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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome, 25 April 2003
I originally only read the first chapter of this book in the back of one of his other books, and wholly based on that, I bought and read the rest of it. I was blown away. I think i was only 14 at the time and had this fascination with all things vampire, so that helped, but Pike is a fantastic author. I still read the whole series now and it has just the same effect on me as when i first read them.All the books are of equal standard but if i had to choose I would choose one and two as my favourites because Yaksha (the first vampire) is such an amazing, tormented character, trying to undo the evil he created so he can die in the grace of God. This unfortunately includes Sita, one of his first vampires. Number three in the series is a good idea. American government wants to get their hands on Sita's blood and harnish its power. She can't and won'y let that happen. The battle throughout the city between her and the feds left me on the edge of my, errr, sofa. Four and five are unbelievable! By then Sita has been developed superbly and the books become really involving with the inclusion of Kalika, Sita's scarily hard daughter who grows at a rapid rate. Her ambiguity leaves you guessing as Sita tries to protect a baby (whose blood can bring back the dead) from the unstoppable Kalika. The ending of five gave me exactly what i wanted with Kalika's role in the universe, but then made me cry. When i was 14. I wasn't a huge fan of six because of the ending. All the magic of Sita that has been built up throughout the other books was destroyed by the ending. I felt robbed. It still has to be read though. It does wrap up the continuous storyline, which is nice; if it had left an open ending i would have gone mad. Every single character is perfectly and realisticly developed, whether they are good or evil. I, in fact preferred the evil characters. Pike shows how tempting it would be if you could achieve the power of Yaksha or Sita. God makes an appearence too, in the form of Hare Krishna. The question is: could they be made into films?
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by Christopher Pike
by Christopher Pike
by Christopher Pike
by Laurell K. Hamilton
