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Fangs for the Memories (Young Brothers #1)
by
Kathy Love
Oh, Brother!
There are Christmas mornings and then there are Christmas mornings like this one: watching my brother, Rhys, swagger through our New York City apartment...smiling. We are talking about Rhys, the detached, surly and annoying; the man who turned brooding into an art form. But he's not brooding now. No, he's practically threatening to pistol whip me for shaking ha
...morePaperback, Brava Contemporary Romance, 304 pages
Published
September 1st 2005
by Kensington Publishing Corp.
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I have seen Kathy Love's "Fangs" books around for awhile but, I must admit, I avoided them because of the silly titles. The other day I picked up Fangs for the Memories off our book swap shelf at work and I was hooked from the first page. (Which is saying something because though I love paranormal romance, I'm usually not a big fan of the vamp/chick lit hook.)
This story starts out with Jane, our shy but determined heroine stopping at a seedy little bar in NYC after a rough first day in the big c...more
This story starts out with Jane, our shy but determined heroine stopping at a seedy little bar in NYC after a rough first day in the big c...more
Jan 27, 2008
Laura
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fans of paranormal romance novels
Shelves:
paranormal-romance
Rhys Young, a yummy brooding vampire, saves Jane, a mortal who has just arrived in New York City from Maine. With no surviving family, Jane has sold the family business and moved to the big city to start a new life. Unfortunately, everything goes wrong. Afterwards Rhys is violently attacked by another vamp and acquires an intense case of amnesia, which means he has forgotten he is a vamp. He thinks he is a wealthy Englishman (which he was 200 years ago before he was turned), and he thinks Jane i...more
I will admit that I loved the whole idea of this book, but I was worried about how the author was going to pull it off. I was hooked after the first chapter I loved the degree of darkness and humor that seem to counter act each other, I read it in one night but and this is a big but I had no connect to the main characters what so ever, I connected more with Christian and Sebastian the two brothers than I did with the main couple. I mean yes Jane was strong and sweet but she was a complete idiot,...more
Feb 07, 2008
Shannon (Giraffe Days)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
lovers of paranormal romance
Jane has just arrived in New York City to start a new life, only to lose her job before she's even started and with no where to live but a crummy hotel. So she does something she's never done before: go to a seedy bar for a strong drink.
Obviously a bad idea for a young, innocent woman, she's saved from an attempted rape by a beautiful, brooding yet charismatic man called Rhys Young. Going back to the alley later to look for her necklace, she comes across Rhys again, this time while he is being a...more
Obviously a bad idea for a young, innocent woman, she's saved from an attempted rape by a beautiful, brooding yet charismatic man called Rhys Young. Going back to the alley later to look for her necklace, she comes across Rhys again, this time while he is being a...more
I would probably give the first two 2.5 stars. ( and the 3rd one 3)
Ok-- quick comments on all 3 of these...
They had a lot of cute humor-- more so as they went along-- but they were not nearly as humorous as I thought they would be. Reading the synopsis of the first one about a vampire with amnesia made me think I'd be rolling on the floor laughing. But they were only "okay" cute.
Each book picks a different brother to find love....and each finds their "perfect match". The women in the stories ar...more
Ok-- quick comments on all 3 of these...
They had a lot of cute humor-- more so as they went along-- but they were not nearly as humorous as I thought they would be. Reading the synopsis of the first one about a vampire with amnesia made me think I'd be rolling on the floor laughing. But they were only "okay" cute.
Each book picks a different brother to find love....and each finds their "perfect match". The women in the stories ar...more
Jan 10, 2008
Jan
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Paranormal Romance - Vampire Lovers
Shelves:
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Book #1 of the Young Brothers series. Stories encompassing the vampire brothers Rhys, Christian, and Sebastian Young.
“Fangs for the Memories” tells the story of the oldest brother Rhys; his self-loathing and hate of his vampiric life style. When a chance meeting in a seedy bar with a mortal woman on christmas eve and a devastating attack by another vampire in the bar alley out back; Leaves Rhys with selective amnesia thinking he’s mortal and falling in love with the woman Jane from the bar.
