Review: More for those who love thrillers than romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2013
Blood, Justice, LLP: Vampires at Law Juno RossARC supplied by author.I was expecting this book to be a vampire romance - I'm a sucker and love those (unintended pun there!) I enjoyed how Candace and Julian were introduced but then it seemed to jump forward several years in time and that threw me a bit. Still, it was relatively easy to pick up and continue. It has a large cast of characters and it takes some time to work out who fits where. To be honest I never did quite work out where the predictions fitted into the story. Its a very dense novel, full of detail and information, and its more than possible I missed that part out somehow.The main problem I had was I found it hard to actually like any of the characters. Candace seemed OK and ambitious, but we didn't learn much about her personality. Nothing to really make me root for her and want her to be happy.  She seemed to be waiting for Julian to want some payback but after all that time I think I'd have asked him or given up and thought he'd just been "Mr nice guy" doing a good deed. Even with lawyers that happens :) Then there's  Julian...on one hand he was urbane, witty and charming, the epitome of an older vampire, and then when in close situations with Candace he acted like a 15 year old schoolboy. It just didn't gel for me.There's a good solid thriller element throughout this book, and for me that came over as far stronger than the romance, and added with the way I was unable to connect with the characters was probably why I didn't get the enjoyment I'd expected from it. As a romance it fails I think, certainly it didn't work that way for me - but as a thriller its a solid winner, with many plots taking the reader on a journey through vampire history and ambition. If what you enjoy is paranormal thrillers rather than paranormal romance ( my bent...) then this is certainly worth reading.The writing style is succinct, the editing spot on and at only 77p for 299 pages its incredible value for thriller lovers.Stars: well, if I was a lover of thrillers I'd probably have rated far higher but for me they don't really cut it - its the romance that's the attraction and that didn't quite turn out as I'd hoped. So three and a half, its far better than just OK but for me not a four star Good.