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Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection (Sonja Blue #1-3 omnibus)
by
Nancy A. Collins (Goodreads Author),
Thom Ang
The stories we tell are not limited to monsters and harsh otherworlds. Yet the fiction books in the Borealis imprint certainly belong to a world other than our own. This line encompasses our science fiction, fantasy and horror novels and anthologies.
Paperback, 560 pages
Published
December 1st 1995
by White Wolf Games Studio
(first published 1988)
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Aug 10, 2008
Jackie "the Librarian"
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
if you like kick-ass female vampire slayer stuff
This is NOT your typical brooding romantic vampire story. Ohhhh, no. This is a gritty urban cyberpunk trilogy that starts off with a young woman left for dead after a vampire attack.
Back in the day, she would have died, only to climb out of her grave a shambling, dull-witted revenant. But here, thanks to modern medicine, she survives. Kind of. But - with all the extra vampire goodies like enhanced strength and night vision, and her brain at full strength, just... traumatized.
She's going to brea...more
Back in the day, she would have died, only to climb out of her grave a shambling, dull-witted revenant. But here, thanks to modern medicine, she survives. Kind of. But - with all the extra vampire goodies like enhanced strength and night vision, and her brain at full strength, just... traumatized.
She's going to brea...more
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I had my kids read this after the hullabaloo over Twilight series. I'm old school I guess and like the vampiric tale to be a bit dark. You'll be hard pressed to find darker than Sonja. Been a while since I read it but I certainly enjoyed it. Not high literature and it is is what it is but the author is inventive and her stories evolve the character and were creative. I give her credit to not just simply grind out stories to appeal to her fan base and thereby diluting the strength of her take on...more
Last but not least I want to mention Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection by Nancy Collins which was released in 1995. This book is a compilation of three novels(Sunglasses After Dark, In The Blood and Paint It Black) that follow the adventures of the living vampire Sonja Blue. Sonja was only 18 years old when she was raped and fed on by a vampire. She was left on the street to die but miraculously she survived, sort of. She becomes a vampire but she never died, making her a living vampire....more
Quando ultimamente as prateleiras das livrarias estão recheadas de vampiros sensuais, "perigosos" e um tanto "xoninhas" (sendo o Edward de "Crespúsculo o expoente máximo de "vampiro xoninhas"), é refrescante encontrar criaturas que, apesar de sensuais e inteligentes, são realmente monstruosas e com uma humanidade a rondar a inexistência.
Certo que o género em questão é datado. O Horror Punk esteve em voga nos anos 90, até alguns dos principais autores do género (entre os quais a Nancy A. Collins...more
Certo que o género em questão é datado. O Horror Punk esteve em voga nos anos 90, até alguns dos principais autores do género (entre os quais a Nancy A. Collins...more
Outside of the fact that the vampire as hero has gotten WAY too overdone, my other complaint is that there just aren't enough female vampire heroines out there to balance the testosterone. It's almost sexist how female vamps get short shrift in popular literature. I mean come on, what's not to like about being forever young without the use of botox, never gaining weight, and being able to have as many lovers as one could ever want without getting a nasty STD or pregnant?
Hence, one of my favorit...more
Hence, one of my favorit...more
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An interesting take on the vampire genre. Sonja Blue is a vampire hunter... and also a vampire herself. She struggles to keep the human part of her alive, while battling the dark "Other" within. The duality is quite interesting.
Over the course of the three novels in this "horrorpunk" series, Sonja searches for her maker, the powerful ancient vampire who raped and (almost) killed her two decades ago. She doesn't mind ridding the world of a few other vamps and other evil creatures along the way.
I...more
Over the course of the three novels in this "horrorpunk" series, Sonja searches for her maker, the powerful ancient vampire who raped and (almost) killed her two decades ago. She doesn't mind ridding the world of a few other vamps and other evil creatures along the way.
