HE'S THE GOOD KIND OF VAMPIRE. SORT OF.
Buried in the Heartland is a town that no one enters or leaves. Graf McDonald somehow becomes its first visitor in more than five years…and he was only looking for a good party. Unfortunately, Penance, Ohio, is not that place. And after having been isolated for so long, they do not like strangers at all.
Jessa's the only one to even remotely trust him, and she's desperate for the kind of protection that only a vampire like Graf can provide. Supplies are low, the locals are ornery for a sacrifice and there's a monster more powerful than Graf lurking in the woods. New men are hard to come by in this lonesome town, and this handsome stranger might be Jessa's only hope for salvation.
Even if she has to die first…
From Goodreads.
- Publisher: Harlequin | Mira
- Release Date: February 22nd, 2011
- My Copy: eARC received from NetGalley.
- Series: N/A
- Genre: Romantic Urban Fantasy
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Graf is a Vampire on the way to an awesome party at his sire’s house, when he gets lost in the middle of nowhere. He sees an abandoned gas station and thinks that he can find a map to help him out. However, by stopping at this run down place, he gets trapped inside Penance and finds out that the town has been magically off the map for 5 years.
He meets Jessa, when both of them are attacked by a monster. He finds her hot but is not really interested in getting in bed with a hillbilly, but he will definitely not mind having her for dinner, specially if he can’t find a way out of Penance.
I have to say, that I really wanted to LOVE American Vampire, but for me it felt short. Graf is an egocentric, selfish and rude Vampire, he picked the most stupid fights with Jessa, he was obnoxious and a jerk for a good part of the novel. He did get better in my eyes and I did feel like he had grown by the end of the book, but I never got the point of really liking him, though I didn’t dislike him anymore.
Jessa was a very interesting character. A real life warrior, surviving a very hard situation the best way she knew how while dealing with a town that had no problem labeling and bad-mouthing her. Yes, she has her faults and she has made tons of mistakes, but I feel like overall she was an awesome heroine!
I did enjoy the romance between Jessa and Graf by the end of the book, but it felt rushed for me. I feel like the book needed to be a bit longer so I could believe the transition between unfriendly and in love, between Graf and Jessa.
I did really enjoy the Paranormal aspect of American Vampire. The Monster, simply called It, didn’t scare me much, but the small town mob mentally was truly frightening for me. Jennifer did make a great job in creating those characters and the situation that made them so so scary.
All in all, American Vampire is a good read. It just falls short of being Awesome but it has a lot of potential! I do recommend it to UF/PNR lovers =)
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I felt similarly after finishing this book. It was good but there were a few things in the story that I just couldn't get past. The mob mentality was definitely frightening. Thanks for the review!
@Carmel
Glad to see that I wasnt the only one that felt that way =P
Thanks!
Great review, Larissa! This sounds like a good read.
@April
Thanks hon =)
Just read this one too - love her stuff. It was a good read!
Happy reading.
I've seen this book around and I didn't really know what to think of it. Thanks for the review, it's been very helpful! It sounds like a good, interesting read, but I'll probably wait a little bit more before getting to it!
Great review!;)
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Awww, too bad. The cover looked good. I hate when that happens. I get so excited for a book and then its just not happening for me. Thanks for the honest review!
Hmmmm... I was really looking forward to this book, I liked Jennifer's faerie books, but 3 1/2 stars? Maybe I will put this towards the bottom of my TBR pile. Thanks for the great review Larissa!
That's too bad. Thank you for the honest review hon! I love the cover of this one. I'm thinking of still picking it up once I get my TBR pile down loll!
Not sure if this book is in the UK yet but I'm definitely adding it to my list. You are going to bankrupt me with all these good books you keep reviewing. x
I've been really curious about this one, and yours is the first review I've read for it.
It still seems interesting even if it does fall a little short. I've noticed that a lot of times authors try to make their vampires egocentric in order to add sexiness to them, but sometimes it just doesn't work favorably.
Thanks for the review.
Do you know if its going to be a series maybe thats why it was rushed? I might give it a try but won't rush and get it. Thanks for you honest review.
Hm... Well, since you didn't hate it, I think I still might enjoy it somewhat. It is on my tbr and I should be getting to it shortly. Thanks for the review.
I just do not know about this one. I guess I should trust my gut and that has never gone "ohhhh me likey" ;)
I did enjoy the book, so I do recommend it... and BLH, if its going to be a series, I'll def give bk2 a chance =D
Thanks for the comments guys!!
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Hrmm, I feel this might be a decent read. But it's hard to get into characters like that
@Cleverly
The characters werent bad... just the "love" was a bit rushed hehe