In this first book of an all-new trilogy, life proves stranger than the movies when a Hollywood underground coven of vampires comes to light-and ge...
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Jun 08, 2011
faeriemyst
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I'm having a hard time formulating my thoughts on this book. I did like it and will read the next one, but there was just something off about the whole thing. Maybe because there were a bunch of loose ends at the end of the book than was necessary, but who knows. I didn't get the whole promiscuous thing, mostly because it didn't feel like it belonged in the book and really came out of nowhere; it felt like it was added for the whole "sex sells" concept. I mean that thing with "the
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Jan 21, 2009
Cathy
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Probably really a 4 star, but I'm finally a little burned out on urban fantasy. It was quite a good book. The characters are different (a stunt woman, little person/actor and telenova star/science geek, plus a mysterious employer) and the vamps and creepies have an original concept. Leaves a lot of questions to be solved in the next books.
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Jan 23, 2012
Veronica G.
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This book is about 24 year old, stuntwoman Dawn Madison who returns to the Hollywood town she grew up in to find her missing father. In order to do so she teams up with her father's co-workers at the PI agancy where he had been employed. Only it turns out that this PI agencu deals in the supernatural, a world that Dawn never knew existed. There is Kiko,a little person with psychic abilities and aspirations to become a movie star, and Breisi, a techno geek and former telenovela star who has ag
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Mar 01, 2011
Laura
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This series opens up with a mystery. Dawn Madison (former stuntwoman) returns to L.A. because the firm her father Frank works for (Limpet & Associates, a P.I. firm) has contacted her about her father's disappearance. He has been missing for over a week and Dawn decides to temporarily join up with Limpet & Associates to find him. She meets a techno-geek/weapons enthusiast named Breisi (pronounced Breezy) Montoya and a "little person" named Kiko Daniels who is an aspiring actor. Dawn mee
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Jan 12, 2011
Ithlilian
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The other one and two star reviews hit the nail on the head. There are so many things wrong with this book that I had to give it a one star rating even though I finished it and enjoyed a bit of the beginning. First, the heroine. As others have said she is not very likable, she's a bit slutty, and she is very hard to relate to. She is forced to investigate the disappearance of her father after being summoned by a investigative agency. I say forced because I don't believe that she actually wants t
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Jun 21, 2010
Pikachu
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taking place in an alternate version of hollywood were vampires do exist, this book starts out with a character named dawn. she is searching for her father, who mysteriously disappeared, and ends up turning to a supernatural private investigator agency for help. at the same time, she is also searching for a boy named robby, a beloved child star likewise vanished, recently seen walking the sets a couple days ago. the problem? he reputedly died twenty-three years ago.
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Dec 16, 2009
R. Paramour
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This one definitely falls into the category of mind-rotting brain-candy, but it's definitely into reading if you fancy that sort of thing. It's got vampires, an emotionally damaged yet ass-kicking protagonist, and sex that is only just barely justified by the plot. It's also got a psychic midget and lots of over-the-top death scenes. I don't know that I'll ever read it again, but I'm definitely buying the second one when it comes out.
Jul 06, 2009
Kay
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I was hooked in the very beginning of this book, but after the main character's first meeting with The Voice, I lost interest. I'm not quite sure why. Maybe it's because I wanted more interactions with The Voice and the book went a different direction? Possibly the first fight scene went on way too freaking long? Or... oh, no. I know what really made me stop reading. It's a personal pet peeve of mine. We switched to the bad guy's POV. That's when I set the book aside and grabbed another.
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Aug 23, 2009
Tom
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Oh, did I not like this book. The main character comes across as a humorless, nymphomaniac version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer who, upon meeting one of her future allies for the first time, drops into a martial arts stand for no reason. Even a sarcastic sense of humor would have benefited this book more than the nonexistent one. So, you go through 300 pages or so of an unlikeable protagonist who's destiny is to do something neat, but she's remarkably slow to pick up on obvious clues while at
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Nov 06, 2011
Yvonne
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Dawn has been estranged from her father for quite a while now but when she hears he is missing she catches the first plane home. But really weird stuff is going on. Her father disappeared while working for Limpet and Associates, a PI firm which is run by a man who can only be heard but not seen. And on her first night on the job working as a consultant to try and find her father she finds out vampires exist. And it all goes down hill after that.