I...more
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This book includes the entire Sonja Blue trilogy. I like the character Sonja and I found one of her boyfriends to be super-likable. These books are a bit too violent and focus a bit too much on humans' bad side than I'd prefer. The first book was a bit hard to get into, as books often can be when they're introducing a new "world" with new kinds of beings in it. The vampire stuff was pretty ok, in terms of the different kinds of powers that vampires happen to have based on circumstance and what o...more
This is a great trio of books collected for convenience: Sunglasses After Dark, In the Blood and Paint it Black.
Sonja Blue is not a typical vampire. She's really only about half-way there. She's technically still alive, but technically drinks blood. She tends to come back to life after being shot, only to complain that her perfectly good leather jacket now has a hole in the back. She hunts ghouls, talks to ghosts, fights werewolves, and despises vampires. She also has a personality identificati...more
Sonja Blue is not a typical vampire. She's really only about half-way there. She's technically still alive, but technically drinks blood. She tends to come back to life after being shot, only to complain that her perfectly good leather jacket now has a hole in the back. She hunts ghouls, talks to ghosts, fights werewolves, and despises vampires. She also has a personality identificati...more
Kick-ass female vampire/vampire slayer. What's not to like? Dark, dangerous, at times violent...and nobody sparkles.
That's a pretty short review, and I know it doesn't do this collection justice (Midnight Blue contains 3 of Collins' 4 novels featuring Sonja Blue). Collins' series has been described as "a gritty urban cyberpunk trilogy," and I'd say that's pretty accurate.
Sonja was 18 years old when she was raped and fed on by a vampire. She was left on the street to die but she survived, sort of...more
That's a pretty short review, and I know it doesn't do this collection justice (Midnight Blue contains 3 of Collins' 4 novels featuring Sonja Blue). Collins' series has been described as "a gritty urban cyberpunk trilogy," and I'd say that's pretty accurate.
Sonja was 18 years old when she was raped and fed on by a vampire. She was left on the street to die but she survived, sort of...more
I first read Nancy A. Collins in The Vampire Sextette, and loved her. I got the Sonja Blue collection right after.
It's sad that Collins gets overlooked as people go for the vampire as romantic hero books. She shouldn't be. The Sonja Blue novels are dark and violent, but more real in that sense. This isn't your child's twilight vampire. This isn't your romantic seducer. This is a predator. They bite. This is an adult vampire novel.
Additionally, the series is nice because Blue is a conflicted woma...more
It's sad that Collins gets overlooked as people go for the vampire as romantic hero books. She shouldn't be. The Sonja Blue novels are dark and violent, but more real in that sense. This isn't your child's twilight vampire. This isn't your romantic seducer. This is a predator. They bite. This is an adult vampire novel.
Additionally, the series is nice because Blue is a conflicted woma...more
Jul 04, 2012
Dave
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone that likes a thrilling story of horror!!!
Recommended to Dave by:
A clerk at a bookstore
By far my favorite series ever. I have yet to read any of the others besides these three, as these are so good!!! I am reading this again for around the 8th time. I love the characters, they all have distinct personalities and awesome depth. I also love the way that the real world and real people are used. (just altered a bit) Its an extremely fun and exciting book that moves at a perfect pace. If you want to read a great vampire series, this is the books for you. Have fun meeting Sonja.
I started reading Nancy A. Collins' "Sonja Blue" books as a teenager when I was big into Anne Rice. I was looking for more vampire fiction and was completely caught off guard by Collins' vision of the genre. This book was my introduction to it. I have been a Nancy A. Collins fan ever since.
Gritty, brutal, unforgiving. If you're a fan of horror and vamp fiction, and you're looking to get away from the Shakespearean sparkly types, start with this book.
Gritty, brutal, unforgiving. If you're a fan of horror and vamp fiction, and you're looking to get away from the Shakespearean sparkly types, start with this book.
I lent out my copy of this book over 10 years ago and never got it back. I could not remember the name of the book or the author, so I could not find it again. While killing time in the used book store the other day this book was faced out, so I recognized the cover, and instantly bought it.
It was as good as I remember. In these vampire novel hungry times, this is the only one I'll re-read and pass along. No happily ever after Mary Sue ending, just the way a book like this should end.
