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Memories of Envy (Vampire Memories #3)
by
Barb Hendee (Goodreads Author)
Her wiles are irresistable.
Her hunger... insatiable.
A reluctant vampire, Eleisha Clevon has made a home for herself and other vampires in Portland, Oregon. Despite the risks, she is determined to locate all vampires who still reside in isolation so she can offer them sancturary and, more important, so she can teach them to feed without killing. She is shocked when she lear...more
Her hunger... insatiable.
A reluctant vampire, Eleisha Clevon has made a home for herself and other vampires in Portland, Oregon. Despite the risks, she is determined to locate all vampires who still reside in isolation so she can offer them sancturary and, more important, so she can teach them to feed without killing. She is shocked when she lear...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
October 5th 2010
by Roc Trade
(first published 2010)
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As always, Hendee's writing is full of character driven action and a cast of diverse and complicated people things. (Vampires count as people things, right?) One of the aspects that continues to make this series stand out from the other urban fantasy fare is the lack of the stereotypically "strong" female character, the aggressive one who wears leather pants and carries a plethora of weaponry with her. The ladies here are powerful in their own right, but they don't have to physically beat people...more
There are very few vampires in existence today because they failed to abide by the laws of the elders – because they killed humans. Eleisha Clevon lives by that rule and the other laws. She has gathered two vampires to the Portland underground. She has an investigator who locates other vampires so Eleisha can try to help them conform to the old laws. But Simone Stratford is more than Eleisha ever bargained for…
This is a slick and haunting tale of a woman who is good and just - and another woman,...more
This is a slick and haunting tale of a woman who is good and just - and another woman,...more
This entire series just keeps getting stronger!
Memories of Envy takes a pretty significant leap forward in comparison to the first book of this series, and it is also stronger in a lot of ways than Hunting Memories.
The greatest part of this book? The villain, Simone. She is so atypical for a villain that you just can't help but be entranced by her; even readers find themselves envious of Simone.
A bulk of this story rests on Simone's shoulders, but she carries it wonderfully. The other charact...more
Memories of Envy takes a pretty significant leap forward in comparison to the first book of this series, and it is also stronger in a lot of ways than Hunting Memories.
The greatest part of this book? The villain, Simone. She is so atypical for a villain that you just can't help but be entranced by her; even readers find themselves envious of Simone.
A bulk of this story rests on Simone's shoulders, but she carries it wonderfully. The other charact...more
This story revolves around a vampire named Simone Stratford, who Rose discovers after touching Maggies hair brush, and what she went thru as a child, up to the point where Maggie turned her, and onto meeting with Phillip and Eleisha.
Eleisha's character in this book was a huge disappointment to me. She's a vampire with a guilt complex a mile long that brings the story to a grinding halt when it's centered on her. She spends so much time weeping and feeling sorry that Robert lost his head to Julia...more
Eleisha's character in this book was a huge disappointment to me. She's a vampire with a guilt complex a mile long that brings the story to a grinding halt when it's centered on her. She spends so much time weeping and feeling sorry that Robert lost his head to Julia...more
Memories of Envy
is the 3rd book in the Vampire Memories series, so some series spoilers may exist.
Reading Order:
In Memories of Envy Eleisha is still working to locate all the remaining vampires, still in isolation, along with the ever loyal, human w/abilities Wade, the deceptive vamp Phillip, the timid vamp Rose and her ghostly brother Seamus. During their search, they find Simone. She is a wickedly powerful and deeply twisted vamp who will prove that not every vampire in hiding should b...more
Reading Order:
In Memories of Envy Eleisha is still working to locate all the remaining vampires, still in isolation, along with the ever loyal, human w/abilities Wade, the deceptive vamp Phillip, the timid vamp Rose and her ghostly brother Seamus. During their search, they find Simone. She is a wickedly powerful and deeply twisted vamp who will prove that not every vampire in hiding should b...more
I didn't realize this was the 3rd book in the series until after I read it, but it wasn't confusing like some books are. I liked it, an easy read. I probably would have liked it more if I had read one and two first. I probably won't search for the other books in the series, but if I come across them I would read them.
