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St. Martin's Griffin (2004), Paperback, 272 pages
Description
There is a vampire war brewing in the underworld and at the center of it all is Damali Richards, spoken word artist and Vampire Huntress. But she is not just any Vampire Huntress, she is the millenium Neteru. A woman so potentially powerful that the vampire world is about to invoke a bloody battle that threatens to spill over onto her streets in order to posses her. It's just a matter of who will get to her first. Fallon Nuit, a rogue vampire, is one of the most powerful Damali has ever encountered and he has allied himself with the deadly Amanrath demons in order to claim her. But the Vampire Council has plans for her as well. And now an unlikely variable has entered into the equation, an ex-lover now turned vampire with an agenda of his own. And she must risk trusting him once more if they are to survive.… (more)
User reviews
LibraryThing member JoshuaKyte
With the sequel to Minion, Banks has learned to catch the reader from the start and to bring it all the way home. She is able to think ahead and give insights to what might be in later books which only servers to hook you deeper and longer to this series. Clearly Banks has an image in her head of
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what she believes Heaven and Hell should be and the creativity and scope is...well as Damali often says Dayuuum. Show Less
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
Although interesting it's not my kind of book. I thought the flaws of the first one would be addressed in this one but it just became less appealing. I might be tempted to borrow the third book or buy it cheap second hand but I wouldn't hunt it up or add it to my wishlist.
LibraryThing member CheriePie69
I found this, the second book of the Vampire Huntress series, slightly better than Minion, the first. However, some of the same things that bothered me about that book came to surface in this one too.
I'm glad I hung onto Minion because The Awakening picked up right where that left off, and I had to
The story line is still interesting enough to hold interest, and because Banks doesn't go into detail on each of the main characters in this book like she did in Minion, we don't have as many passages that drag on too long like in the first book, though they're certainly not gone completely. At times while reading, I felt that maybe the writing was done in discrete parts, not necessarily in sequence, since sometimes the scenes didn't seem to blend transparently as they could've. Like maybe she'd forgotten she wrote something in an earlier scene, and then describes or talks about it again in a later scene, which may or may not completely jive with what was stated previously. Again, I noticed this behavior much more prominently in the first book than this one.
I won't go into a synopsis of the story itself, but suffice to say, this series looks like it's going to get even better going forward.
I'm glad I hung onto Minion because The Awakening picked up right where that left off, and I had to
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reread certain portions of that first book to reacquaint myself with some of the things that went down already. I don't think the author did a very good job of allowing this book to stand on it's own. Granted, series such as this are meant to be read in order anyway, but like Laurell K. Hamilton does in her Anita books, if she needs to refer to an incident from a previous book, she'll usually provide enough additional detail so that new readers can continue reading, albeit with a little less knowledge and detail than someone who's been reading the series in order. This was not the case here; if you didn't read the previous book, and remember all of it's little nuances, you're going to need to before starting on this one. As it stands, I still had to refer back to things from book one since I'd read it 8 months prior to this one.The story line is still interesting enough to hold interest, and because Banks doesn't go into detail on each of the main characters in this book like she did in Minion, we don't have as many passages that drag on too long like in the first book, though they're certainly not gone completely. At times while reading, I felt that maybe the writing was done in discrete parts, not necessarily in sequence, since sometimes the scenes didn't seem to blend transparently as they could've. Like maybe she'd forgotten she wrote something in an earlier scene, and then describes or talks about it again in a later scene, which may or may not completely jive with what was stated previously. Again, I noticed this behavior much more prominently in the first book than this one.
I won't go into a synopsis of the story itself, but suffice to say, this series looks like it's going to get even better going forward.
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LibraryThing member lewispike
Picks up where the previous book leaves off, almost to the minute.
It's a tighter book than the first, although there are still some little bits that grate (Knight of Templar rather than Knight Templar for example). Oddly I find the anti-heroes story more compelling. We more or less know what the
It's a tighter book than the first, although there are still some little bits that grate (Knight of Templar rather than Knight Templar for example). Oddly I find the anti-heroes story more compelling. We more or less know what the
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heroine will do, otherwise it would be a short and very dark series. Of course dark series aren't a bad thing, but it would be a shock here. Juggling offers of power and possible eventual reward make a more compelling story though, and one that is played to the hilt, nicely. Show Less
LibraryThing member MoniqueReads
I was really hesitant to read the first book in the series ("Minion") and found it to be really slow and uninteresting in the beginning but it picked up in the end. This book did not have the same problem. I was hooked from the start. I like how Banks provided a little bit of a reminder of what
In "The Awakening", Banks continues to build on the world that she has created, and it is very complex. Which is good and bad. It is good because it keeps the story moving forward and allows the reader to see the rules and guidelines that govern almost everything, good and evil. It is bad because it causes her to sit up situations that explain what is going on and why, that takes sometimes and subtracts from the action vibe that the story has.
I find most of Banks character to be captivating, even the bad guys. You want to know their story and what is going to happen to them. She gives you little glimpses of pieces throughout the novel (probably so that you will read the next one), but just enough to keep the story rolling and your curiosity perked.
I enjoy Banks witting and don't find that it is very difficult to read. It doesn't take much thought, its like watching an very good action more. You don't think you just absorbed the sences that she is sitting up for you. The only problem with her writing that I have is her use of slang not only in dialog but also in her sentence structure. It service the purpose of keeping with the stories settings but it also not only dates the story but her. I find some of the terms and actions of the characters to be out of date.
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happened in the first book (not that I needed it). But even that had me hooked. In "The Awakening", Banks continues to build on the world that she has created, and it is very complex. Which is good and bad. It is good because it keeps the story moving forward and allows the reader to see the rules and guidelines that govern almost everything, good and evil. It is bad because it causes her to sit up situations that explain what is going on and why, that takes sometimes and subtracts from the action vibe that the story has.
I find most of Banks character to be captivating, even the bad guys. You want to know their story and what is going to happen to them. She gives you little glimpses of pieces throughout the novel (probably so that you will read the next one), but just enough to keep the story rolling and your curiosity perked.
I enjoy Banks witting and don't find that it is very difficult to read. It doesn't take much thought, its like watching an very good action more. You don't think you just absorbed the sences that she is sitting up for you. The only problem with her writing that I have is her use of slang not only in dialog but also in her sentence structure. It service the purpose of keeping with the stories settings but it also not only dates the story but her. I find some of the terms and actions of the characters to be out of date.
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LibraryThing member TheBooknerd
This wasn't very interesting. I gave multiple efforts to read this book, but neither the characters nor the plot ever managed to snag my interest. Since then, I've given this series a wide berth.
LibraryThing member Chandra-of-Red
I attempted to read. Did not like the plot. Cursing waaayyyyy over the top.
LibraryThing member melissarochelle
SO I gave the second book in the series a shot and it's still not really holding my attention. The gangsta talk seems so forced and fake. It's almost too painful to read at times.
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Original publication date
2004-12-28
Physical description
272 p.; 8.25 inches
ISBN
0312316836 / 9780312316839
Local notes
OCLC = 521
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