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79th out of 107 books
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75 voters
Blood Bytes
by
Susan Phelan
It's New York City, way way in the future and many things have changed - like the legalization of sex for hire and the popularity of the undead in the world's oldest profession. Conversely, the unreliability of males, immortal or human, remains a constant, or at least that's what Detective Tess Monterey has deduced after a particularly painful breakup with her partner and...more
Paperback, 300 pages
Published
September 8th 2009
by Ellora's Cave
(first published August 9th 2007)
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May 15, 2010
Rhianon
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of vampire genre
Shelves:
vamp-romance,
science-fiction
This futuristic vampire romance slash murder mystery is an interesting read but gets three stars for predictability and ending flail.
The final chapter and epilogue left a good bit to be desired. The only true complete sex scene in the entire story is located here, and feels redundant and anticlimactic, for starters. The epilogue is poorly written and the entire end of the story feels at best forced, at worst meshed together.
Phelan's characters are interesting, though, and their interactions are...more
The final chapter and epilogue left a good bit to be desired. The only true complete sex scene in the entire story is located here, and feels redundant and anticlimactic, for starters. The epilogue is poorly written and the entire end of the story feels at best forced, at worst meshed together.
Phelan's characters are interesting, though, and their interactions are...more
While I'm a big fan of Phelan's writing (Crimson Hours is still with me) I wasn't blown away by Blood Bytes. What makes this story for me is, however, the characterisation and dialogue. Phelan is very good in this aspect of her writing. What didn't work for me was the ending, and also some of the mid-scene point of view shifts. I feel with a limitation on the amount of viewpoint characters there would have been greater overall tension. A tighter rein on some of the exposition was also needed. On...more
Fantastically written. A believable story written of the future. From beginning to end, an amazing story, it had everything from mystery to romance.
Apr 04, 2013
Kate
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Susan Phelan was born in the land of the Aurora Borealis and grew up loving the mysterious multi-colored lights that shimmer and shift across the night skies of Alberta.
She started writing in grade school where her love of suspense and the paranormal began to develop.
She lives in Alberta with her love Louis and their beloved pets, Tess and Abby.
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She started writing in grade school where her love of suspense and the paranormal began to develop.
She lives in Alberta with her love Louis and their beloved pets, Tess and Abby.
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