Then may I recommend "Sunshine" by Robin McKinley?
Hardcover book summary:
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. Sunshine knew that. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and she needed a place to be alone for a while. Unfortunately, she wasn't alone. She never heard them coming. Of course you don't, when they're vampires.
They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion - within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight.
She knows that he is a vampire. She knows that she's to be his dinner, and that when he is finished with her, she will be dead. Yet, as dawn breaks, she finds that he has not attempted to harm her. And now it is he who needs her to help him survive the day...
US edition summary:
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind.
Until they found her...
What I liked: the characters are believable, and the plot is developed. The vampire have many attributes of the classic vampires, but the author adds his own unique ideas to them. Correct grammar was used, as was proper word usage.
What I didn't like: I didn't like the fact that the vampires had to be ugly. That made me sad.
If you've read it: what did you like/dislike about it?
If you haven't: would you read it or not? Why or why not?
Hardcover book summary:
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. Sunshine knew that. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and she needed a place to be alone for a while. Unfortunately, she wasn't alone. She never heard them coming. Of course you don't, when they're vampires.
They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion - within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight.
She knows that he is a vampire. She knows that she's to be his dinner, and that when he is finished with her, she will be dead. Yet, as dawn breaks, she finds that he has not attempted to harm her. And now it is he who needs her to help him survive the day...
US edition summary:
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind.
Until they found her...
What I liked: the characters are believable, and the plot is developed. The vampire have many attributes of the classic vampires, but the author adds his own unique ideas to them. Correct grammar was used, as was proper word usage.
What I didn't like: I didn't like the fact that the vampires had to be ugly. That made me sad.
If you've read it: what did you like/dislike about it?
If you haven't: would you read it or not? Why or why not?
