I was pointed to this book by a friend. Typically i had found the Anne Rice vampire novels, to be good, but a little bland for my liking. Sunglasses, After Dark is a fantastically rich book, full of wonderfully descriptive, violent metaphors and anaologys. There is some very, very dark parts to the book and i would not recommend this book to the weak of stomach.
The main character Sonja Blue evolves beautifully throughout the course of the book along with all the other characters alongside her. Nancy Collins world seems very real and very believable.
I'm about to read the next novel in the series "In The Blood" I really hope it is as beautiful as "Sunglasses, After Dark"
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What do you get when you take the Gossip Girls and cross them with vampires? You get VAMPS by Nancy A. Collins!
Meet Lilith, Jules, Tanith, Melinda, and the rest of the Old Bloods. They're young, they're rich, and they're the hottest kids in New York. But you might never see them. They're vampires. They come out when the sun goes down. School starts at 9 pm for them, and once classes are done, they're hitting the local club scene.
Lilith is the crème de la crème of her posse. Her father created the blood product to make their race self-reliant and no longer need to feed on humans for their existence. Her and her gal pals attend the exclusive Bathory Academy. Her male friends attend the associated school, Ruthven's. ... Read More:
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What do you get when you take the Gossip Girls and cross them with vampires? You get VAMPS by Nancy A. Collins!
Meet Lilith, Jules, Tanith, Melinda, and the rest of the Old Bloods. They're young, they're rich, and they're the hottest kids in New York. But you might never see them. They're vampires. They come out when the sun goes down. School starts at 9 pm for them, and once classes are done, they're hitting the local club scene.
Lilith is the crème de la crème of her posse. Her father created the blood product to make their race self-reliant and no longer need to feed on humans for their existence. Her and her gal pals attend the exclusive Bathory Academy. Her male friends attend the associated school, Ruthven's. ... Read More:
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What do you get when you take the Gossip Girls and cross them with vampires? You get VAMPS by Nancy A. Collins!
Meet Lilith, Jules, Tanith, Melinda, and the rest of the Old Bloods. They're young, they're rich, and they're the hottest kids in New York. But you might never see them. They're vampires. They come out when the sun goes down. School starts at 9 pm for them, and once classes are done, they're hitting the local club scene.
Lilith is the crème de la crème of her posse. Her father created the blood product to make their race self-reliant and no longer need to feed on humans for their existence. Her and her gal pals attend the exclusive Bathory Academy. Her male friends attend the associated school, Ruthven's. ... Read More:
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The Sonja Blue novels were recommended by a friend with the caution...............it isn't Anne Rice you know. How right she was, this is no glossy, self searching world, Sonja Blue's world is terrifyingly real and it isn't just the vampyre that walks among us but all different shades, wraiths and demons.
Nancy A Collins' writing is exceptionally atmospheric and as much of a monster as she tries to make us believe this vampire killer of her own kin is, you find yourself feeling for this soul so tortured in her destiny. The books are bleak and dark and the violence is clearly defined and graphic, definitely not the best books to fall asleep reading.
As this incorporates the first three novels in the series it is the only place ... Read More:
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The Sonja Blue novels were recommended by a friend with the caution...............it isn't Anne Rice you know. How right she was, this is no glossy, self searching world, Sonja Blue's world is terrifyingly real and it isn't just the vampyre that walks among us but all different shades, wraiths and demons.
Nancy A Collins' writing is exceptionally atmospheric and as much of a monster as she tries to make us believe this vampire killer of her own kin is, you find yourself feeling for this soul so tortured in her destiny. The books are bleak and dark and the violence is clearly defined and graphic, definitely not the best books to fall asleep reading.
As this incorporates the first three novels in the series it is the only place ... Read More:
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The Sonja Blue novels were recommended by a friend with the caution...............it isn't Anne Rice you know. How right she was, this is no glossy, self searching world, Sonja Blue's world is terrifyingly real and it isn't just the vampyre that walks among us but all different shades, wraiths and demons.
Nancy A Collins' writing is exceptionally atmospheric and as much of a monster as she tries to make us believe this vampire killer of her own kin is, you find yourself feeling for this soul so tortured in her destiny. The books are bleak and dark and the violence is clearly defined and graphic, definitely not the best books to fall asleep reading.
As this incorporates the first three novels in the series it is the only place ... Read More:
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Don't get suckered in by the other glowing reviews. I loved Nancy A Collin's character Sonia Blue from the book Sunglasses After Dark and followed the character faithfully through the trilogy. The character was witty, fresh, and the combination of violence and humour was absolutely great. I did note that the third book in the trilogy was not as great and that trend seemed to have carried into this new latest Sonia Blue adventure. None of what I loved in the first two parts of the trilogy is here in this book. I have usually have no problem with violence in books or in other media. However, in this book in particular, it was gratuitous to say the least and pornographic in its excessiveness. While there's violence aplenty, including ... Read More:
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