderful and I loved it that they seemed to be
good
friends
long before they became lovers. The book was laugh-out-loud
funny
most
of the time, particularly between the accidents that kept
befalling Chris and the wedding planning mishaps, but there was also
a sense
of
sweetness underpinning the story. One more thing: The Dorchester editorial staff must have
terrific
senses of humor given how many awful things are allowed to
befall
their
namesakes in this book.
Reviewed by Janet Miller
Posted June 15, 2004
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