Review: Vampire Underground in No Need of Rescue
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2012
Vampire Underground in No Need of a RescueVampire Underground: Rescue, by Anthea Kage, can only be described as a speeding erotic paranormal mystery.  It is by no means a romance novel, and the hero of the piece, and main character, Tess; would probably cringe at her tale being thought of as such.  From the opening of the book, one is caught up in her world of secrecy, espionage, and freedom fighting to the point of reading until the book is finished.The characters, what there are of them, are well developed, but vague enough to leave room for the reader's mind to explore some interesting possibilities.  Like all stories, there are good and not so good characters, but it is vividly clear which is which.  Tess, Kage's main drive behind the force of the novel, is a strong presence with iron composure, a heart of gold, and a healthy hunger for the opposite sex once she allows her inner emotional animal out of its cage.  The author's descriptive capability is fine-tuned.  Whether focusing on characters, landscape, or plot, one has a clear view of his or her surrounding and the people involved in the action.The plot is original, creative, and simply a fun read, but at times falls victim to an over abundance of sexual content when a little would have gone a very long way.  The language during such times echoes the base-level animalistic sexual exploits of the main character and her bedroom interests.  The plain truth is that if one chooses the work simply to bath in sexual exploits, he or she will be disappointed, because there is an actual storyline, and it is a good one.  However, as for myself, I would have preferred a bit more detail in the story line, and a bit less detail in the erotic scenes.  I always have been one to favor a guitar's softer undertones, rather than blatant drum solo.  Happily, in the harmony of this tale, there was enough of a guitar's emotion in the underpinning to soften the pounding of the drums a bit.