
Venom & Vanilla
The Venom Trilogy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Saskia Maarleveld
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By:
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Shannon Mayer
Successful Seattle baker Alena Budrene doesn't want to die. But when she's infected with a lethal virus spread by supernatural beings, her only chance for recovery is to make a deal with the devil - or in this case, a warlock.
Though he saves her life, it looks nothing like the life she once knew - and neither does she. Alena is a new breed of "Supe" no one has ever seen before. Even the supernatural police don't know what she is. Now exiled to the northern side of the Wall, which marks the divide between humans and Supes, Alena is thrust into a dark and magical new world.
But just as she begins to adjust to all things supernatural, she realizes that her transformation is the least of her worries - and it was no accident. She was chosen...to be killed by a Greek hero trying to make a name for himself once more.
Alena was brought up to be subservient, preferring creating to fighting, and vanilla and honey to blood. But that was then. Now, to survive, she must stand up for herself - and this time she's got fangs. But will she be ready to use them?
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Too annoying
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Just couldn't finish
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super duper
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Different
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The good: first there is a decent amount of world building. Also despite there being vampires, they’re not the sparkle how tragic is my sunless life sort. Rather they’re the ‘we are the top of the food chain how awesome is this’ type which I much prefer. There’s a strong supporting caste that is begging to be fleshed and by every indicator will be. The heroine isn’t whiny or overly emotional which is nice; instead she IS actually smart, strong and determined instead of just being called that. In addition the monsters in use outside of the standard werewolf and vampire because we can’t have a single series without them, are the lesser known creatures which is nice. Plus let’s not forget the pacing is solid, I was never once bored or wishing they’d just get on with the plot. Over all this is a very strong opening book to a new series.
Of course no books perfect and I got a few bones to pick with this one.
Bone 1: can we stop beating the ‘religion is judgmental, out of touch and oppresses women’ horse, its dead people, it is so dead we’ve made nails out of its shoes, combs from its hair and a nice set of leather jackets from its hide. Can we please move on? Mean it’s almost like religion never did anything good at all, ever, not once. It’s not edgy anymore, it’s lazy and quiet frankly, as someone that is still religious if not church going, irritating.
Bone 2: Okay I know I said the monsters are different, which is nice and it is; unfortunately they’re also Greek. Again can we lay the Greek pantheon and mythology to rest? I’m tired of hearing about them in every single book! Or even better let’s do a little research about the mythology and ask why is Mr. Rapes a lot, ruins people’s lives because he feels like Zeus a good guy? Why is, I have a legitimate reason to be ticked Hera the bad guy? You know what, I don’t care can we just pick another mythology. We don’t even have to leave Europe to do so. There’s Celtic (beyond the nearly as overdone Fae), Norse, Christian (not the religion but the other stuff), and Slovic mythologies all in one continent. At this point it’s so uninventive and boring and nearly cringe worthy!
However those are the only two bones I have to pick, and are just general gripes. Ha! I got through a review without finding fault with much anything! Hallelujah! So yeah, if you want a decent, not a great or revolutionary, but a decent, fun, urban fantasy that is on the fringe of paranormal romance pick this one up; it’s actually worth the credit.
PS. Now just to find the money to buy book two.
Not perfect but I'm interested
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Saskia Maarleveld is a great narrator. She did a great job with everyone's voices. I really enjoyed listening to her.
Great book!
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New Modern Fantasy
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Good things: Most of the major characters are decent and the story while carrying some cliches wasn't overboard. The world while it is based on Earth, it's just different enough to stay interesting. Her main character is probably one of my favorite female leads in a story.
Bad things: Remo, it's the most cliche vampire, Badboy, love interest the author could have drafted for this story.
This story isn't meant to stand on its own and it shows. You feel obligated to read the sequel, not because you're excited for it, but because the story can't possibly be finished without one.
I actually liked this story more than I expected.
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interesting story
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Unusual not really sure I enjoyed it
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