The Vampire Shrink

I recently purchased a book on a whim from the Amazon.com Kindle store, primarily because it was offered for $1.99. (Book publishers, take note--because of the low price, I also bought the sequel, which was offered for $3.99. Books on sale! Booyaah!) The title? "The Vampire Shrink" by Lynda Hilburn. I'll admit, I'm not terribly fond of the cover, but then I'm not fond of covers where the publisher gives me a photographic image of the hunky hero. (It hurts the powers of my imagination, it does!) And, I liked the cover even less once I met Devereaux, because hon, he sounds a lot hunkier than that picture portrays...hmmm. Anyway, back to the review...

I found the heroine, Kismet Knight, to be likable enough, and the concept--a psychologist specializing in treating "Vampire Wannabes"--to be unique. I thought that some of Kismet's snappy internal dialogue was a bit out of character, but I didn't find it so off-putting that I put down the book, and found it bothered me less toward the end, when the action took over more of the story. And the second book, "Dark Harvest" (remember the ebooks on sale...Booyaaah!) was better in that regard...much better, in my opinion, and I'll read a third book in this series when it's offered.

I did laugh at the heroine's reluctance to believe in real vampires, because, I mean, because who doesn't believe in them? ::laughing:: Just about every other novel and every third movie has a vampire somewhere in the cast, so vampires are definitely out and about in society--otherwise why would we think they're so cool?

Anyhoo, this series reminded me most of the Southern Vampire books by Charlaine Harris, which is a good thing in my book. Many vampire books on the market today are series romances, in that they follow a new couple of the week through their particular story in each new offering. I like that type of series, but I adore (let me say that again...I adore) book series that allow me to follow the same characters as they face new adventures, because then I can love the characters longer--they become like family, you know?

My rating for "The Vampire Shrink:" 4 stars.
My rating for the sequel, "Dark Harvest:" 4 1/2 stars.