Regina’s Reviews > Morrigan's Cross > Status Update

Okay. It's getting better. King might be dead. He got taken by vampires and Lilith kicked him over a cliff. I don't like his characterization. Black character. Big, dark, raised on the streets of LA, mother OD'd. Can white writers imagine any other down and out story for a black character? Awhade rass.

I don't like this book. Too many unnecessary scenes. Why do I need to see them making breakfast? I still can't stand sex scenes in vampire stories--except for Underworld. Underworld has a plausible romance and both are pretty serious. Glenna in this story makes me cringe.

Pretty slow going. I'm not too fond of this book. As a vampire story, it's pretty slow. I don't quite know why Lilith wanted to turn Cian. Where is Cian getting his blood bags? Why does King stay by him and King is not a supernatural as far as I can tell. I don't like the romance bit of it between Glenna and Hoyt. I mean they are both magicians, but still. It rings so silly, I guess.

So far this is a good vampire story. I like the characters and the plot. The magician is a little goofy, but I guess if you teleport from 12th century Ireland to 21st century New York, you would be. I just get wary when a white author writes a black character, but so far King isn't stereotypical or clownish. That's good. I just wonder why Lilith is bent on destroying the world--her meals.