NUMBER: 55TITLE: Last of the Red Hot Vampires
AUTHOR: Katie MacAlister
STARTED: September 28, 2007
FINISHED: October 1, 2007
PAGES: 354
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: "Oh, look, a crop circle."
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] On a trip to England, physicist Portia Harding is stalked by a heart-stoppingly handsome maniac. Theondre North is a nephilim -- the son of a fallen angel -- who needs Portia's help to change his fate. Problem is, Portia's down-to-earth attitude frustrates beings from both heavenly and hellish realms -- and gets Theo turned into a vampire. But at least he has Portia to satisfy his newfound hungers -- and possibly save his soul.
REASON FOR READING: I'm a semi-fan girl for MacAlister's vampire books.
THOUGHTS: This book was not up to snuff with the other works in MacAlister's vampire realm. In fact, I would hesitate to call this one of her Dark One books at all. Instead of being a purely Dark One based plot, MacAlister introduces a whole new world that was not present in any of her books. If she had just stuck with one or the other, this book would have been enjoyable. Instead, MacAlister crams two worlds together and the world building takes over the storyline. I did not enjoy this book because I was too busy saying "WTF is going on?" every five pages.
Since the dominant part of this book is MacAlister experimenting with a new world for a spin-off series, the characters and relationships in the story fall completely flat. MacAlister has made my toes curl with passion in the past, but that was no where to be found with these characters they felt wooden. There was no chemistry between Portia and Theo. No matter how hard MacAlister tried to force a relationship, there was nothing believable about it. The characters had no motivation, they just "did things."
I will say that I am intrigued by the new world MacAlister built in this book, I just wish it had been introduced in its own book instead of being smashed into her Vampire series.
Romance authors take note: It's okay to write stand-alones. I don't need all over your books to be interconnected.
MISCELLANEOUS: MacAlister has been more miss than hit lately.
RATING: 3/10 [Poor, Lost Interest]
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