Frankenstein's Monster, 11. August 2006

Henry Fitzroy III, nightwalker and romance writer and Mike Celluci, hot-blooded police detective with an extended Italian family, hate to agree, but they do: Vicky has to choose between them.The death of Vicky's mum interferes with their plans and forces them closer together than ever. Vicky, already tethering on the edge of breakdown, discovers the theft of her mother's corpse. Some power hungry scientists abuse it for their unholy experiments and now it is walking around the campus of Queens College.Reanimated corpses, crazy scientists and secret laboratories - Frankenstein says hello. The lukewarm reinterpretation of the horror classic is just the wrapping for two more important issues: Vicky's inability to allow close emotional contact (be it with her mother or her boyfriends) and the need to choose between them. The latter is dealed with in the predictable manner already obvious in book one - like a chore that had to be done, but wasn't enjoyed by the author. Far more interesting is Vicky's problematic relationship with her mother, where we truly get some insights in her personality other than the though, hot-shot PI. BLOOD PACT is the fourth adventure in this series and will be continued with BLOOD DEBT. Before buying the sequel, you should consider buying the anthology "The Blood Books, Volume III", which also contains a brand new story called BLOOD BANK and is due in September 2006.

       Das vielleicht beste "Blood"-Buch., 14. Februar 2003

Es gibt drei Arten, ein Buch zu lesen. 1. Im "worst case" war das Buch ein totaler Fehlkauf und landet nach ein paar Seiten entweder als Staubfänger im Regal, oder bei diversen Internetauktionen;2. Der Normalfall. Man liest jeden Tag ein paar Seiten und hat das Buch in ein paar Wochen durch.und 3. Einmal angefangen können Sie das Buch gar nicht weglegen und nur körperliche Bedürfnisse wie Essen und Schlaf halten einen davon ab, den Roman in einer Nacht durchzulesen.Tanya Huffs "Blood"-Bücher - und besonders Blood Pact - gehören eindeutig in die letzte Kategorie.

Vicki befindet sich in der Zwickmühle. Zwei Männer, Henry der Liebesroman schreibende Vampir und Ex-Kollege Michael Celluci, buhlen beide um ihre Gunst und keiner will dem Rivalen kampflos das Feld überlassen. Der plötzliche Tod von Vickis Mutter lässt die beiden ihre Differenzen vergessen und gemeinsam versuchen sie Vicki beizustehen. Vicki, stur und stark wie eh und je kämpf trotz der offensichtlichen Tragödie in ihrem Leben um jedes Fünkchen Haltung. Mit der ist es aber schnell dahin, als Majory Nelsons Leiche aus dem Sarg entwendet wird. Von Nekrophilie bis zu einem dummen Streich kommt Vicki und der örtlichen Polizei alles in den Sinn, aber nichts davon ist so abartig was tatsächlich mit etlichen toten Körpern in den Räumen der Universität getrieben wird. Nach dem zugegeben schwachen Blood Lines hat mich Blood Pact wieder von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite gefesselt. Was Tanya Huff hier auf das Papier gebannt hat, ist beste Mytery-Unterhaltung und ich weiß nicht, wie sie das im abschließenden Band noch toppen will. Während in Blood Lines die Mumie Anwar Tawik mehr oder minder die Geschichte dominierte, gehören die 330 Seiten von Blood Pact fast alleine Henry, Vicki und Mike. Und das ist auch gut so, denn die Blood-Serie beruht einzig auf diesen Charakteren. Ungeschlagen gut natürlich auch wieder Huffs Schreibstil.

       Most frightening Book of this series!, 10. Juni 2000

"Man's inhumanity to Man" all for Glory & Money... true horror, more so than any of the "creatures" in this set of books. Once again we find Vicki Nelson~Detective, Henry Fitzroy~ Vampire, & Mike Celluci~Cop in a scary fast pace tale of true evil. That all come to about because Vicki goes home to arrange things when her Mother dies. Only to find someone has stolen Mrs.Nelson's body. Interesting blend of Romance, Mystery, Scfi & Horror...

      Maybe she should have stopped at three....., 15. Mai 2000

I read the first three and really thought they were great. Reading one right after the other because I enjoyed the characters so much I didn't want to let go of them. But in the fourth book, I felt something was lacking and I really did not like what happened at the end. I'm going to hold off reading the fifth book for awhile. Let the disappointment pass before I try reading it. The first three books are very good, so please don't pass on them. But pick up the 4th at a book exchange instead of spending full price on it.

      Great Plot, Poor Writing, 15. März 2000

I read Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff and I must say it was a very good plot but again the writing was jumpy. This book had one of the most creative and well-developed plots I've ever read and I have just a month ago past the 400th book I've read since I was 11 and able to read adult books (13 now). Yet the writing in this story jumped around a lot and the " F-word" was used all too frequently. I'm not sheltered from life by any means and I've heard more " language " then perhaps the average person but every other page is just too much.

I still besides all that highly recommend this story for the activity and plot alone. It would also be a very good movie.