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- Publisher: The House of Murky Depths (1 Sep 2011)
- ISBN-10: 1906584273
- ISBN-13: 978-1906584276
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,778,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Many authors run out of creative steam after three novels into a series. Not Sam Stone. One of the UK's dark fantasy/horror writing treasures, she has produced her best book yet in the already excellent Vampire Gene series. Hateful Heart shows all the signs of a writer on top of her game, her lush, sensuous yet taut and intelligent writing is confident and bold as are her caste of regular vampiric characters, Gabriele, Lilli and my personal favourite, Caesare Borgia.
No spoilers, but the book is full of shocks, twists and turns with her vampires up against an implacable foe and the perils of supernatural time travel.
Enjoy!
No spoilers, but the book is full of shocks, twists and turns with her vampires up against an implacable foe and the perils of supernatural time travel.
Enjoy!
Format:Paperback
The fourth in the Vampire Gene series by Sam Stone. What I have enjoyed about the series is the mix of historic fiction with the contemporary and the supernatural element along with the time travelling elements and magick. It sounds like a mixed bag but the ideas really work for me and I have found each of the novels a really good read.
Hateful Heart picks up a short time after the events of Demon Dance with some news and a new arrival at Rhuddlan Castle. This initial incident triggers a series of events and adventures through time with appearances from the Templars and possibly the Illuminati and a really interesting take on a biblical story.
I like the way that throughout the series Sam Stone mixes religion, mythology, magicks and, science to create a universe that is complex and requires a bit of brain power to keep things straight. The pace is fast and a lot of incidents occur, coloured with some very vivid descriptions which don't shy away from violence when necessary.
I will say I'd worked out some of the plot points well before the reveals but all that did was make me feel smug that I'd worked it out.
A really enjoyable ride and I've heard from Sam herself that she'll be starting work on the fifth novel in the series Silent Sand in January.
Hateful Heart picks up a short time after the events of Demon Dance with some news and a new arrival at Rhuddlan Castle. This initial incident triggers a series of events and adventures through time with appearances from the Templars and possibly the Illuminati and a really interesting take on a biblical story.
I like the way that throughout the series Sam Stone mixes religion, mythology, magicks and, science to create a universe that is complex and requires a bit of brain power to keep things straight. The pace is fast and a lot of incidents occur, coloured with some very vivid descriptions which don't shy away from violence when necessary.
I will say I'd worked out some of the plot points well before the reveals but all that did was make me feel smug that I'd worked it out.
A really enjoyable ride and I've heard from Sam herself that she'll be starting work on the fifth novel in the series Silent Sand in January.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Amazon's spelt the title wrong ... but at least they're out of copies.
Sam Stone's fourth Vampire Gene novel works both as a sequel and a jumping on point for new readers. It carries on from the previous books but explains enough about earlier events that anyone could pick it up and read it as a stand alone book. She effortlessly weaves in the time-travel aspect in a credible way, gifting her vampires with more than the usual powers found in vampire fiction or roleplaying.
It was a good book to have with me whilst on a long wait at the local hospital.
Sam Stone's fourth Vampire Gene novel works both as a sequel and a jumping on point for new readers. It carries on from the previous books but explains enough about earlier events that anyone could pick it up and read it as a stand alone book. She effortlessly weaves in the time-travel aspect in a credible way, gifting her vampires with more than the usual powers found in vampire fiction or roleplaying.
It was a good book to have with me whilst on a long wait at the local hospital.
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A distinct step up
Now, I could get into trouble here. In order to make the point about how good Hateful Heart is, one could think that in some way I am saying the other books in the series were not... Read more
Published 4 months ago by R. B. Harkess
Hateful Heart stole my Heart.
This is without doubt the best of the books so far in the Vampire Gene Series.
Lilly, Gabriele and Caesare find themselves in peril when the Illuminati leader Konstantin... Read more
Lilly, Gabriele and Caesare find themselves in peril when the Illuminati leader Konstantin... Read more
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