Tantalize, I think not…

Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Tantalize

It took me forever to finish reading Tantalize.  I do enjoy the stories about werewolves and vampires but not when they are redundant and uninspiring. Tantalize is a perfect example.   As my co-worker said, “It has all been done before.”  So frankly, it was rather boring and dry because it didn’t offer anything new.  In retrospect,  I expected too much because of the book cover and summary description.  Oh well.

Definitely, check out: Annette Klause’s Blood and Chocolate, Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, Melissa De La Cruz’s Blue Blood series, Ellen Schreiber’s Vampire Kisses, and Melissa Marr’s Wicked Lovely (which I haven’t read yet but I am very excited about it because of what I’ve heard).

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber – Raise your hands if you want to be a vampire!

I was pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed this humorous vampire tale.  The story is about a sixteen year old goth girl, Raven who is in love with Anne Rice’s vampire stories.  When her grade school teacher asked her what she wanted to be when she grows up, she replied, ‘a vampire’ which surprised her teacher.  Raven’s fascination with vampires grows stronger through the years.  Then, one day, she “bumps” into Mr. Right who she thinks is a vampire.  Is he? Well, you’ll have to read this funny, yet romantic vampire story to find out.

ECLIPSE, IS IT WORTH THE WAIT???

THE LONG AWAITED and continued story of Edward and Bella.

Eclipse has finally arrived.  Well, Eclipse was like an eclipse, metaphorically, for me. It definitely was not up to par in comparison to the other two books.  There was too much dialogue, reminding readers about every little thing that happened in the previous books—Monotonous. There was no real action.  The best part of the story involved Jacob.  This book focuses on a love triangle between Edward, Isabella and Jacob. For the life of me, I cannot understand why they are both in love with Bella. Anyway, I’m not really into love triangles so for me it could have been avoided. In this book, Bella and Edward are together as a couple and Jacob is still Edward’s mortal enemy but join forces to protect Bella.  Both Edward and Jacob are in love with Bella….blah, blah, blah…Bella still wants to become a vampire.  As a character, Bella shows no growth whatsoever and remains dependent on the Cullens. We also get the back story of Rosalind and Jasper, and the LaPush.  Jacob Black is irresistible…he’s arrogant, funny, strong yet vulnerable.  He’s everything that Edward should be but isn’t.  So I am looking forward to the next book.  Overall, this is a good series for those who love vampire stories.  

Other recommended books involving vampires and werewolves: Annette Curtis Klause’sBlood and Chocolate, Ellen Schreiber’s Vampire Kisses, Scott Westerfeld’s Peeps, and Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Tantalize.