Post-holiday cravings
Dec. 29th, 2008 05:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
megwritesNow that I've had all the eggnog and turkey I will want for another 365 days, I can't express how much I'd really love to find a really good vampire novel to read, especially since I'm about to hop a flight.
Except, I don't know where to find said vampire novel. I'd like it, if at all possible, to be something that I can actually take a bit seriously or at least something sparkle-free.
I'd love to read about a vampire that's a fascinating character without just being the boytoy. I'd love to read about a heroine who has never seen a pair of high heels or leather pants in her life. (Maybe she could be a heroine of color? Or who's not 25? Or who isn't supermodel pretty?)
More than that, I'd kind of like a vampire novel not written in first person from the POV of the de rigeur, snarky, leather clad, "I angst about my dating life while running for my actual life" type heroine.
Alas, having read and/or skimmed quite a few of the offerings on most mainstream shelves, I don't think this novel exists.
Except, I don't know where to find said vampire novel. I'd like it, if at all possible, to be something that I can actually take a bit seriously or at least something sparkle-free.
I'd love to read about a vampire that's a fascinating character without just being the boytoy. I'd love to read about a heroine who has never seen a pair of high heels or leather pants in her life. (Maybe she could be a heroine of color? Or who's not 25? Or who isn't supermodel pretty?)
More than that, I'd kind of like a vampire novel not written in first person from the POV of the de rigeur, snarky, leather clad, "I angst about my dating life while running for my actual life" type heroine.
Alas, having read and/or skimmed quite a few of the offerings on most mainstream shelves, I don't think this novel exists.
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Date: 2009-01-02 05:29 pm (UTC)Woudn't that be something, rough out a new novel on a plane flight because you can't find what you want to read? Ha!
Thanks to you, that's exactly what I ended up doing! Although it was on the way home, not the way there (Tennessee, for the curious). It was more a list of things I really hate about the popular urban fantasy/paranormal romance vampire genre than a plot or anything, but still. I blame you! :)