Review: Very unique vampire story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2011
This story brings a whole new spin to the term "vegetarian vampire." In this book, the main character, a vampire named Parker is cursed to only eat green vegetation or drink the blood of the witch who cursed him. It takes Parker quite a few years to come to terms with this new diet and figure it out. Luckily, his best friend, Greg helps him figure out the right combination of vegetation and blood to keep Parker fed and healthy. After Greg dies, Parker moves to Maggie's grove, a unique community of supernaturals and meets a very unique dryad, Amara. Amara is a sweet, naive girl who does have a tough side too. Parker and Amara are instantly drawn together, and sparks fly.This book was okay, I enjoyed the storyline and the characters were fun. The community of supernaturals was interesting, and there were some promising characters there. However, the vegetarian nature of this book felt odd to me. It was a unique concept and interesting, but I don't think that it was executed quite as good as it could have been. There was a recurring concept, of "weeds need to be pulled." The main weed/villain in this story would be the crazy witch who cursed Parker. The witch becomes very jealous of Amara and strikes against the whole town, who fight back. I am having a difficult time pin pointing my problems with this book, I think part of it is the dual nature of Amara who was naive and tough at the same time. Part of it was just the whole literally vegetarian vampire thing...just a lot of gardening in this book.Overall, I had a few issues with the story. However, I still enjoyed the book and read it easily. It was entertaining. I will probably read more of the authors work in the future.