My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would...
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This is an installment in a series of vampire huntress novels, and it's an artful melding of modern fiction, folklore and pop culture. The imaginative treatment of the vampire is unlike anything else I've read or seen. My personal series favorite is "The Bitten," but I've read them all (except "The Foresaken," the newest installment), and every volume rocks. It's time and money very well spent.
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This novel is a well-crafted work of art. Butler takes hold of the reader from the first page and never lets go. A consummate storyteller, she creates complex, realistic characters with whom the reader can sympathize and identify. I totally enjoyed the book, and am now building my Octavia Butler library.
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The Damned with Poster (Vampire Huntress Legend) by L A Banks
Singlegal, July 11, 2006
This is an installment in a series of vampire huntress novels, and it's an artful melding of modern fiction, folklore and pop culture. The imaginative treatment of the vampire is unlike anything else I've read or seen. My personal series favorite is "The Bitten," but I've read them all (except "The Foresaken," the newest installment), and every volume rocks. It's time and money very well spent.(4 of 17 readers found this comment helpful)
Kindred by Octavia E Butler
Singlegal, April 17, 2006
This novel is a well-crafted work of art. Butler takes hold of the reader from the first page and never lets go. A consummate storyteller, she creates complex, realistic characters with whom the reader can sympathize and identify. I totally enjoyed the book, and am now building my Octavia Butler library.Singlegal
(7 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)