Galen

The Galen Vampire Series #1

by Allan Gilbreath

Galen is the story of an ancient vampire and the two women who enter his life. The first, Maggie, is determined to destroy him in the name of revenge. The second, Brenda, is seduced into the the life of the living vampire. Their interactions make for a suspenseful and erotic ride through Galen's dark world.

Genres: Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

Reviews

[Daelith · Rating 1 out of 5]

First off, this writer needs to learn to use the enter key on his word processor. The enter key is a neat little key that puts spaces out your lines or better yet your scenes when you switch to another one. Running the scenes together was rather confusing in a couple of places and I thought I was missing something. One minute you have Maggie at her office sitting down at her desk to start back to work on data entry than bam - you’ve swapped over to Galen at home answering his phone and having a conversation with someone (not Maggie).

Just two taps and you’ve got a space like the one above. Not a difficult thing. I guess I should be glad he at least started a new paragraph when he did this.

Secondly, I don’t think it’s necessary to put quotation marks around your character’s thoughts unless they are speaking them out loud. If one really needs to differentiate thoughts, use italics.

Thirdly, if this was suppose to be erotic then I highly recommend reading some more popular erotic works that are out today. I have to say you did a marginally better job than some male writers I’ve read when it comes to sex scenes, but this has a long way to go before I would classify it as erotica.

I felt no real connection with any of the characters. If the readers are supposed to like Galen or take him to heart as a hero of this story, the he fell way short of that objective. It would have been nice to have a little more explanation into the author’s vampire world since each writer has they’re own unique interpretation. The reader is left to guess at most of it or piece it together at we go along. One bite from a vampire (or upir as this writer seems to prefer) turns a human into a vampire? Then there were conflicting issues such as Galen seemed to be able to move around in the sunlight without any problem, but the newly turned (or “reborn”) Brenda could not. But the reader doesn’t get any real explanation until the last six pages and that is minimal.

This may have the beginning of the Galen saga, but it’s the last for me. I was not impressed enough with this book to continue with the series. (If in fact, there were any following books.)

[Dayna Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book in The Galen Saga. Galen is a vampire. He's been around for a long time and he's having a really bad month. He's forced to kill another vampire, he's being tracked by person or persons unknown in a van, his accountant is out for his head - literally, and he has now ended up "turning" his dinner. Jeez! What next! This is a dark and very strange tale. It hooks you enough to keep you reading hoping that you will eventually get to the crux of the matter. You don't and you are left with a vaguely unsatisfied feeling. However, you do end up wanting to read the next book to see if Galen gets what he has coming or not. Worth a read if you enjoy dark vampire tales.

[Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

So who is this Brenda? Lol xoxo Allan!

[Barry Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read, had me interested from the beginning!