Review: Nightlife
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
It took a while to get into this story. In some ways it is a homage to  "Men In Black" with a heavy dollop of "Aliens" versus The Vampire Horde scenario. In that respect it didn't really offer anything new.Many characters were cliche. There was Jack the lone Vampire tracker aka "The One", Gil the down on his luck ex Nam marine aka "The Prophet" and Beth the streetwise, kick butt heroine.  Then there was the vampire "Night Angel" and the shadowy, clandestine "The Division".I did enjoy the different explanation for the vampires portrayed in the book, it certainly wasn't a romantic portrayal. The descriptions of the desolate Bar Harbour docklands were vivid, as was the weaponry.But, there were some discrepancies in the plot, and there wasn't a lot of depth to characterisation, some of the dialogue between the main characters felt stilted, especially when Gabby, the six year old spoke, it was cringeworthy.So while I really enjoyed the concept/premise of the story, the execution fell flat for me. Not a keeper.