The Vampire's Food Chain

by Patois, Pat Henshaw

In the new world order, collagen and Botox are out; becoming a vampire is in. Houses are not only green; they’re empathetic. Yet bad guys and crime still exist, some of it sanctioned by the gods.Vampire Shawn Goodwin has one purpose in to be the first of her kind to walk in the light forever. She’s taken the first step in her journey by becoming a 911 emergency operator and counselor on the night shift. She saves lives for a living.In order to throw off the shroud of vampirism, Shawn sees her invitation to become a god as a sign that it’s possible to become a real immortal, not the pale copy that vamps are. (They can be killed, after all.)So she accepts the offer, only to find that someone is trying to stake her before she reaches the immortal state. Which of her so-called friends is really her enemy? Derek, the wizard whose blood feeds her? Jane, his sister, the witch who watches over them? Anthony, the head vampire? His brother Timothy, who resents Anthony’s power? Enrique or Luke, Anthony’s right hand men? Or Tom or Max, who like Anthony, Timothy, and the entourage have suddenly come into her life?

257 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2013

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Reviews

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a bit of different kind of vampire book. You have a vampire named Shawn who has outed the vampire community, works in a call center and ends up with the job of a God. But she never once forgets her friends, they are always there to help her and give her advice. When starts taking on jobs from the God meetings well that is when she discovers someone close to her wants to kill her but who? She thinks everyone is her friend but are they really? Now I thought the story line of the book was decent, you learn a lot about the value of friendship, good and evil of course. But it just seemed to really fall flat for me. I guess I wanted more within the story. It really wasn't what I was hoping for. Not a lot of action within the story I mean there are like 2 fight scenes. There seemed to be a lot of mentioning of her feeding off of Derek, which was cool but still it was like okay. About towards the ending I was just getting a bit bored I kept losing interest, but I stayed with the book. She did about two jobs within her God state but it wasn't really anything that WOWed me.

My favorite quote: "Vamps don't mate for longer than the length of a penis". Now the ending left me going okay could there be a book two and it helped bump my rating back up to a 4 from a 3. I would like to see what her next job is and if it will be packed with maybe more action for a vampire book.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read that takes you into a fantastically new pint of view. The authors ideas about the order of the world and our Gods is surprisingly plausible. I'm looking forward to Shawn's next adventures.