Review: For all the lovers of Vampire Stories.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2012
I purchased An Angel among Vampires on March 25th, 2012 (as a result of the KDP program) and of course it hit the top of my TBR list immediately.  I am a sucker for most things vampire and have read some of M.Cheykota's posts on the Amazon discussion boards and been impressed by her courtesy and respect for others.  Her book also impressed me at first glance... great title, excellent product description, OK cover art (sorry but I do think the cover could be better). So, I bumped it to the top and have read it over the last day or so.I have struggled to read it just as I am struggling to write this review.  To start, I am very happy to say the plot and characterisation is great.  The plot development is excellent as the twists to the story line are very much a surprise and not predictable. I loved the characters of Jess and Roman as their back stories manage to portray them as strong people who have survived `hell on earth' and are very much worthy of respect.The thing that constantly distracted me and prevented my complete immersion in the story was some thing I am struggling to describe and can only say is the `authors voice'. For the first time in reading a book I have highlighted and made a few notes as I read and in returning to one of the notes I finally was able to pinpoint what was disturbing.  Every time the author is writing about the main character Jess it is in present tense. I am guessing that this is M. Cheykota's writing style but I have not read any books written using this style before. I have included a small sample from the pageI walk to the couchI remove the chrome dome...I satisfy my hunger first...I brush my teeth and...I think about my mothers visit..I lock the bedroom door and..I trot in circles and...With regard to the editing, I am happy to say it is pretty good.  There are only a few points where the author's story was let down.  At one point you mentioned urethral body and probably meant ethereal body, at another point you mention `she got passed us' and I guessing you meant `got past us' (My job as a nurse ensured urethral jumped out at me ;) sorry!)Now, I will say here. I have finished reading the book and if this habit of writing the character of Jess in present tense was not so prevalent I am confident my rating would be higher.  So, to those contemplating purchase of this book, it is a great story with strong characterisation and has a great future as a series... as long as you do not mind present/ past/ future tense...