Runaway Vampire
(Argeneau #x)
by Lynsay Sands
romance, horror
copyright 2016
read in September 2019
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
Good grief! I seriously consider rating this book as a seven! But it's such nonsense!
Ah, but I rate for *my own* enjoyment. And I must say, I thoroughly enjoy this book. Largely due to wanting a lightweight read...
I have just finished a complex, solid book. Now I just want something light. Something inoffensive. Something which will entertain... briefly. This book is light. Inoffensive (but see next para). Entertaining. And forgettable. Not really a seven, well worth reading... but, right now, I am enjoying something very light :-)
And inoffensive...? I almost categorise it as "porn". The sex is graphic... but it's all part of the "romance". The sex is between lovers, I can't fault that. It's dirty, graphic but, well, it's sex for love rather than pornographic sex for its own sake.
I do appreciate the back-cover code: romantic & sexy get big ticks, gothic, action & funny get smaller ticks. You know exactly what you will get. The small-tick action, for example: perhaps three action scenes, very little advancement of the plot. (The book is in the middle of a continuing saga.) Far more space is dedicated to the sex, the romance and the explanations of what it -- this vampire scene -- is all about. Plus a rather detailed explanation of the good and bad and reasons why, of an earlier marriage.
Is that explanation because targeted readers like to read about people with marriage problems? To my mind, the detail could well be the author giving reassurance -- and instruction -- to the marriage-troubled reader.
Other than that, it's all about wish fulfilment. And it's all very enjoyable.
Back to the ticks on the back cover: Did someone read the book and decide which boxes it ticked? I rather think that the author ticked the appropriate boxes -- and then wrote a story to match.
Though I do feel the need to point out a couple of problems... pedant that I am.
First, the problem of never being able to visit the non-vampire relatives. What's wrong with a bit of mind control? Every vampire can do it: just make the relative think that you look as you should.
Second, when a character says, "For Mary and me?" and is "corrected", "For Mary and I." No! no! no! They are making a shopping list for Mary and -- *object* of the sentence -- *me*. Good grief :-(
Not that it affects my enjoyment of the book. But the pedant in me, cringes.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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