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I wanted to love this but found the protagonist pretty dull and too right all the time. My illustrious book club co-leader Liza pointed out that Gilda functions as a Black lesbian superhero which I get behind 110%; would love to see this as a graphic novel or movie--lots of action and so much scene; transhistorical storyline; epic potential! As a book, the language and description kinda drag and the protag has too much darn integrity to fully capture my interest.
Read initially for Housman's Queer Book Club and I was super excited, because it was sold to me as having bisexual vampires (!!). Sadly, it didn't quite deliver on this, but it is a very good read, more akin to a collection of short stories all centred around the main character, and I enjoyed that very much.
The downside was definitely the "sex/making a vampire" scenes - cringingly awful and at times baffling. Skip those bits and get on with the story. ...more
The downside was definitely the "sex/making a vampire" scenes - cringingly awful and at times baffling. Skip those bits and get on with the story. ...more
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