Review: Now I just need a whole book ***SMALL SPOILERS***
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2012
So, I'm actually going to speak about all the books to an extent, first Taming the VampireI loved this novella, the only complaint I have is that it was too short. Of the three in the series, this is probably my favourite with the last being my least favourite, but that has little to do with the story or the writing, I just couldn't connect to the female protag. I didn't connect well to the female protag in Taming the Vampire very well either, but connected with the male protag in both, so that saved both stories for me.The writing is fast paced and the descriptions paint a very complete picture of the world that's being inhabited. I was extremely happy for the omniscient point of view as first person POV annoys me, I don't even live my life in FP POV. Also, the beauty of the omniscient POV is that if I don't connect with the main protag, I don't have to live the entire story in her head being annoyed and probably not liking the story very well which would then lead me to stop reading, I can connect to another character and in that way either wind up liking the story and continue reading, or realising that the author isn't for me and move along.The interactions between the characters were easy and flowed very well a with the dialogue being believable, rather smart-aleky and mostly British English in the last two books, so that made it easier for me to follow and relate to, though I don't think that people will have an issue understanding, it just felt familiar to me in a way American authors don't always, for instance, I constantly have to remind myself that "mad" in American English colloquially means angry, in other words, the same words often mean something different and the pause to remind stops my reading flow often.All in all a great, fast paced read that left me wanting more from this author, which I got. The last two books in the series, even though they can be read independently, do a good job of drawing all the characters from across the books into one coherent tale, with back story on all that's not heavy handed and even though I had finished reading both less than a day before, was given in such a way that I didn't roll my eyes at the repetition. So even though you don't have to read them in order, I'd suggest that you do, as it provides for a more richly layered reading experience.I just love the way Chloe Hart writes and the way her brain works, she's kinda awesometastic. What I would hope for though, is maybe a full length novel with all the characters or maybe a series within the same world with more characters, like maybe we would explore Kel and Mary in the alt dimension? In any case, she's got a reader for life.