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Once Upon A Grave
Against the backdrop of the Great Depression , a group of young vampires move through the nights. Barns and shacks decorated in corpses are the only landmarks to their presence. Within the group a quiet rebellion grows and with it the means to tear them apart. Blood and death always carry with it a truth.
36 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 8, 2013
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William Bove
19 books7 followersI am William Bove and i live in St.Charles, Missouri. St.Charles is near to St.Louis; a city famous for many many hauntings and for events that inspired
the exorcist. I love writing and everything about it. I fell in love with the passion of the written word as a child and from then on knew that i was to be a writer. Horror i would have to say is my favorite genre because all of the elements to it are so compelling and beautiful to me. It is where feel the most comfortable and it is the place that makes the most sense to me. I am single and have a cat named "Mac"
the exorcist. I love writing and everything about it. I fell in love with the passion of the written word as a child and from then on knew that i was to be a writer. Horror i would have to say is my favorite genre because all of the elements to it are so compelling and beautiful to me. It is where feel the most comfortable and it is the place that makes the most sense to me. I am single and have a cat named "Mac"
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June 7, 2014
How delightful to find a book with a female vampire as the main character and she doesn't reek of fairy blood. Once Upon a Grave is the first novella in a series so I can't be sure but it appears that Nicole is a pretty independent vampire--she proved that fairly early on--I don't want to give it away but if you've been looking for more vampire and less fairy dust -- Bove's crisp prose might delight you too.
October 3, 2015
I feel the author has great potential to become a bestselling author. One thing about this book is that the author made her story about her vague. some of the details the author puts in place with the character doesn't seem to flow well. that's the only issue I had with the book. Other than that, the book has great potential to become a hit. cant wait to read more.
February 18, 2018
Enjoyable, but I wanted more.
Set during a period of profound economic depression, the tone of the opening chapters is evocative of the hopelessness and privation experienced by those who endured it, and particularly by the central character who has different, but equally valid, reasons for disenchantment and restlessness. The contrasts between the environments and settings of the different phases of the story are striking, and have a profound effect on the author's delivery of the story.
I enjoyed reading this story, although there were aspects that I wish the author had developed in more depth. The main character is really the only multidimensional character in the story, which is fine in a short read, but I did want to know and see more of the two other key figures that appeared in the second half of the story, and to understand more of the connections between them all. I also felt somewhat dissatisfied that the revelations made to the main character in the second phase of the story were delivered by her reading a book to which the reader had no access - and was therefore somewhat glossed over in the narrative. It left this reader feeling like an onlooker, rather than being involved emotionally in the journey of the character.
Overall, 'Once Upon A Grave' is an enjoyable short read, although less gripping than I hope for in paranormal or dark fiction.
Set during a period of profound economic depression, the tone of the opening chapters is evocative of the hopelessness and privation experienced by those who endured it, and particularly by the central character who has different, but equally valid, reasons for disenchantment and restlessness. The contrasts between the environments and settings of the different phases of the story are striking, and have a profound effect on the author's delivery of the story.
I enjoyed reading this story, although there were aspects that I wish the author had developed in more depth. The main character is really the only multidimensional character in the story, which is fine in a short read, but I did want to know and see more of the two other key figures that appeared in the second half of the story, and to understand more of the connections between them all. I also felt somewhat dissatisfied that the revelations made to the main character in the second phase of the story were delivered by her reading a book to which the reader had no access - and was therefore somewhat glossed over in the narrative. It left this reader feeling like an onlooker, rather than being involved emotionally in the journey of the character.
Overall, 'Once Upon A Grave' is an enjoyable short read, although less gripping than I hope for in paranormal or dark fiction.
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