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The Vampire Queen's Servant (Vampire Queen, #1)
by Joey W. Hill
by Joey W. Hill
No interesting character development or plot. Cruel female vampire tortures her servant for unrealistic or vague reasons.
STORY BRIEF:
Lyssa is a powerful 1000 year old vampire. Her previous human servant Thomas died. Thomas chose Jacob as his replacement and sent Jacob to Lyssa with a letter of recommendation. Thomas also trained Jacob in things he would need to know. Jacob wants to be Lyssa’s servant. She tells him he must be totally submissive and endure torture from her. Much of the story is Lyssa saying and doing cruel things to Jacob. He endures it and stays with her. She requires that he act as her maid, housekeeper, party planner, secretary, etc. There is a sequel book to continue the story.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I read the first 211 pages and the last 33 pages (65% of the book). I couldn’t take anymore. There was no character development and too many unknowns about the pasts and motivations of Jacob and Lyssa. What little was said about Lyssa’s past was told and not shown, for example on page 133. “Several vampires had trapped her in an alley. Or so they’d thought. Three bodies had been left behind, and hers had not been one of them. In fact, after making a brief stop to freshen up, she’d met Rex as planned for a theater production and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the play.”
Lyssa was mean, rude and a dominating bully. I never understood why Lyssa told Jacob she must torture him in order for him to be her servant. It seemed like an excuse to tie him up and cause sexual pain. There is almost too much sex in this book. Whenever they are together, thoughts of sex are involved. And, the sex scenes were not that good. There didn’t seem to be any story with good guys, bad guys or interesting developments. I normally do not like writing a review if I haven’t read the whole book, but reading more than half and being unable to finish it I felt was worth noting.
DATA:
Story length: 373 pages. Swearing language: strong, including religious words. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: many and long. Setting: current day Atlanta, Georgia. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic paranormal romance.
OTHER BOOKS:
I’ve read one other story by Joey W. Hill. I gave 1 star to “A Choice of Masters” copyright 2003, which appears in the anthology “Enchained.” My review for the anthology was posted on 3-13-08.
STORY BRIEF:
Lyssa is a powerful 1000 year old vampire. Her previous human servant Thomas died. Thomas chose Jacob as his replacement and sent Jacob to Lyssa with a letter of recommendation. Thomas also trained Jacob in things he would need to know. Jacob wants to be Lyssa’s servant. She tells him he must be totally submissive and endure torture from her. Much of the story is Lyssa saying and doing cruel things to Jacob. He endures it and stays with her. She requires that he act as her maid, housekeeper, party planner, secretary, etc. There is a sequel book to continue the story.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I read the first 211 pages and the last 33 pages (65% of the book). I couldn’t take anymore. There was no character development and too many unknowns about the pasts and motivations of Jacob and Lyssa. What little was said about Lyssa’s past was told and not shown, for example on page 133. “Several vampires had trapped her in an alley. Or so they’d thought. Three bodies had been left behind, and hers had not been one of them. In fact, after making a brief stop to freshen up, she’d met Rex as planned for a theater production and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the play.”
Lyssa was mean, rude and a dominating bully. I never understood why Lyssa told Jacob she must torture him in order for him to be her servant. It seemed like an excuse to tie him up and cause sexual pain. There is almost too much sex in this book. Whenever they are together, thoughts of sex are involved. And, the sex scenes were not that good. There didn’t seem to be any story with good guys, bad guys or interesting developments. I normally do not like writing a review if I haven’t read the whole book, but reading more than half and being unable to finish it I felt was worth noting.
DATA:
Story length: 373 pages. Swearing language: strong, including religious words. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: many and long. Setting: current day Atlanta, Georgia. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic paranormal romance.
OTHER BOOKS:
I’ve read one other story by Joey W. Hill. I gave 1 star to “A Choice of Masters” copyright 2003, which appears in the anthology “Enchained.” My review for the anthology was posted on 3-13-08.
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