Lucy Weston
Auteur de The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Lucy Weston here is the character in Dracula.
Œuvres de Lucy Weston
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Lucy Weston here is the character in Dracula.
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 137
- Popularité
- #149,084
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 3
I didn't have high expectations of a pseudonymous vampire novel - but I did expect better than this. I expected some trashy fun costume drama, but this was simply a slog.
It's very poorly written, in an annoying first-person present tense, with an awkward mix of faux "old-style" language and contemporary phrasing. The main character, ostensibly Elizabeth Tudor, is not believable as a powerful woman or as a person of her era. None of the characters or settings come to life. The author (who knows who really wrote this thing?) has trouble with the definitions of words (Hint: 'querulous' means 'whiny and complaining', NOT 'questioning and demanding'.)
I guess I was supposed to care whether Elizabeth will succumb to the seductive vampire king, who just happens to be Mordred, son of King Arthur(! - why?), but I didn't. And by page 134, there still hadn't been any explicit sex (though there was a bit of swooning and spooning).
I was willing to read this for any of the following: historical drama, fun bloody vampire story, or racy scenes. I found none of those.
I'll give it this: it has a nice cover. Kudos to the graphic designer.… (plus d'informations)