Review: Was I reading the same book?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2012
I glanced at the other reviews for Love Bite, and they all seemed pretty positive. The only thing that the other reviewers and I seem to agree on is that this story leaves you wanting more. More description, more detail, and more explanation for what was happening throughout the plot-line. The first lesson in creating a story that is engaging and relate-able is to show rather than tell what's going on, and I feel that this element was missing from a substantial portion of the book. With more detail, I might have been able to walk away from the story question free, but instead I was left wondering: Why was Diandra's husband involved in something shady, and why didn't Diandra even have a clue that something was going on? What makes Diandra special after she's turned, and what happened to make her baby so unique? Who really killed her husband?I could add more questions to this list were I so inclined. A good story in my opinion is intentionally ambiguous, rather than lacking simply for an inability to provide answers.This story had potential. All of the elements for a great and intriguing story were there, but it missed the mark for me. There were too many things that were left unexplained and the entire story line centered around Diandra's husband seemed entirely implausible. Perhaps there are readers who can overlook such an issue, but I am not one of them.All in all, while this story might have been worth an extra star or two had the details been fleshed out a little more, it probably would never be worthy of more than three stars from me.