This book is a bit hit and miss. The char More...
This book is a bit hit and miss. The char More...
Sep 06, 2010
Mommaseymour
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Vampire and Demon series!
Positives:
*Dawn is a stuntwoman who comes home to help find her father. She is tough and finds out she has special abilities that she shares with her father.
*Kiko is one of my fav. characters. He adds the comic relief and also great insight with his psychic ability.
*Thanks to Breisi they have some awesome equipment when it comes to hunting down the vampires.
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*Dawn is a stuntwoman who comes home to help find her father. She is tough and finds out she has special abilities that she shares with her father.
*Kiko is one of my fav. characters. He adds the comic relief and also great insight with his psychic ability.
*Thanks to Breisi they have some awesome equipment when it comes to hunting down the vampires.
*Great action, enough in the relationship/romance department, and some comic More...
Jan 07, 2009
Renee
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After reading several vampire series lately I found this book and the follow up lacking. The author is very simple with her plot and the overall building of the vampire culture within her book. I mean she calls the vampires home underground "The Underground" and that they go "Above" when dealing with humans. The lower vampires are Servants and Groupies - how origional!! The author also can't seem to decide if she is writing PG-13 or R. I think this author needs to read the
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Jan 01, 2011
Yolanda
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Cool book! The vampire myth is taken to a completely different level in this book, and we're thrown deep into the underbelly of Hollywood and the many secrets that exist there. It was amazing! And there are so many wonderful and intriguing characters. One of which is Frank - the father that has gone missing.
Dawn is an excellent, real character with an attitude to boot. I knew I'd like her because Chris writes fantastic heroines. But don't get me wrong, even the secondary characters More...
Dawn is an excellent, real character with an attitude to boot. I knew I'd like her because Chris writes fantastic heroines. But don't get me wrong, even the secondary characters More...
Oct 27, 2010
Lacey
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I won this book and the two books that follow it during blogfest, so I have been very excited to getting around to reading it. I mean what's better than a great Vampire story and especially when you got it for free? I have to say I was HUGELY disappointed. To say that this story underwhelmed me would be generous. In fact, I even texted my bff halfway through and told her I was still waiting for the story to start.
So my first problem with this book was that it tried too hard. In More...
So my first problem with this book was that it tried too hard. In More...
Feb 08, 2010
I think I lost brain cells reading this. It was a hot mess. I kept wanting to shake the author and ask, "What in the _ELL were you thinking???"
It started out pretty promising. As if all the editing was done at the beginning. Sadly, there were just enough moments of humor and character insight to keep me reading. Why, why did I keep reading!?!
Take my experience and don't waste your time. I just hope the author finds another niche. I think there is potential More...
It started out pretty promising. As if all the editing was done at the beginning. Sadly, there were just enough moments of humor and character insight to keep me reading. Why, why did I keep reading!?!
Take my experience and don't waste your time. I just hope the author finds another niche. I think there is potential More...
Jul 27, 2011
Ubalstecha
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Dawn Madison is a stuntwoman who has returned to LA to find her estranged father, a PI who went missing. In order to do so, she teams up with his firm, Limpet & Associates. In doing so she finds out that there is a whole other part to LA, one filled up with vampires, psychics and invisible forces. Dawn must learn to navigate this new world if she is to find her father in time.
Author Chris Marie Green has created a very confusing book. The bones of this story are very good. Our angry heroin More...
Author Chris Marie Green has created a very confusing book. The bones of this story are very good. Our angry heroin More...
Jan 19, 2011
Kristin
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4.5 stars
Read the entire review here: http://mybookishways.blogspot.com/2011/0...
