Review: Erotic bloodletting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2013
Nightlife: New York is the first of a series of parnormal vampire novels by Travis Luedke. These kinds of novels are not my preferred genre, but a friend recomended it highly, so I indulged. It was worth every minute. I won't go into the plot, as it's been covered by other reviewers. I would simply say that the author knows how to capture eroticism and tension in a story that keeps you on edge as you wonder what will happen to the protagonist and his vampire queen. Wih a kind of Jekyll and Hyde sensibility, Mr. Luedke takes the reader on a trek through New York's nightlife including dance clubs, parties, and some less-than-savory detectives. At times, the writing is lyrical as in this passage describing Aaron's transformation into something no longer human, "The tangs of city life in all their ripe flavor drifted on the air; remnants of meals cooked, unwashed sweaty bodies, sewer vents and auto exhausts. He took it all in, indentifying each scent with the understanding that he would never again be mired in such things, human things." Kudos to the author. Five well-deserved stars for a well-written and beautifuly conceived novel.Mark RubinsteinAuthor, Mad Dog House