a little light, a little peace

This is dedicated to my family, friends, and homies in the slam.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Review of Blood Moon: Vampire Chronicles by Belial

This review was posted up to Chapter 8 being puslished. Ready to jump in the deep end of the world of vampires, weres, zombies, and ghouls? Belial does just that with her multiple postings per week of Blood Moon.

The protagonist Erika is an unacknowledged vampire master, pretty blond, and smart alec. She manages to piss off all the wrong people all the time human and otherwise but manages to make it up with her wit and capability. Called in by a vampire master Alasdai MacArthur to solve a murder, Erika starts right off with a confrontation that almost takes her past recovery. Beginning down the path of discovery with a variety of allies from a sorceress, a human servant, and a baby vampire she has at her command a stunning array of vampire powers not all of which hold to the traditional mythos.

The story reads like an old noir detective novel, except the detective is undead and a bloodsucker. The action has been non-stop in the chapters so far, and Belial manages to create order amidst the chaos of all that is going on. The read of story could be improved if there was a little more proofreading, but it doesn’t detract from the story significantly. The most difficult thing to get used to, however, was the massive amount of information about vampire abilities and the introduction to the supernatural world in the preliminary chapters. It was a bit overwhelming, but is responsible for the frenetic and exciting pace of the plot. Belial does help out by creating an incredibly detailed character list of the major players.

This serial is easy to read and get hooked on due to Erika’s spunkiness and the author’s well written plot. If you are a fan of vampire novels and don’t mind a slight break from the dogma of tradition, then this is for you.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

timtheyounger.blogspot.com is very informative. The article is very professionally written. I enjoy reading timtheyounger.blogspot.com every day.
no fax loans
loans