A ve...more
“Fangs for the Memories” tells the story of the oldest brother Rhys; his self-loathing and hate of his vampiric life style. When a chance meeting in a seedy bar with a mortal woman on christmas eve and a devastating attack by another vampire in the bar alley out back; Leaves Rhys with selective amnesia thinking he’s mortal and falling in love with the woman Jane from the bar.
A ve...more
Ok, I've had this book for awhile, and I have to admit I kept putting off reading it. The title and the cover made me think this was more of a spoof story. But I am so happy to have read this book.
Jane's first day in the Big Apple? She loses her job and her new apartment. So what else could she do on Christmas Eve but go out and have a drink. Turns out her day can get worse.
Rhys is a vampire that has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Looking for his next meal in a dingy bar, he only fe...more
Jane's first day in the Big Apple? She loses her job and her new apartment. So what else could she do on Christmas Eve but go out and have a drink. Turns out her day can get worse.
Rhys is a vampire that has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Looking for his next meal in a dingy bar, he only fe...more
So this is going to be a short review. I wasn't sure about this one, it seemed like a hard premise to pull off, a vampire who has selective amnesia and doesn't remember that he is a vampire, but somehow still manages to survive on blood and avoid sunlight, all the while falling in love with a mortal who also doesn't know he is a vampire. Pretty far fetched, right? But Kathy Love pulled it off. It was a good book, a lot better that I expected. My only real problem with the book is that the end wa...more
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Fangs for the Memories was pretty good. It's well written, and I like the way that Love imagines vampires. She gives them incredibly keen senses of smell - so keen that they can recognize individual odors at a distance and scent feelings and thoughts. They can taste them, too - a good person's blood is sweet, an evil person's blood is stale and sour.
Rhys is a pretty appealing character. He's the kind of guy you'd be an idiot not to love - a caretaker personality, serious, responsible, faithful,...more
Rhys is a pretty appealing character. He's the kind of guy you'd be an idiot not to love - a caretaker personality, serious, responsible, faithful,...more
I don’t actually remember buying Fang for the Memories. It’s entirely possible it was a gift, but honestly, who knows? In any case, I do think vampire romances have been done to death. That being said, this one wasn’t bad.
Rhys is an angsty vampire who bemoans his existence, feels bad that his two younger brothers are vampires too, and on Christmas Eve is sitting in a NYC bar looking for his next meal. Any member of the dregs of society will do. But in walks Jane, fresh from Maine who has just h...more
Rhys is an angsty vampire who bemoans his existence, feels bad that his two younger brothers are vampires too, and on Christmas Eve is sitting in a NYC bar looking for his next meal. Any member of the dregs of society will do. But in walks Jane, fresh from Maine who has just h...more
Ok. It had some good parts and some weak parts.
I was chuckling several times. The characters and plot were good. Two parts were weak.
Story brief: Rhys, Christian and Sebastian are vampire brothers around 200 years old. Christian hates Rhys and wants revenge. Rhys usually avoids mortals, but saves Jane from an attempted rape. Christian attacks Rhys and causes Rhys to have amnesia, which causes Rhys to think he is human. He and Jane fall in love while neither one of them knows that he is a vampire...more
I was chuckling several times. The characters and plot were good. Two parts were weak.
Story brief: Rhys, Christian and Sebastian are vampire brothers around 200 years old. Christian hates Rhys and wants revenge. Rhys usually avoids mortals, but saves Jane from an attempted rape. Christian attacks Rhys and causes Rhys to have amnesia, which causes Rhys to think he is human. He and Jane fall in love while neither one of them knows that he is a vampire...more
This is an intriguing series by Kathy Love. I haven't ever picked up any of her books and I'm happy I took a chance on this one. Love's style is definitely humorous and vividly romantic. This story is a fun, fast-pace, easy romance. If you're looking for depth this isn't for you, but it's still a darn good book. This is also the first in the Young brothers series about vampire brothers who have made peace in their own ways with being undead for eternity.
