Review: Very gory; no obvious story line
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
I am giving one generous star  - not because this story had any merit, but - because I believe that the author does have a talent for writing; and I hope that he will find a way to figure out what his story is, and then tell it in a more satisfactory manner.I read the short sample before buying the first two books (which came together in one volume)and it caught my interest enough to buy.  The sample gave no indication whatsoever of the gore to come.  Both books seemed to mainly vacillate between long (and rather preachy and not very pertinent) info-dumps, and extended descriptive scenes where vampires were tearing limbs and other body parts from each other (and any available humans)and then slapping said body parts back onto their comrades so they could regenerate and get back to business.  Not my cup of tea; I would not give any stars for this (lack of) story, but as I mentioned the author does have a way with words; I was just hoping he would use them to tell a story, and it was all I could do to finish these to be able to write fair review.The end of the second book was an unfortunate cliff-hanger, and while I have a vague interest in knowing what happened to the main character's family members who were still missing (I don't like loose ends even so), I'm not curious enough to keep reading through such bloody, entirely unnecessary-to-the-story scenes of destruction.  Perhaps these sorts of scenes appeal more to male readers, which I am not.  It all seemed too chaotic; mindless violence without meaningful purpose.Upon conclusion of book 2, there was still no sign of a main story line.  That far in to it - 2 books worth - all I knew was that Garin had inherited a company upon the murder of his mother and somebody wanted whatever that company produced.  And even that little bit wasn't made evident until well into the books.I wish the author well and hope that he will sometime write a story, for the sake of the telling of the tale; because I think he might be good at it. He has a talent for putting descriptive ideas in a good order; they just need to be set up and then go somewhere.If you like gore just for the sake of gore, then perhaps this is the book for you.  But I would not recommend it if you simply love a good story.