false 2669405 4 <P>Late-night radio you can sink your teeth into....</p> <P>Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s Goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.</p> <P>Ciara's first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WMMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station--and the link it provides to their original Life Times--the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover becomes a matter of life and un-death.</p> <P>To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara re-brands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs' vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around--next to Ciara's complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren't so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher--and the perils graver--than any con game Ciara's ever played....</p> 2694635 13 5 2008 Wicked Game (WVMP Radio, #1) total:380|5:99|4:144|3:106|2:19|1:12| 380 1439 680 96 3 3 false false Fri Jun 20 18:41:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 20:20:54 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 18:41:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jun 15 14:36:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 11:05:27 -0700 2008
Ciara is a smart but not perfect heroine. A grifter (oh how I l...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:35:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:36:47 -0700 2008 Jeri Smith-Ready through her highly unique urban fantasy Requiem for the Devil. A sort of sequel to Paradise Lost told from Lucifer's point of view, I thought it was beautiful, disturbing and, in the end, unexpectedly hopeful. When I heard she was writing an urban fantasy about...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 18:22:36 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 18:25:26 -0700 2008 Ciara Griffin grew up in a family of grifters, but is looking to go straight when she finds an internship at a radio station. To her surprise, WMMP's eclectic play list ranging from 19...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 10:38:57 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 10:14:52 -0800 2009 1
This is one of the better paranormal books I've read. It focuses solely on vampires - no werewolves, no witches, no gremlins etc. - and does a really great job of it. There is significantly less angst than in a lot of vampire-related stuff, and y...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 15:06:37 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 25 19:06:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 22 15:43:09 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 15:44:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:33:37 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:35:08 -0800 2009 1 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 06 08:38:09 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 08:38:28 -0800 2008
WVMP is the only radio station with real vampires, who know their musical era inside and out because they were born and raised in it.
Because they live it today.


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I started reading Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready around 9:30pm. I then proceeded to read it non-stop till 5:45am. I can only say thank you, thank you, thank you to Jeri herself for picking my name for the ARC contest on her website. Not only does she know her music inside and out, bu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:40:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 23:27:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:10:41 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:59:36 -0700 2009
I heard about it via various blogs and finally decided I needed to read it. I can't get Hubby to read any UF/PR (from now on, I'm just going to call it paranormal fantasy. Soon...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 24 15:28:19 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 14:48:10 -0800 2009
Former con artist Ciara takes a job at a rock radio station WVMP. She's hired as a marketing intern. She's there to help the station, so it doesn't get bought by big corp Skywave. The DJ's are vampires that are stuck in their era. It's the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 19:59:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:08:26 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 04 09:10:20 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:52:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 09:10:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:05:47 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 07:01:45 -0800 2009
I'd give this six or seven stars if I could. I laug...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 19:11:51 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:50:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 14 22:10:24 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 22:11:55 -0800 2009 1
Ciara Griffin used to con people for money. Now in business school she applies at a failing local radio station, WMMP, for a marketing internship. She gets more than she bargains...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:16:36 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:20:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2669405