book review

Angel’s Adjectives: epic and evocative The vampire’s journey has fascinated us for hundreds of years. It, quite often, begins in tragedy and ends in even more tragedy. Everything in between is tragedy, romance, and tragedy. What is it about that combination that draws us in so completely? I’ve just finished Orpheus: A Vampire’s Rise by VMK Fewings (her second vampire…

Angel’s Adjectives: light and likable In this book, “True Blood” meets the Stephanie Plum series. A sassy young woman–Betsy Taylor—with a designer shoe fetish ends up dead, then undead, then reluctant vampire royalty. Told in first-person, the story is one long string of smart-ass commentary and snarky dialogue. This particular type of “strong female” doesn’t take any shit, but does…

Angel's Adjectives: Aaargh and rowwwr. Unlike many horror fans, I'm not a zombie fanatic. I picked this book up for two reasons: I wanted to see how writers were making zombie stories so interesting that they'd gotten popular. I loved the cover. As a closet reader of romance and gothic novels, it attracted me. I had a great time reading…

Angel's Adjectives: Ponderous and prim China Mievelle has a reputation as a fabulous writer, and yet, reading this book, I got the impression that people loved it because there's an intellectual (physics) concept at its core, and thus, reading it makes them intellectual by extension. Not. Mieville has a good command of the language, and this is the only book…

Angel’s Adjectives: Bold and Brilliant Have you ever read a book that gave you the feeling you were in the company of greatness? Joe Hill’s Horns did that for me. It’s the story of a man who discovers a growing affinity with the devil as he unravels the circumstances surrounding his murdered girlfriend. Its primary theme is that sin is…

Angel's adjectives: helpful and succinct I feel compelled to tell you about this book. It was recommended to me by a friend of mine (Matthew Haley) who is a film director, and it's wonderful. Maybe it hit me at just the right point in my "writerly" development, or maybe it's just an amazing book. It's called Invisible Ink, written by…