- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Vanguard Press (30 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903489857
- ISBN-13: 978-1903489857
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,534,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Comedy/horror.
Cameron Mortice visits his girlfriend, Gillian, in Leeds to find he has arrived at the onset of a vampire invasion.
He is unwillingly enrolled into saving the world along with Gillian and her housemates.
Contains 'strong language' (like juxtaposition), 'sexual swear words' (as Simon Bates used to warn us) and sex scenes.
Cameron Mortice visits his girlfriend, Gillian, in Leeds to find he has arrived at the onset of a vampire invasion.
He is unwillingly enrolled into saving the world along with Gillian and her housemates.
Contains 'strong language' (like juxtaposition), 'sexual swear words' (as Simon Bates used to warn us) and sex scenes.
Also mentions Bagpuss.
From the Author
A blood pumping action adventure that just doesn't know when to stop.
Until it does.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blood Laugh,
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This review is from: Blood Lust (Paperback)
Not so much a Horror book with funny moments, or really a Comedy book with scary bits in it, more like, well nothing, something new. Vampires have been done to death, as it were, a bit formulaic, Buffy, Ann Rice, all very good but they had pretty much sewn up the market. This new book, takes all the vampires from the glamorous locations around the world, and dumps them in Leeds, no wonder they are a little...annoyed. It also takes a student of all things and turns him into a hero, after that, it just gets silly. This book is filled with cliches, which then don't finish the way cliches are meant to, plot turns that don't turn up when they are meant to and a picture of student life that makes you want to pull the duvet over your head and take the phone off the hook. Looking forward to the next one(s)according to the website there are 13 odd in the pipline, should make the long winter nights fly by. If you like vampires,or students, or even better, you can't stand either of them and want to see them suffer a ridiculous amount of pain and hardship, find them in situations way out of their depths and just blunder around with stolen military hardware then this is probably the only book on the market that can cater for your peculiar tastes. The only criticism, not nearly enough hot goth chicks, still, maybe in the next one.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks Rhys Wilcox :),
By Mamacita (Conwy, North Wales United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood Lust (Paperback)
Blood Lust is your typical adventure of good versus evil with good prevailing, for the moment. The dubious subject and belief of vampires has been portrayed in many fashion and in many ways; through films and books. But this particular portrayal of the Nosferatu is fresh and very amusing! This is the type of book that doesn't give u any time to 'get into' as you're plopped straight into the story and the action never stops. At the beginning however I feel that more attention should have been asserted to the description of the characters, especially Cameron who is the main fighter of evil. I didn't feel like I could really understand or see him very well. This is however a personal affirmation for me; I love to be able to know the minute details about characters through lengthy description but this book didn't provide it. However it definitely makes up for that with the hilarity and the seeming 'realness' about the situation. The thing that kept me going through this book, past the first few chapters where I was a little confused, was the way Rhys set out the scenarios, places and conversation. It was all so real, and so believable that it just made you wonder 'what if'. As the book gets really going and you get used to the involuntary profanity and rudeness of some of the student dialogue and vampiric activities you really begin to enjoy the book, take it for what it is and stop trying to think that it should be something else. Page by page you begin to sympathise with the characters; especially Cameron and Gillian having turned themselves into vampires (a new form of vampires - very raw) by... well I'll let you read that for yourselves! The characters really start to gel and get used to their changed lives and with meeting their new friend 'Nutter' they realise that not all is as it seems. With shocks and revelations and gore and sex the book encompasses students and vampires excellently. The storyline is backed up by all the usual feats of fantasy that you normal attribute to Vampire stories but this particular novel takes it to the next level, proving that you certainly don't know everything about Vampires (even if you have watched all the films). Blood Lust I feel is heading up a new genre of writing; throwing out all the old styles of writing, the procrastination and dull monologue. It's the type of book you'll read straight through loving it or you'll start reading then try and forget you ever started it. The book reminds me of a lot of the Point Horror books I read when I was a child. In a sense it's totally the opposite to, the PH books were full of descriptions and predicted monologues that you just tended to skip over. I thoroughly enjoyed nearly every page in this book (after I got into it). As I said before though, it took me a few chapters to get into the book as I wasn't expecting to be dropped straight into it. It's certainly not what you expect but everything you want. Despite the lack of character description the book is actually quite verbose. Rankin and Pratchett lovers ahoy there! In conclusion I've decided that if you like horror, vampires, and can laugh easy, then this is a book worth reading. It's taken vampires to the next level, not to mention the notion of vampire slaying. I'll certainly never miss a bus again ;)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comedic cannibalistic capers,
By MR M J THORPE (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood Lust (Paperback)
A very well written and amusing tale of vampires (yes, a dubious subject matter, I concur) carried off with verve and aplomb. Influences of Pratchett add, not remove from its originality. Highly recommended for those moments of wanton sniggering embarassingly on public transport. Beware of missing your stop, though.
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