This one fallows a vampire named Rhys, who...more
This one fallows a vampire named Rhys, who...more
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After reading a lot of dark dystopian books, when I recieved this book in a swap I instantly wanted to read it. It sounded light-hearted and funny, just the type of book I needed to read after so many sad books. I was not disappointed. I loved this book.
It follows Rhys, a 200-year-old vampire who has spent those 200 years cutting himself off from humanity only surviving on the blood of low-life humans who deserve nothing else but to...more
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After reading a lot of dark dystopian books, when I recieved this book in a swap I instantly wanted to read it. It sounded light-hearted and funny, just the type of book I needed to read after so many sad books. I was not disappointed. I loved this book.
It follows Rhys, a 200-year-old vampire who has spent those 200 years cutting himself off from humanity only surviving on the blood of low-life humans who deserve nothing else but to...more
I've think I have mixed feelings about this book. There are some great moments throughout. But there are also some not so great moments. I mean, I liked the story line. And I really like Sebastian. And some of the scenes where he was trying to cover everything up at the same time as convincing Rhys and Jane of his charades were chortlingly funny to the point I sat snorting at my Kindle. But the ending was just so sucky (no pun intended) that I didn't feel it did the book any justice at all. Ever...more
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This is the first book in the Young Brothers series. Fangs for the Memories tells the story of Rhys Young, the oldest vampire of the Young brothers who saves Jane from an attempted rape. He was about to head home but was attacked by another vampire and as a result of this attack, he woke up with an amnesia. Sebastian, Rhys brother upon learning of this situation, asked Jane to stay until his brother recovers from amnesia.
A vampire with amnesia? I liked this book and the love story of Rhys and J...more
A vampire with amnesia? I liked this book and the love story of Rhys and J...more
This book was pretty good. I liked the characters and the plot. Ooooh! There were some good steamy scenes, not that the mirror needed fogged anyway! lol. I can't wait to read the rest of this series. The ending definitely left a smile on my face. Cheeky girl! Noble Rhys...great character and loved the amnesia. Perfect for his character...he's still perfect for that era. Sebastion was the perfect younger brother model. I can't wait to see his story. And Christian....what to say. He was really 'ba...more
I really liked this book. I'm sitting in the doctors office, I.V. in arm, laughing to the point they had to come in and ask me to keep it down because the people in the waiting room could hear me and were getting worried..lol... I laughed out loud and did a lot a giggling.. which in my opinion is always the sign of a book I will enjoy tons.
I must be in a bit of a reading slump, since this is my second two star review this week.
Now, I can't say this one was bad as much as...silly. Basically, big bad and broody vampire gets selective amnesia, and pure and innocent mortal comes to his rescue. Little brother and fellow vampire plays matchmaker, trying to snap big brother out of his 200 year sulk. Yep, that is about it.
I couldn't quite get what the author was going for. It wasn't intentionally humorous, as much as silly. It wasn't dark...more
Now, I can't say this one was bad as much as...silly. Basically, big bad and broody vampire gets selective amnesia, and pure and innocent mortal comes to his rescue. Little brother and fellow vampire plays matchmaker, trying to snap big brother out of his 200 year sulk. Yep, that is about it.
I couldn't quite get what the author was going for. It wasn't intentionally humorous, as much as silly. It wasn't dark...more
This is a sappy, sentimental, vanilla, soulmate romance with a paranormal facade slapped onto it. Yeah, the hero, Rhys, is a vampire, but you could have taken every references to vampires out of the story and it wouldn't have mattered - I think it was just an afterthought because paranormal sells. The heroine, Jane, is a ridulously goody-two-shoes morally perfect virgin (25 years old) who never had an impure thought until she me her soulmate, Rhys. Gag me. The only good thing I have to say about...more
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I liked this. I really did. Enough so to get the next book if I can find it. But...something was missing. I can't quite put my finger on it. It was almost like the emotions were f'ed to me systematically and neatly...and 1. 2. 3. Now sex and pain and suffering and oh I really do love you but i love you too much to have you and 4. 5. 6. Wait, don't die didn't I mention I love you? And Ta-dah!! Here's your happily ever after!
