Katie MacAlister
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| Original Title: | A Girl's Guide to Vampires |
| ISBN: | 0505525305 (ISBN13: 9780505525307) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dark Ones #1 |
| Characters: | Joy Randall, Raphael St.John |
| Setting: | Slovakia Blansko,2003(Czech Republic) |
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All Joy Randall wants is a little old-fashioned romance, but when she participates in a "Goddess evoking" ceremony with her friend, Roxy, Joy finds out her future true love is a man with the potential to put her immortal soul in danger. At first the ever-practical Joy is ready to dismiss her vision as a product of too much gin and too many vampire romances, but while traveling through the Czech Republic with Roxy, Joy begins to have some second thoughts about her mystery lover because she is suddenly plagued by visions of a lethally handsome stranger. Then, when she and Roxy attend a local GothFaire, Joy meets Raphael Griffin St. John, head of security, and she becomes even more bewildered because the dark and dangerous Raphael seems too close to her dreams for comfort.Be Specific About About Books A Girl's Guide to Vampires (Dark Ones #1)
| Title | : | A Girl's Guide to Vampires (Dark Ones #1) |
| Author | : | Katie MacAlister |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 374 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2003 by Love Spell (first published October 28th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Paranormal. Vampires. Romance. Paranormal Romance. Fantasy. Urban Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 12082 Users | 655 ReviewsCriticism About Books A Girl's Guide to Vampires (Dark Ones #1)
Twaddle. Absolute twaddle.Finally I have read the first one in the Dark Ones series. I hate reading books out of order and for some reason I started with the second book with this series. With how the first book ends I have the strong urge to pick up the second book again and find out what went on again. In this book we have the adventures of Joy and Roxy in the Czech Republic. They are spending two weeks there looking for A Dark One (Vampire) and checking the local sites. They luck out (don't characters in books always
Honestly, I wasn't really stirred one way or another when I was reading the book - it was a way to pass the time at work. The obvious spoof on Christine Feehan's Carpathian novels was funny (because you know how formulaic those are), but the two main female characters irritated the absolute ever-loving shit out of me. I could tell Katie MacAlister was going for the type of wisecracking camraderie and pull-no-punches tell it like it is antics that other writers have done much better, but Katie
3.5 StarsI have never been much of a fan of paranormal stories. I mean, I like ghost stories, but vampire stuff has never held much interest for me. I never read Twilight (I couldn't get over the whole sparkly thing); but I did read Anne Rice in high school and I did enjoy those. When this author came up for the challenge for October I thought it was fitting, being October a paranormal romance author fit the bill. I have never read her work before, and I really did like it!This wasn't sparkly,
This book was pretty good. I laughed outloud throughout the book. Joy and her friend Roxy remind me a lot of a modern day Lucy and Ethyl. I loved the romance between Joy and Raphael but felt really, really sorry for Christian. In the forward, Katie MacAlister thanked Christine Feehan and it appears that she patterned Christian after the Dark characters. Christian even used some of the same phrases that Feehan uses. I'm hoping book #2 will have him finding his "Beloved".
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I absolutely LOVED this book, and boy did it ever take me by surprise. Over the last few weeks, i've found myself having a hard time finding a book that could hold my interest after the first 100 pages or so.. That was so not the case with A Girl's Guide To Vampires...i devoured this book in less than 24 hours.Katie MacAlister has somehow managed to bring to life a story that is at once funny, endearing, touching, sweet & sexy. With characters that burst off the page and feel like people you
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