A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
(Book #1 of the Argeneau series)
Rating: 🍁🍁
The Good Stuff:
1) Yay for the story happening in Toronto! Unlike with Poitevin's Sins of the Angels, Sands has successfully nailed the Toronto vibe. I love how the Path (basically a vast, subterranean mall that spreads throughout the entire downtown core) figures into the story as well. I'd never thought about it, but it's the perfect place for vampires to hang out during the day. :)
2) The main character is a vampire who faints at the sight of blood. Awesome.
3) The vampire back story is completely original (as far as I can tell), and very creative.
4) None of the vampires are emo or sparkly or super-crazy-lust-inducing, which is a refreshing change. They're basically normal people with a few...quirks.
5) The lighter tone - while there's plenty of action and emotion, there isn't a whole lot of angst.
The Not-So-Good Stuff:
1) I'm not quite sure what to think of Greg, the human psychologist kidnapped (kind of) by Lissianna's mother to help cure her blood phobia. While I appreciated the lighter tone of the book, I couldn't help but find Greg's reaction to everything a little...trivial, I guess. I get that he's a psychologist and pretty well-adjusted, but really. Wouldn't he be a little bit more upset about being tied to a bed and imprisoned against his will, however altruistic the motives of his captors? He's just a little too understanding for believability, I think.
2) The tweeny-bopper nature of the "young" vampires. Supposedly youth is relative, but you can't tell me that after a couple of centuries there wouldn't be a little more gravitas.
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