Dawn Madison is a stuntwoman laying low after a humiliating “incident” on the job. When she is contacted with the news that her father, Frank, has gone missing while investigating the sighting of a child actor that was supposed to be dead, she is drawn into a supernatural world she never knew existed.
Night Rising is just a fun, sexy ride of a novel. Dawn is tough and resilient, yes More...
Read the entire review here: http://mybookishways.blogspot.com/2011/0...
Dawn Madison is a stuntwoman laying low after a humiliating “incident” on the job. When she is contacted with the news that her father, Frank, has gone missing while investigating the sighting of a child actor that was supposed to be dead, she is drawn into a supernatural world she never knew existed.
Night Rising is just a fun, sexy ride of a novel. Dawn is tough and resilient, yes More...
Jan 23, 2011
chucklesthescot
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I didn't get very far with this book so I'll cut to the chase of why I didn't like it.Our heroine Dawn is looking for her missing father who has been working with a paranormal agency. So she is summoned by the agency boss who has some questions for her and the interview begins with him subduing her and looking into her mind by sexually assaulting her with his mind powers.We get a lovely description of how horny she is getting while he quizzes her and then when The Voice with no body has had his
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Dec 11, 2010
Shelley
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Synopsis: Stuntwoman Dawn Madison hasn't been on the best of terms with her father since her movie star mother died. (or did she?) Still, Frank is her dad, and when he vanishes while investigating the bizarre sighting of a supposedly long-dead child star Robby Pennybaker, she comes home to Tinseltown to join the search for him.
Working with his odd colleagues at Limpet & Associates, she discovers an erotic and bloody underground society made up of creatures she thought existed only o More...
Working with his odd colleagues at Limpet & Associates, she discovers an erotic and bloody underground society made up of creatures she thought existed only o More...
Aug 23, 2010
Luisa
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I actually gave up on this one with only 100 pages to go, but I just couldn't bear it. It started out promising and gave me Vampire: The Masquerade deja vu (I say that way too much) but then Dawn teamed up with... that gang, and it all went downhill from there. Let's see, we have a psychic dwarf, her father's ex girlfriend who, with her credentials, shouldn't be a tech wiz but is Because The Author Says So, and mysterious figure (I'm guessing he's a ghost, since I gave up before we got to find o
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Dec 03, 2009
Lindsay
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WARNINGS: Just a few precautions to anyone who may want to read the book: There is cussing through out the book. There are a few..sex? (read the book and you'll understand the question mark) scenes in the book, but they aren't that bad, in my opinion of course.
There was one thing that I absolutely loved about this book: the tone changed from serious, funny, sarcastic, happy, sad, whatever, but you get my point. The book didn't seem...hmm...monotone during the course of the book. It w More...
There was one thing that I absolutely loved about this book: the tone changed from serious, funny, sarcastic, happy, sad, whatever, but you get my point. The book didn't seem...hmm...monotone during the course of the book. It w More...
Jul 27, 2011
Vickie
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WOOF! This was a pretty exciting start of a series and I highly look forward to reading the rest of it.
That said, it took me a bit to like the main character, Dawn. Her daddy and mommy issues bugged me at first, but I realized I couldn't really hold that against her and I moved on. Glad I did.
The premise of the story, especially the vampire lore, was unique. It's part of why I love reading paranormal/supernatural books. Each one has a new bead on More...
That said, it took me a bit to like the main character, Dawn. Her daddy and mommy issues bugged me at first, but I realized I couldn't really hold that against her and I moved on. Glad I did.
The premise of the story, especially the vampire lore, was unique. It's part of why I love reading paranormal/supernatural books. Each one has a new bead on More...
Jun 20, 2009
Heather
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Great plot, Multiple Mysteries, Bizarre & Endearing Characters, Relevant to Current Hollywood Stereotypes/Lifestyles and Intriguing World - Worth Reading...But...
