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Dreamhunter
First novel in the First Brood series. Vampires are dying by the hundreds. The Lilim - vampires born of Lilith - are accustomed to death, but their brethren are being taken in their sleep with not a single physical trace left on or near the piles of ash that were once their bodies. When Lilith calls her favorite vampire son, Auris, to investigate, he risks his very soul to find the Dreamhunter and save his kin from extermination. But this hunter's appearance dredges up painful secrets from Auris' past which may destroy his mind well before the Dreamhunter can steal his soul.
322 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 20, 2011
About the author
Lenni A.
16 books8 followersLenni is a librarian who lives on Long Island (complete with accent). She has been making up stories about fantastic people and places for all her life. She has a B.A. in English Literature and a Masters in Library Science. Lenni splits her time between the library, her daughter, her pets, reading, drawing, and writing. She enjoys writing in multiple genres, laughing at internet memes, and is a anime and comics geek. Her current body of work includes vampires, steampunk, science fiction, and fantasy novels and short stories. She also writes book reviews at OtakusandGeeks.com
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February 14, 2019
*I received a free copy of this book from the author through Voracious Readers Only in exchange for an honest review*
Dreamhunter is an angels and demons style vampire book. I really enjoyed the premise of this book. Dee is a hunter that kills vampires in their sleep. However, the vampires she hunts aren't as evil as she has been led to believe. Her interactions with Secret in the Dreamscape are interesting. I liked the reveal at the end and the ending sets up a second book, but can still be read as a standalone. I would probably have given another star if Dee spent a little less time rehashing events. Roqui and Emma are awesome characters and I hope they shows up in the second book.
I read the .mobi version of the book and encountered some annoying formatting issues. The narration would change focus without so much as a an extra line space, which was jarring and confusing. There are some typos, more toward the end of the book, but not significant enough to be disruptive. Scenes written in first person are in Italics, which means most of the book is Italics.
Dreamhunter is an angels and demons style vampire book. I really enjoyed the premise of this book. Dee is a hunter that kills vampires in their sleep. However, the vampires she hunts aren't as evil as she has been led to believe. Her interactions with Secret in the Dreamscape are interesting. I liked the reveal at the end and the ending sets up a second book, but can still be read as a standalone. I would probably have given another star if Dee spent a little less time rehashing events. Roqui and Emma are awesome characters and I hope they shows up in the second book.
I read the .mobi version of the book and encountered some annoying formatting issues. The narration would change focus without so much as a an extra line space, which was jarring and confusing. There are some typos, more toward the end of the book, but not significant enough to be disruptive. Scenes written in first person are in Italics, which means most of the book is Italics.
February 12, 2019
This is a refreshing, creative new universe! To go too far into detail would give plot away, but here you have a really innovative take on vampires* and other demons & creatures, and one of the most interesting methods to slay them I've ever seen! this is the first in a series, and they only get better and better as you go through it.
(*If you're tired of fluffy vampires, you won't be disappointed with these!!!)
(*If you're tired of fluffy vampires, you won't be disappointed with these!!!)
February 22, 2019
Gifted this book by the author via Voracious Readers. I absolutely loved this tale (harsh in some places) - so much so that, once started, I could not put it down until I found out what was going to happen to Auris and Darjeeling - a truly haunting read.
February 12, 2019
I'm staggered that the author has a degree in English lit. Surely that means some digestion of great literary works?
It's surely not apparent in this book. It reads like a fifteen year old writing her favourite vampire fantasy, and from the very start, gave me a headache.
If you read a lot of my reviews, you'll often see my comments on the first sentence, the first paragraph, and how important they are, to draw in the reader and establish a reason for wanting to read on.
This is a prime example of what I loathe (about YA in particular, but poor writing in general)
'Darjeeling shrieked and threw her head from the pillow like it scalded.'
What? You can't... You just don't use similes that way. A pillow cannot and does not have any relation to hot things. So using a simile that likens it to a hot thing is just so jarring and made me shake my head.' shriek' and 'scalded' make one think of kettles. Hot things. Nothing like a pillow.
This is the first sentence? It's not making me optimistic.
'She had been jarred violently from productive slumber by the merciless ringing of her phone.'
Second sentence. How many adjectives???! Jarred-violently, productive-slumber (almost a malaphor there), merciless-ringing... It's all too much.
Sad to say the rest of the chapters I read before throwing it in disgust (metaphorically) are all the same.
Secondly, it's just... She vanquishes a vampire (in broad daylight) in front of an entire class of college students. And then says oh no, I've dropped my friend in the middle of it! I mean, lady, maybe don't do the secret vampire vanquishing in front of the entire class?!
Sheesh.
Not for me, on any level.
I'd be interested to read a review that really enjoys this book.
It's surely not apparent in this book. It reads like a fifteen year old writing her favourite vampire fantasy, and from the very start, gave me a headache.
If you read a lot of my reviews, you'll often see my comments on the first sentence, the first paragraph, and how important they are, to draw in the reader and establish a reason for wanting to read on.
This is a prime example of what I loathe (about YA in particular, but poor writing in general)
'Darjeeling shrieked and threw her head from the pillow like it scalded.'
What? You can't... You just don't use similes that way. A pillow cannot and does not have any relation to hot things. So using a simile that likens it to a hot thing is just so jarring and made me shake my head.' shriek' and 'scalded' make one think of kettles. Hot things. Nothing like a pillow.
This is the first sentence? It's not making me optimistic.
'She had been jarred violently from productive slumber by the merciless ringing of her phone.'
Second sentence. How many adjectives???! Jarred-violently, productive-slumber (almost a malaphor there), merciless-ringing... It's all too much.
Sad to say the rest of the chapters I read before throwing it in disgust (metaphorically) are all the same.
Secondly, it's just... She vanquishes a vampire (in broad daylight) in front of an entire class of college students. And then says oh no, I've dropped my friend in the middle of it! I mean, lady, maybe don't do the secret vampire vanquishing in front of the entire class?!
Sheesh.
Not for me, on any level.
I'd be interested to read a review that really enjoys this book.
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