The Forsaken, L.A. Banks.  Far more didactic than the earlier novels in Banks' vampire series, large parts of The Forsaken read like instructional manuals on how to treat a loved one with respect.  (Literal "this is what you have to do" passages from one character to another.)  This slows down the book considerably, sidetracking the otherwise interesting variant history of Cain, and Banks' incorporation of Atlantis and the Philadelphia Experiement with the biblical land of Nod.  It's ponderous, slow, and more unforgivably, long.  Not a good sign for a series that shows every sign of continuing from the advertising in the back.


Series: Vampire Huntress Legends
Read September 2006