Review: Enjoyable, but definitely not for young readers
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2012
The Lust of the Irish by Miriam Michaels is the first in a series of three romance stories.  It is an enjoyable short story about Will O'Hara, a 200+ year old vampire.  The story begins with a description of Will and then a flash back to 1800's Ireland to explain how Will got where he is today.  Will is a nomadic loner who does his best to control his urges to consume human blood.  He usually does a good job of this by substituting sex for human blood, but occasionally he becomes the object of suspicion and finds that he has to move on so he will not find himself being scrutinized to the point of having his true identity discovered.This book was a really quick read and I was eager to see where Will's adventures took him.  I found that I liked the characters and the overall style of writing by Ms. Michaels. My only criticism is the graphic sexual scenes that seemed to last too long.  While I do not think this book is appropriate for anyone under the age of 18,  I was not at all offended by the content.  I understood that the author was trying to show the intensity of the passion that was occurring in the moment, but I felt that it was at the expense of having the story progress.  I found myself skimming those parts because it felt like the story was too bogged down in describing each body part.  The author could have conveyed the same ideas with out spending so much time on those sections.  Despite that, I liked the story and I am eager to see what happens to Will and the object of his affection, Colleen in the next two parts of this series.