Fairy Cake books are not just for kids
Comparing Zen and the Art of Vampires By Katie Macalister to other, better, vampire books I’ve read is like comparing a guinea pig to a lion. The origons of this book are dismal: the O’hare airport, I couldn’t stand how intense Ironside by Holly Black was at that moment, so I head down to the little bookstore and pick out a vampire book. Any vampire book. Reading this book provided the necessary distraction, and I was finished with it by the time the plane ride was over. I then bought the sequel, because it was a book that gets good in the last forty pages. Anyway, here’s the actual review.
Zen and the Art of Vampires is a paranormal romance book, with thirty-nine year old Pia Thompson as the protagonist. Pia, on a singles tour of Iceland, finds a mysterious silk and moonstone item in a book which gives her the powers of a Zorya. According to the Brotherhood of the Blessed Light, she is to use them to vanquish the ‘vampire scum’ from the planet and lead the ghosts to Ostri. After handing off that power to Anniki, the woman who was supposed to have it, She thinks she’s safe. Alas, no. Anniki is found, dying, in Pia’s bathroom after Pia spent the night with the handsome Alec. Anniki charges her with becoming the Zorya, and, after accepting, Pia is forced into two marriges, one with the attractive vampire friend of Alec’s, Kristoff, and the other with the sacristan of the Brotherhood, Mattias. Will Pia join the Vampires? Or will she side with the Brotherhood? And What On Earth is she going to do with all of the men in her life?
I would give this book a 7 on the scale. It was a fairy cake book and a romance novel, but oddly addictive. But I really must warn you: I would suggest this book to older audiences. Please. Don’t scar any children for life just because I used the term ‘Fairy cake book’.
June 30th, 2009Topic: Books, Vampires Tags: Books, review, Vampires
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