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Review of Blood Drive (The Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 2)
- Anna Strong was a tough-as-nails bounty hunter, until the night she was attacked-and changed forever.
Now a vampire, Anna discovers that her long-dead brother may have had a daughter-and the girl's in serious trouble. There are some very dangerous people after her, but they're about to learn that to a bounty hunter with an unnatural thirst for blood, even the deadliest human predators are easy prey.
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Comments for Blood Drive (The Anna Strong Chronicles | Book 2)
- Posted on 2008-09-08
A Great Part Two!
Anna is still fighting to figure out her place in the world in this novel and meets a fantastically interesting man named Frey. I love this guy! I like the turns Anna's story has taken. I believe the writer has been very inventive and writes with a very natural tone. A little sex, just enough, nothing too overwhelming. New characters are introduced and old characters are further explored. As she learns her limitations she makes more and more mistakes that makes you feel for this character even more. Constantly stuck between a rock and a hard place...Anna seems to continually choose the long hard route to accomplish helping others who are in her human world. The story moves along quickly and has an ending that is very satisfying. Can't wait to read Book 3, The Watcher (The Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 3).
Score: 5
- Posted on 2008-07-29
Great Book!!
When I read the first book, The Becoming, I thought it was an OK book, but one that I might not ever read again. But I had bought the second and third so I figured that I would keep reading. WOW!! This series definitely got better. I read the whole book in half a day, I just could not put it down. I can see this series going for quite a while. I cannot wait to get reading the third one.
Score: 5 - Posted on 2008-06-03
Book 2 of a Great Series
This book was disappointing to me after having loved the first book in the series. It was hard to read and seemed to have an awkward way of tying in with book 1. However, the characters are wonderful and I will stick with this series because Anna is alot like Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan character, and like LKH's original Anita Blake (the one in Obsidian Butterfly and her earlier books). I also like Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse character, but prefer the butt-kicking style of Anna, Rachel Morgan, and the original Anita Blake.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-02-13
Unpolished storyline
I really want to like this series, but the published books seem so unfinished. Seems to me she needs a new editor. Once again, character development is lacking as are development of relationships between characters. She turns her characters into lovers without giving the reader much of a reason for them to be falling into bed with eachother.
There are also some MAJOR plotholes in this story. In fact, this story has one of the biggest plotholes I have EVER read in a published book. I don't want to give too much storyline away but the plothole I am speaking of involves one of the police suspects for murder. The author tries to make us believe that the police would suspect a 14 year old girl for the brutal rape and beating death of her mother??
Score: 2
- Posted on 2008-01-17
What truly defines kinship? (4.5 stars)
Anna Strong's never forgotten her older brother, Steve, who died when she was in high school. And she never quite forgave his perky blonde cheerleader girlfriend who stole Steve's attention from his little sister--and then didn't have the decency to attend Steve's funeral when he died.
It comes as a big surprise to both Anna and her parents that the girlfriend, Carolyn, wants to talk to them. Carolyn tells Anna she needs help finding her missing 13 year old daughter, Trish, because Trish might be party to a classmate's murder. Then Carolyn really drops the bomb--Trish is Steve's daughter.
With her mother more than half believing, Anna must find Trish--before the murderers do. This takes Anna into the world of shapeshifters via one of Trish's teachers and the world of child pornography.
"Blood Drive" is the second book in the Anna Strong Vampire Series. It's very much a stand-alone novel. I know this because I inadvertently took Volume 3 on vacation instead of this book. Even reading out of order, "Blood Drive" held up very well.
The author writes strong, but reasonably real characters and gives them good lines. She's got a solid talent at depicting characters that makes them memorable and leaves either a favorable--or not--impression on the reader.
For 292 pages, Stein also manages to pack in a lot of action. She keeps things moving and manages to solve the main point of each novel, but leave some tantalizing threads hanging that make you want to read on to the next.
One caveat: if you don't like even the mention of child pornography, don't read this book. I believe Ms. Stein handled a difficult situation well, but to some, the subject matter could be disturbing.
Score: 4
