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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