Hallaway, Tate - Tall, Dark and Dead
Mon, Sep. 11th, 2006 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterStill desperately trying to catch up on book blogging.
I think I kept expecting to be much more entertained by the book than I actually was.
Garnet Lacey is a Witch who is being hunted by some special branch of the Vatican. On the way, she meets Sebastian, a very old vampire, some more vampires, some more people of the Vatican and etc.
Given that Hallaway touched on many of the same issues in her Lyda A. Morehouse books, I didn't roll my eyes as much. Alas for the poor writers whose current books on conspiracies in the Vatican are being overshadowed by the ubiquitous Dan Brown.
But I either wanted more fluff or more depth, and ended up being unsatisfied all together. Also, I didn't much like the tall, dark and dead guy of the title, which generally just kills a romance book for me. And half way through, I thought Hallaway was going to do something very interesting with the heroine and the love interest, but it didn't happen.
And to be honest, there was so much plot going on that I had no idea why I should be interested in the relationship, but there was still so much relationship that there wasn't the depth of worldbuilding that I wanted.
Also also, I am mean, but the various capitalizations bugged me.
I think I kept expecting to be much more entertained by the book than I actually was.
Garnet Lacey is a Witch who is being hunted by some special branch of the Vatican. On the way, she meets Sebastian, a very old vampire, some more vampires, some more people of the Vatican and etc.
Given that Hallaway touched on many of the same issues in her Lyda A. Morehouse books, I didn't roll my eyes as much. Alas for the poor writers whose current books on conspiracies in the Vatican are being overshadowed by the ubiquitous Dan Brown.
But I either wanted more fluff or more depth, and ended up being unsatisfied all together. Also, I didn't much like the tall, dark and dead guy of the title, which generally just kills a romance book for me. And half way through, I thought Hallaway was going to do something very interesting with the heroine and the love interest, but it didn't happen.
And to be honest, there was so much plot going on that I had no idea why I should be interested in the relationship, but there was still so much relationship that there wasn't the depth of worldbuilding that I wanted.
Also also, I am mean, but the various capitalizations bugged me.