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Darkly Dreaming Vicious and Quirky Vampire Literature for GrownUps The Darkly Vampire Trilogy Book 1 eBook Chloe Hammond Owen Claxton Catherine Lenderi

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Darkly Dreaming Vicious and Quirky Vampire Literature for GrownUps The Darkly Vampire Trilogy Book 1 eBook Chloe Hammond Owen Claxton Catherine Lenderi

This is an unusual vampire novel. Two divorcees (or near-divorcees) are wrestling with the problems of mid-life, jettisoning their unfulfilling husbands and struggling with work and the prospect of trying to have children - when an encounter leaves them forever changed. They become vampires. Beautiful, ravishing vampires.

They proceed to try to make sense of their lives as they chart their unlife. Their vampire existence brings new passion, occasional accidental lesbianism, and a desire for growth. Eat, Prey, Love, you might say.

I must say this book is not for me - I feel I'm very much not the target audience. It's mildly racy and it's deeply wish fulfillment at work, but if that's what appeals to you, you might want to dip into the first pages preview.

I'm giving it three stars - but not being the intended reader for this, I wouldn't take that as a criticism. I like my vampires darker and more dangerous, whereas with this, being undead has never been so life-affirming.


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Darkly Dreaming Vicious and Quirky Vampire Literature for GrownUps The Darkly Vampire Trilogy Book 1 eBook Chloe Hammond Owen Claxton Catherine Lenderi Reviews

I'm not fond of vampire fiction, partly because I still see vampires as undead monster who need staking, but mostly because so much is now being written by independent authors that is cloned; same old forbidden love, same old superpowers, yada yada. But in Darkly Dreaming I found a fresh and original treatment of the old theme, with vampires that were an essential element of the plot, rather than a marketing tool.

The book opens well and strongly, and the opening chapters are a fine example of down-to-earth English chicklit; pungent, gritty characters and the irreverence that we see in English fiction and sadly, too seldom in American. I was drawn in by this to the extent that when the vampires made their appearance I was completely taken by surprise.

From that point, the book races along, with real problems, real for their essential humanness and a sympathetic treatment of the problems of those who are different. Hammond's vampires are every secretive, marginalised group in society. I found it utterly captivating. With all its social reality, though, the book is never heavy. Touches of humour keep it buoyant throughout. I did find the ending a little too 'happy-ever-after', but it certainly was neat, in the way that a Gilbert and Sullivan opera is neat; every loose end tied off, the good rewarded and the wicked punished. I'd certainly look for more from this writer.
Forty year old divorcees, Rae and Layla plan a girl’s weekend in France. After a terrible night, the friends learn they’ve become infected with a virus and are now what we know as vampires.
Unable to return to their prior lives in their current condition, they must live on a farm in a Pride group of vampires.
The Pride groups are a commune of vampires who work and live together in harmony. While Layla adapts quite well, Rea is left alone and feels much like an outcast. Unable to assimilate her place in her prior life, she finds her same insecurities carrying over into this new life.
In college she had a boyfriend that thought so little of her, he didn’t even mention to say goodbye, her husband was not much better calling her Rach instead of her actual name, Rae. Then on the farm, she falls for and is severely rejected by a man she thought she could give her whole self to.
Despite her vampirism, Rea’s journey on the farm is one of self-discovery. Just think of Eat, Prey Love and an American Werewolf in London all cramped together and spitting out a happily ever after.
I loved this book its about vampires but it's a different type of vampire book. I enjoyed it and had trouble putting it down.
Good book
A different slant on the oh so raging vamp theme. I loved this. Highly recommended.
More than just about vampires, Darkly Dreaming is a novel about identity, friendship, love and belonging. There is a little bit of everything is this novel. It has just the right amount of darkness and depravity that you would expect from a modern vampire/horror novel and just the right amount of thoughtfulness and depth that you would expect from a novel containing elements of romance. The characterization in this novel is superb, particularly the characters of Rae and Layla, whose camaraderie was one of the things I enjoyed most about this book. And to be frank, I found it refreshing that the author chose to write older, well established characters with adult issues, rather than jump on-board the teenage vampire trend.

The author, Chloe Hammond, writes very well. She consistently maintained a style that seemed almost effortless on the page. Her words were easily readable and the story kept a cracking pace from start to finish with only a few lulls in between. There were a few areas that I would have liked to have been fleshed out a little more but I would happily read another work by this author.

Such a great read.
A fast-paced, intriguing, and thought-provoking read. This is a vampire novel, but it is certainly more than that. It's a story with well-developed characters with real-life motivations, trying to find their way through life. I definitely sympathize with main character Rae, who escapes the monotony of life through daydreaming, and who is trying to be herself in a world where everyone tries to change her.
This is an unusual vampire novel. Two divorcees (or near-divorcees) are wrestling with the problems of mid-life, jettisoning their unfulfilling husbands and struggling with work and the prospect of trying to have children - when an encounter leaves them forever changed. They become vampires. Beautiful, ravishing vampires.

They proceed to try to make sense of their lives as they chart their unlife. Their vampire existence brings new passion, occasional accidental lesbianism, and a desire for growth. Eat, Prey, Love, you might say.

I must say this book is not for me - I feel I'm very much not the target audience. It's mildly racy and it's deeply wish fulfillment at work, but if that's what appeals to you, you might want to dip into the first pages preview.

I'm giving it three stars - but not being the intended reader for this, I wouldn't take that as a criticism. I like my vampires darker and more dangerous, whereas with this, being undead has never been so life-affirming.