Not very good. Reads like a collectio of stories banged out and self published. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.

I enjoyed the graphic novel a lot!
I would like to thank the publisher for giving me a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

These aren't the sparkly and soft vampires. It's a good vampire book. The characters are good. The story is solid and seamless. The ending is satisfying.

Bem este foi um ebook que me custou muito terminar de ler.
Em primeiro lugar por ser em ebook , e em segundo por ser em inglês e não estar habituada a ler noutra língua.
É um livro de contos sobre vampiros, mas nem todos são bons.
O único conto que gostei foi o primeiro que nos dá a conhecer a natureza da espécie de vampiros existentes na tera, os Hooh-Strah-Dooh. A história é contada por ANNE, uma jovem que vive num ambiente extremamente violento em casa. Um dia o pai obriga-a a ir libertar o irmão das mãos de um chefe de um gang irlandês existente em Boston, BRIAN. Quando ANNE o conhece começa logo a sentir-se encantada por ele e decide propor uma troca, ela pela liberdade do irmão. BRIAN aceita e ANNE vai viver com ele como sua empregada. Acabam por se apaixonar e um dia, depois de ser atacada por um rival de BRIAN, fica a conhecer a sua realidade. Passado cerca de 1 mês é transformada para poder salvar a vida de BRIAN. Quando ao fim de 2 meses voltam à cidade antes de irem para Paris, BRAIN é morto por JOSHUA, o seu aliado. ANNE acaba por viver sozinha eternamente.
Os outros contos na realidade não reti nada do que li.

Por essa razão decidi dar 2 estrelas a este livro.

A World of Vampires Volume 1
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book Title: A World of Vampires Volume 1

Author: Dani Hoots

Time it took me to read: 16 Days

Review: I really enjoyed this collection of the first four novellas of A World of Vampires Series: Hooh-Strah-Dooh, Baobhan Sith, Strigoi, and Jiangshi. Each story was awesome and it was nice to read four individual tales. I am looking forward to reading more.

A World of Vampires is a collection of four short stories about four very different vampiric creatures. Being a big fan of vampire novels, you can imagine why I was drawn to this book. Each story is unique in that they do feature a different type of vampire. However, I felt the author glossed over the details of what makes each vampire unique. This was really what I wanted to get as a reader out of a story concept like this. The writing style was fine and pace was steady. Very creative take on the vampire myths of the world. In the end, I felt it could have been executed a little better.

This collection contains four stories, each devoted to a special kind of vampire: Hooh-Strah-Dooh, Baobhan Sith, Strigoi and Jiangshi. The concept sounded promising and diversified, especially when depicting the differences and origins of each type of vampire. However, that was exactly what I was missing here. The stories were exchangeable and mostly uninspired - nothing I had not read somewhere else before.

The first story was a boring and uninventive mixture of vampire romance - 1 star. The second story was just plain boring - 1 star. The third story took place in Romania with an evil vampire living in a castle (of course) and an ancient spell adding just enough mystery to pique my curiosity for the first time since I opened the book - 2 stars. The one story that made this collection almost worthwhile was the last one titled 'Jiangshi', which not only explained the history of this special kind of vampire in sufficient detail, but also delivered a very original and unusual tale about guild, remorse and revenge - 3 stars.

Conclusion: if you are looking for something different in the vampire genre, go searching elsewhere or read only the last story. If you are not too picky and in desperate need of your next vampire fix, this may keep you going for a little while longer.

Yes, finally a book where vampires are not fluffy and sparkling. I absolutely loved it!!