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SO not impressed
Dec. 3rd, 2007 09:20 pmI picked up Upon the Midnight Clear yesterday evening and finished it today.
I'd read Until Death Do Us Part (Love at First Bite anthology) beforehand and I liked that one so much better. I felt, especially because it was also dealing with modern day perception of Dracula (which, given the subject matter, amuses me to no end), it was the much more interesting tale. Velkan seemed a most unusual Dark-Hunter what with his additional powers and all. Esperatta wasn't that bad either, but both characters and what storyline there was suffered from being pressed into a short story. Put a bit of effort into that one, though, and you'll get an amusing tale.
Upon the Midnight Clear? Very streamlined. VERY contrived. So not up to Kenyon's usual standards. Plus, 240 pages of very large print. Had they used normal print size and, you know, dropped a chapter or two, it would have fit into one of those anthologies so much better than Until Death Do Us Part. After all, there really wasn't much story to speak of.
I'd read Until Death Do Us Part (Love at First Bite anthology) beforehand and I liked that one so much better. I felt, especially because it was also dealing with modern day perception of Dracula (which, given the subject matter, amuses me to no end), it was the much more interesting tale. Velkan seemed a most unusual Dark-Hunter what with his additional powers and all. Esperatta wasn't that bad either, but both characters and what storyline there was suffered from being pressed into a short story. Put a bit of effort into that one, though, and you'll get an amusing tale.
Upon the Midnight Clear? Very streamlined. VERY contrived. So not up to Kenyon's usual standards. Plus, 240 pages of very large print. Had they used normal print size and, you know, dropped a chapter or two, it would have fit into one of those anthologies so much better than Until Death Do Us Part. After all, there really wasn't much story to speak of.