I liked it, I did. But it almost felt like there was too much to keep track of. The author kept throwing in more mythical creatures, more gods and goddesses, more of everything. Even aliens! I knew who the villain was right away, though not their motivation or anything. So for most of the book I was...
Wow, what an abysmal affair this book was. The first quarter was a tolerable mishmash of paranormal and science fiction tropes. Nothing outstanding, but nothing wholly objectionable either. Once the plot launched into space, so did all logic and subtlety. One would think a book about a vampire strip...
So, backstory time: I requested this book from LibraryThing back in December, because I mean come on. Vampire stripper? Colonizing Mars? Cherry frickin' Cordial? it sounded like the most excellent, campy shit this side of the Beautiful Creatures movie. I gleefully told my friend Shiori about it, bec...