I gave this book four stars because it was difficult to get through the first 60 or 70 pages (which is less pages than any Anne Rice book where you have to get through at least the first 150 pages):O). The author spends a lot of time on 'world building' in the beginning - it is always necessary to give the reader some background an More...
I gave this book four stars because it was difficult to get through the first 60 or 70 pages (which is less pages than any Anne Rice book where you have to get through at least the first 150 pages):O). The author spends a lot of time on 'world building' in the beginning - it is always necessary to give the reader some background an More...
May 23, 2008
Jam
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I bought this book off amazon based on the blurb and my expectations weren't that high. I was looking for a fun read and I liked the idea of a stunt-woman heroine, so I was midling hopeful that I'd enjoy the book.
And wow, was I disappointed. The first few pages in and I wanted the author to get her narratorial voice sorted out. She doesn't distinguish clearly between Dawn (or any other character's thoughts) and the general omnipotent narrator. Powering through that, and there were More...
And wow, was I disappointed. The first few pages in and I wanted the author to get her narratorial voice sorted out. She doesn't distinguish clearly between Dawn (or any other character's thoughts) and the general omnipotent narrator. Powering through that, and there were More...
Apr 18, 2010
Miss Dreadful
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Dawn Madison is a tough stuntwoman and the daughter of a famously beautiful (and famously dead) movie star mother. She comes back to LA from a location shoot when her estranged father disappears. She hooks up with his P.I. associates on the case: a psychic-slash-actor little person; a former telenovela starlet/'tech geek' (it's a rule--every series must have a 'tech geek'); and their boss, a mysterious, disembodied Charlie's Angels-style Voice. Together, they fight vampires!
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Jul 26, 2011
Fu
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this was slightly sexier than the usual YA vampire series' out there. in fact, i don't believe this is YA, but adult.
anyway, it's an interesting take on the whole vampire idea...and that's hard to do these days.
the book was interesting, characters were different than the usual, but i found it a bit tedious...it took me a LONG time to read it, because it would make me so tired. i'd read a little bit and stop for a couple of days etc.
i'm onto the next book though, and i have to sa More...
anyway, it's an interesting take on the whole vampire idea...and that's hard to do these days.
the book was interesting, characters were different than the usual, but i found it a bit tedious...it took me a LONG time to read it, because it would make me so tired. i'd read a little bit and stop for a couple of days etc.
i'm onto the next book though, and i have to sa More...
Oct 04, 2009
Katherine
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Just finished reading this book. I had a very hard time getting into it, but it was well worth the work. In about the middle of the book, the author seemed to finally figure out where the story was going, and some very interesting things happened. I have ordered the next in the series, Midnight Reign Vampire Babylon, Book Two, and I cannot wait to continue the story with these characters.
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Aug 03, 2010
Nicole
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I'm feeling really, really generous as I write this review, so I am giving this book two stars.
I will skip the plot recap because it was wierd, but not in an interesting way, and I'm not really sure what the point was.
Essentially, the main character is a stunt woman who returns to Hollywood to search for her missing alcoholic father with the help of his former PI coworkers. The catch is that the PI form he worked for specializes in paranormal investigations and it looks like her fath More...
I will skip the plot recap because it was wierd, but not in an interesting way, and I'm not really sure what the point was.
Essentially, the main character is a stunt woman who returns to Hollywood to search for her missing alcoholic father with the help of his former PI coworkers. The catch is that the PI form he worked for specializes in paranormal investigations and it looks like her fath More...
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Mar 16, 2009
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Dec 15, 2010
Sandra
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I liked this book. It took me a few chapters to get into it, although it seemed OK the writing was a bit light and lacked depth. The characters did end up developing, esp the two sidekicks (Kiko and Breisey) who soon became my favorites. I wasn't sure about the main heroins nymphomania, but with the developments involving Jonah I couldn't help but get a little into it. I did see the not so twisty-twist coming from a mile away, but still enjoyed watching it develop and knowing it will be gone
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