Saturday, December 13, 2008

Review - Real Vampires Don't Diet by Gerry Bartlett

Real Vampires Don’t Diet
Glory St. Clair, Book 4
Gerry Bartlett
Berkley
January 6, 2009
ISBN# 978-0-425-22564-6

Book blurb from the author’s site:
First Glory's stood up on New Year's Eve by her long time main squeeze Jeremy Blade. Then a moonlight boat ride on Austin's Lake Travis with newly turned vampire, rock star Israel Caine (Ray) goes horribly wrong. Who knew there was a Siren lurking in the lake just waiting for her chance to lure unsuspecting vampires into a trap? Now Glory and Ray are racing against time to find vampire sacrifices or they're doomed.

With the storm of the century threatening to wash out her new home and an old enemy taking aim at her, things don't look good for Glory.

As for her relationship with Blade? Well, Glory wonders if maybe it's time to cut her longtime lover loose.

Valdez is at her side as usual, along with her friends who won't let Glory go down without a fight. Surely all this action is bound to help our curvy vamp lose a pound or two. You think?

My thoughts:
With Blade called out of town, Glory and Valdez are expecting a quiet New Years Eve, but those plans are quickly changed by a phone call. Ray, singer and recently turned vampire, is in need of help and having committed herself as his mentor Glory has little choice but to respond.

Ray’s place has a great view of the lake, and against her better judgment Glory heads out for a late night ride in his boat. What should have been a harmless decision is about to cause them more trouble than either of them ever anticipated.

This is the fourth installment in the Glory St. Clair series, and Glory finds herself with a dilemma that could end up costing her a life in what may as well be hell. Ms. Bartlett adds a mythical being to the cast of characters that has the heroine scrambling to save her friend’s lives as well as her own. Real Vampires Don’t Diet provides the adventure and surprises fans have come to expect from this fun series, with more turmoil and temptation than ever. Glory has such human issues mixed in with her life as a vampire, that you just can’t help thoroughly liking this character. If you haven’t yet experienced the pleasure to be had from this series, be sure to start at the beginning.

To learn more about Real Vampires Don’t Diet, please visit Ms. Bartlett’s website: Here

You can read an excerpt from Real Vampires Don’t Diet: Here

Kimberly Swan, Darque Reviews

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

i really like gerry vampires! and trhey are not so thin

blackroze37

Kimberly Swan said...

I do as well! This series always makes me smile and Ms. Bartlett has really made Glory easy for most women to relate to. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Enchanted by Books said...

I haven't read this series yet but it sounds really cute. I think I have book one somewhere...

Kimberly Swan said...

It is cute and fun. I think you'd really enjoy Glory. :)