It was as good as I remember. In these vampire novel hungry times, this is the only one I'll re-read and pass along. No happily ever after Mary Sue ending, just the way a book like this should end.
**Collins, Nancy. Angels on Fire
***Collins, Nancy. Dead Roses For a Blue Lady
***Collins, Nancy. A Dozen Black Roses.
***Collins, Nancy. Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection
These are all "Sonja Blue" novels. Vampires are truly predators, but
Sonja is a bit different. So, she runs around killing other vampires.
***Collins, Nancy. Dead Roses For a Blue Lady
***Collins, Nancy. A Dozen Black Roses.
***Collins, Nancy. Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection
These are all "Sonja Blue" novels. Vampires are truly predators, but
Sonja is a bit different. So, she runs around killing other vampires.
I will admit that I read only the 2nd and 3rd book in this bound volume, as I have read the first book as a stand-alone novel many times in the past dozen or so years. I found the 2nd and 3rd books equal to the first in most ways, and it was nice to see the story rounded out a bit more -- more information about Morgan & Pangloss, plus just a better development of Pretender society.
It's been a long time since I read this series but I remember it being one of the best vampire series that I've ever read. I need to give it another look to see if I still feel that way after all these years. A definite cure for the Twilight "sparkly vampire" syndrome.
Without question this is one of the better Vampire related books that anyone will read. Nancy Collins did a remarkable job of taking elements of fantasy and horror and mixing them together to create an amazing world that is chock full of surprises at every turn.
Best vampire book ever. I've read and reread this so many times. Horror, action and even some humor. No brooding angsty vampires here. Be warned though, this book gets very violent at times and Nancy Collins doesn't spare the nauseating details.
I can forgive sloppy fact retention in an author. I can forgive a voice that is less than confident but still interesting. I can forgive cliche story arcs that are old and tired but still fun. I can't forgive all of those things and an ogre that sexually abuses children. It's too much. It's trying too hard.
This is one of those trilogies that I love. I re-read it at least every other year. Some of my friends don't quite understand why I love it so much. It must be an acquired taste I guess.
I bought this years after I had read the Sonja Blue books, as I wanted to reread it & pass it on. The stories withstood the test of time & now I am sorry I didn't hang onto the collection.
Classic vampire story, although this vampire kills others of her kind. Its gory, sexy, power tripping female in leather. I don't re-read this series often but always enjoy it when I do.
An amazing collection of books all in one place. I read this again and again. If you liked Poppy Z. Brite, or any of the Janet Evanovich books, you will love this book.
The greatest Vampire novels I've ever read.Lots of originality,I don't usually read books more than once,but I've been through this one three times.Highly recommended.
All I can say is this forget about pretty glowing Emo Vamps as per Twilight and read these.. Just pure fun and warped sense of humour!
I read this in middle school, and I don't remember much about it. I remember liking it and being scandalized by sexy parts.
Aug 01, 2009
Kasha
is currently reading it
great new look at the creation of the vampire. A bit tough to read in some parts ( content wise) yet extremly interesting.
Sonja Blue is the original punk vampire story that has never been equaled. Where some stories, hit at the beast lurking to pounce, Nancy Collins puts you right there with a young woman learning to live with the monster she has become.
She's a tangible character that tries hard to make something positive out of her situation but the reader is never allowed to forget that she's not completely in control. This ads an extra dimension to every relationship Sonja has, but you'll never know if she's goi...more
She's a tangible character that tries hard to make something positive out of her situation but the reader is never allowed to forget that she's not completely in control. This ads an extra dimension to every relationship Sonja has, but you'll never know if she's goi...more
A virtually unknown vampire story. No glitter. Just violence and death and darkness. So good.
One of the best vampire/splatterpunk series out there. Definitely worth a read!
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Nancy A. Collins (born 10 September 1959) is a United States horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. Collins has also written for comic books, including the Swamp Thing series, Jason Vs. Leatherface, Predator: Hell Come A Walkin and her own one-shot Dhampire: Stillborn.
Collins was born in McGehee, Arkansas, United States. She lived in N...more
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