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Avalon Revamped
Arthur Tudor, a vampire for nearly four-hundred years, finds himself bored with life and love, yet again. His tolerance for his newly-turned girlfriend Avalon wanes, and he's on the prowl for fresh blood to drink and succulent flesh to pierce. While investigating a series of mysterious disappearances, the couple comes face to face with Constance, a succubus committed to exacting justice for violated women. The supernatural trio joins forces to stop a serial rapist and murderer. Set in Victorian London, this Steampunk horror novel is about justice, retribution, and redemption. Adult content. Let true justice prevail... -_Q "Every once in a while I get the opportunity to read a piece of work that makes me think, 'This is the one the will put this author on the map of the reading world.' Avalon Revamped is that book for O. M. Grey. It deals with some horrific truths and should be read by every person on the planet. It is a great adventure, with serious underpinnings that elevate it into a higher realm of genre literature." C. L. Stegall, author of The Blood of Others
- GenresVampires
338 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2013
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About the author
O.M. Grey
23 books89 followersNestled in the mountains of California, Olivia M. Grey lives in the cobwebbed corners of her mind writing paranormal romance with a Steampunk twist. As a writer, podcaster, and speaker, Olivia focuses her poetry and prose on alternative lifestyles and deliciously dark matters of the heart. Her work has been published in anthologies and magazines like Stories in the Ether, SNM Horror Magazine and How The West Was Wicked.
Her premiere Steampunk BDSM erotica novel, Avalon Revisited, is an Amazon.com Gothic Romance bestseller. She also currently has two other titles available: The Zombies of Mesmer, a YA Steampunk Romance, Caught in the Cogs: An Eclectic Collection of short stories, love poetry, and relationship essays.
Ms. Grey’s poem “New York Rain” made the Bar None Group’s Hall of Fame, and her short story “Dust on the Davenport,” as well as her bestselling Steamy Steampunk novel Avalon Revisited, won the 2012 Steampunk Chronicle’s Reader’s Choice Award for best short story and best novel, respectively. Olivia was voted “Muse of the Fair” at the 2011 Steampunk World’s Fair and has enjoyed being a literary guest at several Steampunk Conventions.
Ms. Grey is represented by the fabulous Louise Fury of the L. Perkins Agency.
Her premiere Steampunk BDSM erotica novel, Avalon Revisited, is an Amazon.com Gothic Romance bestseller. She also currently has two other titles available: The Zombies of Mesmer, a YA Steampunk Romance, Caught in the Cogs: An Eclectic Collection of short stories, love poetry, and relationship essays.
Ms. Grey’s poem “New York Rain” made the Bar None Group’s Hall of Fame, and her short story “Dust on the Davenport,” as well as her bestselling Steamy Steampunk novel Avalon Revisited, won the 2012 Steampunk Chronicle’s Reader’s Choice Award for best short story and best novel, respectively. Olivia was voted “Muse of the Fair” at the 2011 Steampunk World’s Fair and has enjoyed being a literary guest at several Steampunk Conventions.
Ms. Grey is represented by the fabulous Louise Fury of the L. Perkins Agency.
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August 13, 2014
I really don't know how to feel about this book. There was a LOT going on. All of Arthur's charm and whit from the first book, the narration that made Avalon Revisited so... unique and unexpected, were completely invalidated in Avalon Revamped.
The plot: Too busy, too many narrators, too much going on.
The characters: None of them were ever fully developed because so many were playing key roles. Arthur was obnoxious, Avalon was one-dimensional, and Constance was literally too many people at once. The supporting cast was just as bloated and I found it incredibly difficult to keep ladies whose name start with "C" straight, not to mention the men who abused her/them. And that Polly character. Dude. That's mental illness and it aint' right.
There were complaints that Avalon Revisited was raunchy and the sex was too much, the scenes too frequent, the feelings too detached. Well... anyone who had problems with the first book will NOT be able to handle the second one. At all. There is not one good, healthy, positive, loving, or even mutually respectful sexual encounter in this book.
But with all of that said... I still finished Avalon Revamped and I still think there was a lot of originality here. The Author took big risks with this story, as many if not more than she did with the first. There aren't many paranormal historical steampunk romances narrated by the hero, and I can't think of any that have a glorified Dandy leading the charge. But these did.
Read this one only if you're prepared to lose all respect for Arthur and gain a small amount for Avalon. But if you're a victim of sexual abuse, tread carefully. This book opens with a warning for a reason.
The plot: Too busy, too many narrators, too much going on.
The characters: None of them were ever fully developed because so many were playing key roles. Arthur was obnoxious, Avalon was one-dimensional, and Constance was literally too many people at once. The supporting cast was just as bloated and I found it incredibly difficult to keep ladies whose name start with "C" straight, not to mention the men who abused her/them. And that Polly character. Dude. That's mental illness and it aint' right.
There were complaints that Avalon Revisited was raunchy and the sex was too much, the scenes too frequent, the feelings too detached. Well... anyone who had problems with the first book will NOT be able to handle the second one. At all. There is not one good, healthy, positive, loving, or even mutually respectful sexual encounter in this book.
But with all of that said... I still finished Avalon Revamped and I still think there was a lot of originality here. The Author took big risks with this story, as many if not more than she did with the first. There aren't many paranormal historical steampunk romances narrated by the hero, and I can't think of any that have a glorified Dandy leading the charge. But these did.
Read this one only if you're prepared to lose all respect for Arthur and gain a small amount for Avalon. But if you're a victim of sexual abuse, tread carefully. This book opens with a warning for a reason.
May 4, 2014
I read the book - the Constance story was a good one. The change in Arthur since the first book was disappointing. And the journey into the psyche of abused women and their abusers was a learning experience however a little much for me. Gruesome.
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