Another book in the vampire series. A group of vampires are learning how to live by the old laws and live together. Philip and Elisha go off to Denver to bring back a vampire they had found. But she is set in her ways and don't understand these laws that Elisha talks about. Fast paced and entertaining read.
je l'ai lui aussi trouvé un peu mieux que le deuxième, on avance un peu plus dans l'histoire mais les caractères et les envies des personnages se transforment, on ne comprend pas vraiment ce que chacun veut, c'est difficile à suivre...J'espere que le tome 4 expliquera un peu plus tout ça.
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A reluctant predator, Eleisha Clevon is determined to locate all vampires still existing in isolation, so she might offer them sanctuary at her home in Portland-and more importantly, so she can teach them to feed without killing. But the beautiful and delicate Simone Stratford doesn't want to be saved.
Made into a vampire in the Roaring Twenties, she enjoys playing her own elaborate games with mortals, stoking their passion for her before finally draining them of their blood. And soon Eleisha a
All these books start to feel the same and have very similar formats. I am becoming increasingly bored with this series. The characters have not developed any depth and I have not grown that attached to any of them. I did like the last chapter and am hoping the next one improves.
i can finish this series i was actually reading it until i found something else to read, and i did so i put a stop to it. i don't really like it and i went to most of the other book because i was hoping for the romance to come out to play but that never happen. and in the end i just wasn't getting to much into it, the book was to sad and they didn't get to much happines only sad and cry nothing more out it.
the book it has a good base and all that but it need it a little more of laugh and life to...more
the book it has a good base and all that but it need it a little more of laugh and life to...more
Series is strictly contemporary vampire. This entry read less like a cop show with vampires thrown in (what I thought the first one felt like). I enjoyed it but I hope the rest of the rest of the series finds some other plot arc than here's-a-newly-discovered-vampire and here's some of their memories and more flashbacks from current characters. Invested in the characters so far more than the story and there's much more to develop than just a bunch of episodes of repeating same find-new-vampire,...more
Read from 6/15 - 6/16.
This is the third book in the series and despite being one of the most poorly written series I've ever read, I had hope that there could be something redeeming about this one. It was shallow, poorly executed and not gripping in the least. I just read it really fast to get it over with. As a side note, I read the first of the Noble Dead saga books which she wrote with her husband and despite hearing good things, I was sorely disappointed with that too. Won't read any more books by the Hendees.
it was okay...nothing special enuf to write home about, but im not sorry i read it...but i probably wont bother reading the first three though...
This series has become quite repetitive. There's so much unfulfilled potential, and Eleisha is starting to drive me crazy with her clueless-ness.
Hard to pinpoint how I feel about this installment. It was such a quick read and I felt the plot was too uncomplicated. Eleisha is beginning to seem incredibly naive and her mission seems increasingly a bad idea. This one was just OK, I feel a little unfulfilled after reading it. I guess I expected a bit more.
More about Phillip and Simone than any of the other characters. Not as much Wade as I would have liked and Eleisha comes of weaker than ever. A little disappointing, but picks up a bit towards the middle of the book. Interested to see if they do anything interesting with Julian's involvement in the next one.
The story gets more interesting as it goes along. I have a love/hate relationship with Philip though. I share Rose's opinion of him, but he's devoted to Eleisha, so I cut him some slack. I hope to continue to see him grow and evolve. I'm looking forward to the next book.
Only because I enjoyed the Noble Dead series by Hendee am I reading these at all. The charters are weak and pathetic and the story never really takes off. If I wanted the life story of a bunch of sad morons I'd watch reality TV.
Hendee's vampire mythos is complex and multi-dimensional, as are her characters and stories. I'm enjoying the series and look forward to more.
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[See both BarbHendee.org and NobleDead.org]
Like most writers, I've worked at many jobs in my life, including teaching pre-school until I completed my master's degree in Composition Theory. Between 1993 and 2006, I taught college English while writing fiction on the side, some independently and some with my husband and life-long partner J.C....more
Over the years, we've lived in Washington State, Idaho, Co
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