Saxton Reads! & Reviews

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Mercedes
I'm actually torn between three stars and four for this book. I'll go with four for now... I'm a huge fan of Robin McKinley but not so much of her newer stuff. Her writing style which was unique and descriptive in the beginning has become long-winded, parenthetical, and information comes in drips with long stretches between. When this first book came out I was put off by the subject and decided to skip it. Recently I read the Twilight series and then was looking for a new book to read and thought I'd give this one a try. Besides a relationship existing between a human and a vampire, there aren't really any other similarities. McKinley really is a fantastic writer. Her settings are amazingly well-developed for being imaginary and her characters are always well drawn. I've enjoyed her immensely and have read and reread her older works many times. I do hope that she might return to her older style of writing while retaining her recent use of contemporary settings. The blend of fairy tale fantasy with a world closer to our own is refreshing. But if her books continue to be anything like her latest book (about dragons) I'll have to keep skipping. I could not finish it. At least I finished Sunshine.