I don't know. It was good but didn't wow me. I'm curious about the next b...more
I don't know. It was good but didn't wow me. I'm curious about the next b...more
I like the characters, but the story is kind of boring. It did pick up a little after a few chapters, but not enough. The characters are interesting and draw you in, but the story didn't hold me enough. Maybe a little more action, or twists. The sex/romance was okay (bland but okay) and the humor was barely there. I'm going to try the next book because I like the characters. This book is about Rhys (the oldest brother) and Jane. She's had a horrible day. She's been fired, robbed, and spent hours...more
Rhys is one really unhappy vampire. His sister is dead, his brother is out to kill him, and he hasn't felt good for so long. Then on a Christmas evening he meets Jane and saves her. Unfortunately, he is also attacked later in the night. As a result he has amnesia, a far reaching one. He thinks it's the beginning of the 19th century and that he's a viscount.
Jane life isn't going the way she planned. She moved to New York because she had a job guaranteed. Now the job is gone, so is her apartment,...more
Jane life isn't going the way she planned. She moved to New York because she had a job guaranteed. Now the job is gone, so is her apartment,...more
This whole series is cute and very fun, but the books get better as they go. Actually, my favorite in the series was Christian's book.
But this one was quite funny. A vampire with amnesia, who falls in love (or thinks he's already in love) with some random girl caught up in his mess. Yup, the book takes place in modern times, but he still thinks himself back in the Victorian era, and also thinks he's human (and the cute girl that seems to be "with" him must be his fiance, as arranged by his paren...more
But this one was quite funny. A vampire with amnesia, who falls in love (or thinks he's already in love) with some random girl caught up in his mess. Yup, the book takes place in modern times, but he still thinks himself back in the Victorian era, and also thinks he's human (and the cute girl that seems to be "with" him must be his fiance, as arranged by his paren...more
With this being a new series for me, I was prepared for the first one to be slow-going. First installments usually are. This was pretty decent, though. I like the premise of the vampire with amnesia thing. And it's not too Harlequin-esque, since there was a good suspenseful plot to go along with it. It was funny, but not overly so. Now I'm hating that there are only 4 books in the series, lol.
I liked all of the characters, even Christian at the end. The grammar left a lot to be desired, and at t...more
I liked all of the characters, even Christian at the end. The grammar left a lot to be desired, and at t...more
Naive Jane moves to NY from Maine to start her new life. Everything goes wrong her first day there and after she's assaulted in a back alleyway, she's rescued by Rhys, a grim, brooding vampire. When they're attacked by one of his enemies, he suddenly gets amnesia, thinking he's mortal again and back in England 200 years ago. Jane, he thinks, is his American betrothed, and his brother convinces her to stay and look after him in his confused state.
It was cute, but somehow I was uncomfortable with...more
It was cute, but somehow I was uncomfortable with...more
Fangs For The Memories was a light and carefree paranormal romance with some hot sences. This books pulls you from the first chapter and doesn't disappoint. Kathy is a very creative and funny writer that came up with a fresh idea. She did an amazing job with her characters, plot, and settings. There were enough twists in the plot that it kept you interested and I can say that I didn't put the book down. Great read, Would recommend.
Kathy Love always makes me smile. Rhys a brooding, sexy vamp has found the woman that makes him feel hundereds of years younger, only he can't remember the last couple hundreds of years... nor can he remember he's a vampire. And his pretty little human love interest, Jane doesn't know either. Can his brother Sebastian, help him claim his life back and help him keep his woman? Witty, entertaining and sweet. Always a fun read.
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Kathy Love has been labeled "a character-driven author, who prefers complex subjects that add an emotional, humorous edge" by Romantic Times. Originally from Maine, she now resides in Maryland with her husband, chatterbox three-year-old daughter, Emily, and Squiggy Piggy, a very sweet guinea pig.
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