Review: Engrossing and Suspense-Packed Vampire Action
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2012
4.5 starsVampires and M/M genre don't fit together. At least, I was convinced of that statement before I've read this book, because all vamp M/M books I've ever laid my eyes on before sucked--big time.IMO, they always--almost always--lack depth and believability and 3-dimensional characters, and often a decent plot all together. Yeah, I know, me = harsh...again. But that's my experience...But hell, I enjoyed this one immensely. Adam is a totally f * cked up, selfish b astard and a dirty cop--and I loved him nonetheless. Well, maybe 'nonetheless' isn't the correct word, because I probably loved him because he is this totally f * cked up, selfish b astard...I just can't help myself, I seem to be addicted to a** hole MCs, preferably with a great deal of sarcasm and (outward) indifference.I laughed quite a lot about Adam's unintentionally funny comments and thoughts and his self-assessments. Hilarious."Immortality is the Suck" is different than the usual vamp romance or fiction. Ok, first, it's not a romance per se, it's more an action adventure, in which the good guys--good being a relative term here--try to prevent the new outlaw vampire gang in LA from taking over LA and the world.. or something like that.This is not the typical run-of-the-mill vampire story with a dark and mysterious, beautiful, pale, seductive stranger who turns out to be a hundred-year-old vampire. No. This is so much better that that.Everything starts with corrupted cop Adam waking up after being killed, being more than just a bit annoyed that there's, obviously, an afterlife--which would mean in his case: Hell.Soon he discovers that his surroundings aren't really hell, but that he is, in fact, at the morgue. Not knowing what the hell's going on, and what went wrong in the first place, he's determined to find out...This book really worked for me, although it's vampire fiction. The plot is suspense-packed and sucked me right in. And I'm looking forward to read the sequelNo Rest for the Wicked.