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- Posted on 2008-07-19
The dead keep walking.
Blood Pact begins with Vicki getting a call from her mother and ignoring it, not wanting to talk to her due to the very bad day she's had and just not wanting to deal with her mother at the moment. This goes on for a day until Vicki does pick up the phone ready to talk to her. Only to find out it's not her mother on the other end, it's the other secretary that her mother works with at Queen's University in the Life Sciences Department over in Kingston, Ontario. Her mother has just died, apparently of a heart attack, rather quickly, twenty minutes ago.
Vicki goes down to Kingston (along with Mike and Henry) to begin the arrangements and meets Dr. Burke, her mother's boss. Everyone tells her how sorry they are, if Vicki needs anything just ask, how great her mother was, etc, etc. During the funeral Vicki goes to say goodbye one last time and her mother's body is gone, it's been stolen.
Meanwhile around campus there have been a report or two of attacks and that the attackers look like they're dead...
I enjoyed Blood Pact, this one and the first one Blood Ties, are well worth reading again and are still my favorites. I like this one because it can be used as a zombie story but it is also a Frankensteinish story as well, all having to do with cheating death and reversing it.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-06-25
A Bloody Mess
I am just fed up with this series! It isn't even about vampires - it's more about demons, werewolves, mummies and zombies and a woman with a violent, immature temper. The only vampire we see throughout is Henry Fitzroy, "Bastard son of Henry VIII of a not-so-tall height and a scattering of red-gold hairs on his arms glinting in the light" - that's the description we get of Henry ALL the time. Ms. Huff, we get the point!
Basically, the most exciting part was the first book, Blood Price, when Vicki finds out about Henry. Otherwise, we just have a woman with a degenerative eye disease who had to leave the police force, she pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose all the time, throws things, has a vampire and a human lover whom she yells at a lot, and she chases around supernatural creatures but really relies on her own personal vampire to do the real detective work.
In this novel, Vicki's mother dies then disappears, amid descriptions of Dr. Burke and the grad students she has in a secret lab doing experiments with bacteria that bring the dead back to life. This was the most interesting part, learning about the process that goes along with the bacteria and what's going on behind the decaying eyes of the zombies they have created. Otherwise, Vicki pretty much has a lot of breakdowns and Henry and Mike Celluci have dominance contests at every turn.
My preference is MORE VAMPIRES! If you're going to have a series with Blood in every title, you'd think you would see more than one vampire who isn't described much beyond how I described him at the beginning of this review - oh, and he writes cheesy romance novels as "Elizabeth Fitzroy" ugh. And I like my heroes sexy and female-oriented. Reading descriptions of Henry's exploits with the street-rat Tony and some other random men just doesn't do it for me. The most we see of him and Vicki is Henry licking her wrist or kissing her or rubbing a thumb down her wrist. There isn't much interaction beyond that besides them arguing or working on a case. There's nothing in between shivers going up and down her spine and then her sleeping soundly in bed. So, Vicki knows that Henry goes other places to feed and "find pleasure" - eww! Nothing romantic.
I get tired of brass-bound-b****es who run around having temper tantrums and throwing things. A strong female lead, one whom I can relate to, isn't such a mental case! The only real reason I've read this far into the series is I was given 4 of the 5 books in a box of used books and I'm curious as to how it ends. But, I've never been enthralled and if any of the characters had died at any time, it wouldn't have bothered me at all.
This is not a vampire series, it's an unbalanced detectives series where the detective keeps running into supernatural cases and has a vampire sidekick. *YAWN*
Score: 1
- Posted on 2004-07-30
Surprise Ending
Just finished this book. I liked the first three, and this fourth one, I liked as well... but maybe not as much. In Blood Trail and Blood Lines, I thought the mystery was a little too simple and too easily solved, although I did enjoy them. This book was definitely not a simple and easy read. The whole story was complicated, and the continuing triangle with Vicki, Henry and Mike added even more complications. The ending was definitely a surprise. I didn't see it coming at all, and for some reason I'm disappointed in what happened. Partly because I wanted to see the whole love triangle resolved in another way, but more so because it just changes too much. But I am looking forward to the fifth and final book of the series to see what happens next.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2004-04-02
4th Book in the Series
Excellent Series - This is the fourth novel in Tanya Huff's excellent vampire series. This book and the entire series gets 5+ stars. Although I must admit I liked the first three books more, this still is an excellent continuation of the story involving Vicki, Mike and Henry. (If you have not read the entire series, you must read it, you will not be disappointed. The series order: Blood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact and Blood Debt).This fourth book continues with Vicki, an ex cop turned private investigator, who had to leave the police force because she is losing her night vision. From previous novels you met Henry, a 400 year old vampire who is also a romantic writer, and Vicki's friend and lover. Also, you met Mike, Vicki's ex-partner, who is also involved with Vicki.
As the fourth book begins Vicki receives the telephone call that no one wants to receive. Her mother has died unexpectedly. Vicki has to come to grips with her mother's death, and at the same time if you have been reading the earlier books of the series, also has to finally deal with her relationship between Mike and Henry who both love her.
This book has some surprise twists, namely the fact that even though her mother is supposed to be dead, While Vicki is staying at her mother's house, she sees her in a window. Is she dead, or isn't she?
This fourth book had some surprise twists, and I must say I felt a little saddened for Henry in this series, who for so many centuries has been alone. But I won't give away more, you will have to read it to find out. A very excellent book if you are into the Tanya Huff series. I recommend.
Score: 5
- Posted on 2003-12-13
Creepier and an unexpected ending
The characters get into full form and the plot is inticing. I'd never have seen the finale coming.
Score: 5