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Title: The Vampire Vivienne by Karen E. Taylor ISBN: 0786012064 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29
Rating: 5
Summary: Begin before the beginning . . .
Comment: "I was not always the demon in the mirror." What a great hook, and Karen E. Taylor's fifth entry into her Vampire Legacy does not let you down. Her characters are fully developed, and it is obvious that she knows them very well.
Never having read any of The Vampire Legacy books, this was a real feast. Vivienne Courbet is a beautiful young woman who recognizes the power of staying young forever, and embraces her new life with zest. Her nearly three hundred years of exploits are chronicled in this book. Vivienne has deep emotions and that makes her very real. Yes, Vampires do have emotions, or Taylor has convinced me that they exist as sensitive monsters. Not all are sensitive . . . as we soon discover.
Max and Victor -- are they good or bad vampires? That may seem an odd question until you meet Vivienne's lost love. Diego is vicious, he loves the kill, and he must be destroyed. The hatred she feels at his death poisons her thoughts, and she returns to the House of the Swan in Paris. When the French Revolution claws and beheads their way through the aristocracy, she refuses to believe they mean "her." Enter Eduard DeRouchard. Passion fills their nights from their first gaze. He is not the perfection our lusty heroine believes him to be; we see that he is too good to be real, but love's first blush is blind. Additionally, a jealous vampire is dangerous.
This book is part of the history of The Vampire Legacy. Travel with Vivienne from Paris in 1719 to the present day New Orleans. Definitely, a "must" for the Legacy fans. This is an excellent escape for those of us who still have such delights in our reading future.
Five golden stars for a master story teller.
Victoria Tarrani
Rating: 5
Summary: A Turn for the Better
Comment: There are vampire novels and romance novels and historical novels and even historical vampire romance novels. As a rule I don't read many of them. Then there are Karen E. Taylor novels. Unless she has some hidden away in her desk (you never know), I've read all of them at least twice. This is not quite as odd as it may seem, because if I happen to like a book there's no telling how many times I'll read it.
THE VAMPIRE VIVIENNE, the fifth book in Ms. Taylor's Vampire Legacy series, has managed to surprise me, and I don't surprise easily. The cast of characters includes several we know from her previous books, so the novel has a warm and familiar feel to it. This in itself is surprising, because THE VAMPIRE VIVIENNE is a departure from Ms. Taylor's previous novels. The universe of the Vampire Legacy stories is expanding.
To begin with there are new characters: Monique and Eduard, both of whom we meet in eighteenth century France, come to mind immediately - and there are Others. There are definitely Others.
Characters we know from Ms. Taylor's previous novels are given much greater depth: the enigmatic Max (a personal favorite of mine), Victor, and of course Vivienne Courbet herself. We follow her for three centuries.
What kind of person - what kind of vampire - is capable of surviving in a hostile and dangerous world for more than three hundred years? I started this book with very definite ideas and assumptions about that. Ms. Taylor's imagination has proved itself broader and deeper than mine. The growth and development of the vampire Vivienne is not what I expected after reading the first four Vampire Legacy novels.
For a few pages I had trouble believing what I was reading. Then, barely noticing the change, I had trouble not believing it. Vivienne Courbet is someone other than I had expected. Someone much more interesting.
I can think of no way to explain why THE VAMPIRE VIVIENNE is a compelling and thoroughly entertaining novel without revealing too much of the plot. You'll simply have to read the book yourself. After that your reaction may be the same as mine: I want to read the next book in the series _now_.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice storytelling
Comment: Karen Taylor does a great job at storytelling in the Vampire Vivienne. Although Vivienne is often portrayed as young and innocent and not very powerful for what we know of Vampires, it's hard not to like her and see her get what she wants.
The books takes place in two parts, the early 1700's in Paris and in modern times in the United States. It's an easy book to read and for the most part stays on the surface. The one criticism I'd have is that the ending is too abrupt. It's a good and surprising ending, but it comes about to quickly and is over before you know it.
All in all, I enjoyed it very much and it keeps your interest up throughout.
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Title: Resurrection: The Vampire Legacy by Karen E. Taylor ISBN: 0786014717 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Blood of My Blood by Karen E. Taylor ISBN: 078601153X Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Blood Ties by Karen E. Taylor ISBN: 0786012412 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Blood Secrets by Karen E. Taylor ISBN: 0786012439 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Bitter Blood by Karen E. Taylor ISBN: 0786012420 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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