KISS
OF LIFE by Brian L Porter
Freelance
reporter, Alan Dexter, accepts an assignment in Bucharest, Transylvania to
investigate the mysterious deaths of five people whose bodies were drained of
blood. His contact in Bucharest is the
sexy, journalist Christina Radaluc.
Dexter, as he likes to call himself, scoffs at the idea of vampires, but
soon, he might have to change his beliefs.
This
is a pretty standard plot for a vampire story.
No hidden surprises. You know how
it’s going to end from the first chapter.
The only slight twist is how Dexter and Karen meet their fate.
The
description of the surroundings and places was interesting and in-depth. I felt like I was right there in the freezing
countryside. The characters were a
different story. I couldn’t relate to
Dexter or Christina. I thought Dexter
was too full of himself, but I think that’s from Brian Porter’s writing
style. There was something about his
writing that really put me off. Plus, I thought
the dialogue was flat, no spark between the characters, other than what you
read in Dexter’s mind.
For
all the accolades at the back of the book, I thought I was missing
something. So I started rereading the
story, but no, it’s his writing. He uses
a lot nice vocabulary, but the sentence structures are too wordy and full of redundancy.
If
you like vampires and a dark tale, you’ll probably find this a good read. Myself, I feel its average, so I give it 3
feathers.
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