Review: Was this based in NY? I couldn't tell!!! SMH
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
I don't normally write bad reviews but, I kind of had no choice with this book. It was an ok story but really typical! Vampire saves human, human becomes slave, vampire teaches slave, blah blah blah. I hated the side plot of the cops, the ex-con, the cop's boss etc. I thought it was unnecessary and only served to fluff out the book and fill in time.The most offensive part of the book was the description of "The Projects." The second mention of black people were of course gang members using horrible dialect that New Yorkers would never use and a description of the projects that was far from accurate. I was really offended and nearly ended my reading there but pushed myself to finish because I was already 68% into the book. Obviously the author knows nothing about the projects, black people or NY. Had he done some kind of research, he would have known that there are white people in NY that live in the projects. Not all black people have their pants hanging, and many white people have their pants hanging. The projects are not filled with garbage as well! Sick!The generic description of NY was a let down as well. The author named no building, no iconic NY grounds, nothing! Just Generic! It might as well been somewhere else because nothing about the book screamed NY other then the book cover.This is my first bad review. I am normally very forgiving but with this.... ehhh... I won't miss this book or the characters and kind of wish I hadn't even bothered reading it. Thankfully it was free... I can see why now!