Review: Bloody Little Secrets by Karly Kirkpatrick
Bloody Little Secrets by Karly Kirkpatrick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Let me start by saying I enjoyed this book even though I had issues with it. I loved the snarkiness of the heroine, the way she interacted with others, and how she handled being a vampire. I also loved the hero in this story. From the moment he was introduced, I felt the connection between him and Vicky.
The opening of the story really starts off strong, and I was really giving my Kindle a workout by flipping the pages. I wanted to know what happened next, and I loved following Vicky’s story. That said, as I mentioned, I did have some issues.
WARNING: SPOILER ALERT
While I loved the additional characters Vicky found when she moved to the new town for the sake of her family, I did have an issue with the way Drake so willingly accepted that Vicky was a vampire. When the others responded in pretty much the same way, it made me think everyone had been watching Buffy, the Vampire Slayer too much. It almost seemed as though vampires were commonplace.
I also had issues with the plot as some things just didn’t make sense to me.
I didn’t really understand how Steve made Vicky such a different type of vampire, and it wasn’t explained. How did he create a vampire that could withstand the sun? And why do it on Vicky instead of one of the other vampires in his clan?
Also, why wouldn’t Steve risk one of his other vampires to test Vicky’s blood instead of his own? The story gave the impression that Steve was the lead vampire. So I wondered why he wouldn’t demand one of his followers (so to speak) to be the test subject.
I did have a lot of issues with the climatic scene with Steve as it was actually kind of anti-climatic. He was smart enough to create this super vamp but not smart enough to realize she could take them all out? Shouldn’t he have figured that out when all his minions kept getting offed by Vicky throughout the book? It just looks like he could have done some better planning.
The ending scene really bothered me in that I was expecting more shock and horror from Vicky’s parents. They saw her in the coffin, no doubt, so to see her standing in the same room with them just days later should have caused some type of hysteria or fear. My first thought would have been zombies. Instead, Vicky’s father hugs her, and the story ends abruptly.
Overall, I would give this book 3 and 3/4 stars because Karly Kirkpatrick is a strong writer. She has a way with characterization and dialogue that really connected with me. I’ll definitely read more from her because the questions I had didn’t detract from the evidence of a good story-teller.
