Review: Date With A Vampire
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2013
As it says in the synopsis, Date With A Vampire is about a quiet woman named Melody that has not met her perfect man. She has dreams of such a man but once her dates realize her quiet nature, they usually get bored. Until, that is, she wins the lottery. Then she has countless men pursuing her but not for her but for her money. She then gets the offer to star on a reality dating program much like The Bachelorette program that airs here. Just for the record, I like that show!Enter Guystof, Guy for short. Guy is a vampire but you could think of him as a "good" vampire. He sees being what he is as a curse. Guy is a Count in his home country but his castle is crumbling around him. His Father has pledged him the deed to the castle but he must marry a rich woman to help to restore the castle to its previous splendor. As a last resort, he becomes a bachelor trying to win the heart of Melody. Except Guy has an evil brother, Theo, who also wants control of the castle. So he will do all he can to thwart the romance between Guy and Melody.Melody entered the contest not to necessarily become engaged but to "fake" an engagement so men would stop hounding her. Guy entered the contest to take a wife that had money. What neither of them anticipated was finding love. But can Melody accept what Guy is and can they outsmart evil Theo's efforts to steal Melody away from Guy?Ok, my opinions on this book at first were that I thought it sounded like such a cute premise. I love a good vampire romance. And it was sort of sweet, but I didn't really enjoy it as much as I had hoped. First, Melody's reactions were strange, especially when she first found out what Guy was. And just the book as a whole, I just didn't really connect with the characters. I was never really drawn in like I wanted to be. There are some sexy scenes that take this book out of the YA category but as a whole, the story felt kind of juvenile. Thus, the three star rating. It does pretty much wrap things up so it can be read as a stand alone.So, my opinion is that this was just OK for me. I do want to thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book for a fair review.