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Book Review: Water Vamps by G.L. Giles

     Water Vamps by G. L. Giles

BlackWyrm Publishing, June 2013 (Second Printing)

ISBN-13: 978-1-61318-147-8

Available: Paperback, Kindle

 

Psychic vampire Setiana and her partner, a shape-shifter, stop at an inn for a good day’s sleep. While there, Setiana enters a dream state, and visits a young girl, Robyn, in Charleston, South Carolina.  It is Robyn’s 11th birthday, and her life will never be the same. Setiana welcomes the girl into a new life. Robyn meets a new companion, a boy named Marion, who discovers he is a shape-shifter. Setiana and her partner help Robyn and Marion understand what their lives will be like in their new forms. There are many types of vampires in the story– some good, some evil. They must all beware of the Water Vampires.

I had real trouble following the story in this work. The overarching problem was the overuse of descriptive elements. This really muddied up the storyline. I give the author kudos for having a unique style, and based on other reviews, I know it works for others. At any rate, the theme of love came through clearly in the story. Ages 12 and up.

 

Contains: Homosexuality

Reviewed by Aaron Fletcher

 

Posted on November 3, 2014 by , Reply

Women in Horror Fiction: H.I. Moscato (H.I.M.)

Women in Horror Month is technically over, but we still have more good stuff to share. Today, an interview with H.I. Moscato. If you didn’t know about her already, you might not have discovered her easily on your own. Enjoy!

Product DetailsH.I. Moscato is the author of a two-book vampire series, Vampire’s Song (2009 Amazon) and The Sound of Blood (Vampire’s Song) (2013 Amazon), as well as various short stories.

 

Can you give our readers a brief introduction?

My full name is Hortenzia Ilona Moscato and I publish under my initials, H.I.M., due to its length. I’m an author of a two- book vampire series and several short horror stories. I found my love of writing rather late in life when I caught up on reading all the books that my favorite author of the time had written and was having a hard time finding a replacement read that filled the same void. After a great deal of frustration in not finding what I was looking for I thought it would be fun to write something myself–  never thinking anyone would ever see it. That was all it took to fall in love with the craft. It’s now been 12 years, and my love affair with writing is still going strong.

 

Why do you write horror?  What draws you to the genre?

As all young children I feared the monsters under my bed and somehow early on I realized that the only way to keep them– the monsters– from eating me up was to befriend them with offerings of cookies. Now I chase their friendship on paper.

 

Can you describe your writing style or the tone you prefer to set for your stories?

I prefer to take a seemingly normal start to a story and then slowly twist it into something the reader never saw coming.

 

Who are some of your influences?  Are there any women authors who have particularly inspired you to write?

I find I’m influenced by every author I read. I can’t help but pull out everything I love, hate, got excited about, mad at or cried over out of every story. I’m not sure how you can’t be influenced one way or another– that’s, in my opinion the beauty of reading.

 

What authors do you like to read?  Any Recommendations?

Wow, that’s a tall order to fill. There are so many great writers. I’d have to say the best place to get a taste for an author’s work is through anthologies. I see them as sampler platters for novels.
Where can readers find your work?

I have two novels out, Vampires’ Song and its sequel The Sound of Blood both available on Amazon in hard copy and Kindle, as well as several short stories through Horrified Press and James Kirk Ward Publishing.

 

 

 

Posted on March 14, 2014 by , Reply

School Bites: Teen Vampires Go To School

Some of the most popular searches leading people to our site involve the words “teen” and “vampire”. Vampire fiction for teens isn’t something I’ve written about much lately.We have a blog, Reading Bites, that covers that topic, so mostly I don’t.

But with such high demand for YA vampire titles and series, and the release of  Gates of Paradise, the last book in Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods series (and the extremely cool graphic novel of the original book), I thought I’d offer up some titles. Christmas vacation is now well and truly over, and spring break seems far away… this is really the doldrums of the school year. Vampires turned as teens don’t really ever get a break– their appearance forces them to live through middle school and high school again and again to avoid suspicion, since every kid is required to go to school (unless their parents homeschool them– a strategy I don’t think I’ve seen yet). You really never know who could be sitting next to you in algebra class. So MonsterLibrarian.com presents to you a list of books and series about teen vampires who spend their days (or nights) attending school. Some we’ve reviewed, and some we haven’t. I’m sure many of them are already familiar to librarians– knowledge of them is practically a requirement these days, just to answer the question “Now that I’ve finished Twilight, what do I read next?” But I think there may also be some surprises– not every vampire book or series is a paranormal romance, targeted to girls, or aimed at ages 15 and up. Check them out to find out what school is like in a vampire’s world!

 

School Bites: Teen Vampire Fiction

 

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Heather Brewer

The Morganville Vampires  series by Rachel Caine

House of Night series by P.C. and Kristen Cast

Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire: Because the Undead Have Feelings Too by Tim Collins

Prince of Dorkness: More Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins

High School Bites by Liza Conrad

Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz

Vamped and ReVamped by Lucienne Diver

Oliver Nocturne series by Kevin Emerson

Evernight series by Claudia Gray

Alex van Helsing series by Jason Henderson

Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

Blood Coven series by Mari Mancusi

Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead

Red Moon Rising by Peter Moore

Sucks to be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) by Kimberly Pauley

Still Sucks to be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire by Kimberly Pauley

Vampire High and Vampire High: Sophomore Year by Douglas Rees

 

Note: Not all books on this list are appropriate for all teens. As always, MonsterLibrarian.com cautions you to make sure the book is in the right hands!

Posted on January 17, 2013 by , Comments off
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