Review: Fantastic new author....Loved this book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2013
Full Dark by Ty Lawrence is not my usual genre.  I am ashamed to say the Twilight books (which were only okay in my opinion) are the only vampire novels I have read since my Anne Rice days.  Full Dark not only had vampires, but werewolves and witches and sorcerers, and yet somehow Lawrence has written a book that feels real and grabs you by the throat (so to speak).The main character is a sorceress named Ashlyn, who has a complicated relationship with a vampire named Brennen.  I loved Ashlyn.  She was a deep and realistic character and the dynamic between her and Brennen was so strange, but so compelling.  I love how the author weaves this fantasy world into an everyday existence (Ashlyn works at a coffee shop and is much more “human” and vulnerable at the beginning than her otherworld counterparts).The writing is excellent, the characters are multidimensional and the plot is literally out of this world.  I really did not want to stop reading once I started.  I can totally see the movie for this book…it would be awesome!  There is definitely some blood, gore and fantasy horror, the tone of the book is dark, although Ashlyn herself is not.  Even when she is down, you know she is not out.  Hope this one will be a series!  I would love to read more by Lawrence.