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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780441007837
ISBN number: 044100783X
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: November 01, 2006
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Vampire Enforcer Char forms an unlikely partnership with vampire hunter Jubal Haven to find a missing teenager-who's in the hands of a dark cult which may prove deadly to vampire and human alike.
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1) I REALLY LIKE Susan Sizemore's vamp books. In fact, since someone absconded with my copy of this one, Partners, I am re-purchasing it only 10 weeks after I originally ordered it. I reread her stuff over and over. HOWEVER, I wish she would speak with her publisher about the cover art! The heroine in this one is basically a librarian; so WHO is supposed to be on the cover? While I don't know what it would do for sales, I'd personally prefer a picture of a really cute young woman in boring beige clothes sporting fangs! It would certainly be more accurate. This is my favorite for it's wit and sense of incongruity. But I do SO HATE THE COVERS!! I guess this one is joining my set of paperbacks with covered front covers...
Someone else discussed this in a May 13, 2003 review of "Deceptions":
...Don't be put off by the comic book covers on this series. I mean, who needs 6 knives? Even vamps only have 2 hands, and you need one to hold the girl/guy. And, if you are going to wear torso body armor, shouldn't it cover the whole torso? And said body armour is hard to sneak around American streets in. Most authors have no input into cover art, so I don't blame Susan Sizemore.
2) And a non-sequitor "Thank you" to AMAZON for reviving the "gentle academic art"(??)of book reports! I hated doing them in school, but obviously, when no longer forced, thousands of us voluntarily take to our keyboards to share our opinions of the written word... make lists for ourselves and others... and generally accomplish what our teachers despaired of us actually ever doing... Kind of tickles my funny bone...
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Partners is the second book in Susan Sizemore's Laws of the Blood series, and while I enjoyed the very first novel, The Hunt, I found Partners to be a much more energetic and entertaining read. There is a lot of life in this novel's characters, especially the undead ones, and I felt like an active observer of all the action that takes place in these pages. Partners also significantly expands upon the self-styled vampire mythology that Sizemore is crafting in this fresh and unusual series. Not only do we learn more about vampires, we are also introduced to other supernatural creatures lurking within the shadows of human society.
Vampires are subject to their own special laws in this universe, and Enforcers are the ubervampires charged with the duty to enforce these laws. Vampires can only feed upon mortal flesh in authorized Hunts, for example. Most importantly, they can do nothing that would alert the human population to their presence. When vampires break the law, Enforcers serve as judge, jury, and executioner. Charlotte McCairn is a relatively new Enforcer; in the two years since her transformation from vampire to Hunter, she has spent her time doing research rather than face active duty out on the streets. She calls herself Char because that sounds tough, but she has yet to earn the distinction of the name. That changes when Istvan the dhampir, the baddest Enforcer of them all, sends her out to kill Jebel Haven. Haven is a self-styled vampire killer; even though the vampire-like creatures he has devoted his life to killing aren't actually vampires, the Strigoi Council has decided he poses a future threat to vampirekind and must be eliminated. At the same time, a vampire nest leader comes to Char asking for help - one of her nestlings has disappeared and may be involved in some pretty dark activities (of the sulfurous variety) - a definite no-no in vampire circles. Meanwhile, vampire buster Jebel Haven is coerced into taking a job of his own, hunting the very same vampire Char is searching for. The missing young vampire seems to have gotten mixed up with a demon, and Char and Haven eventually work together in an uneasy, complicated, increasingly close partnership to find him. Char plans to kill Jebel after the search is over, of course, but things get a little complicated along the way.
Char is a fascinating character, learning the ways of the Enforcer before our (and Jebel's) very eyes. There is plenty of action to keep the reader engaged in the story, and the evolving relationship between Char and Jebel is not only interesting but a lot of fun to watch. After all, vampire killer meets vampire charged with the task of killing said vampire hunter isn't your typical romantic pairing. Sizemore does a wonderful job letting the relationship develop, giving us quite a grounding in her vision of vampirology in the process. At the same time, the question of how these two opposites will react toward one another in the end is never far from the reader's mind. All of this makes for an engaging and refreshingly different sort of vampire story and helps establish Susan Sizemore as a bonafide modern craftswoman in the art of vampirology.
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I liked this story more than "The Hunt," for the most part, but some things made me twitch.
I was glad that some other supernatural beings were discussed, because it leaves the series open for other creatures to be brought in later. This, in my opinion, is one of the strongest elements in the Southern Vampire series. It's also one of the drawbacks to Anne Rice's books. The way her books portray other supernatural creatures is very much like a 1970s primetime series: And featuring Lestat de Lioncourt as "The Vampire."
I was annoyed with how Jebel could find clues and not find clues in the same scene of the book. It irritated me that the "vampire glamour" could convince someone of something patently false yet allow them to see fairly obscure clues that force them to deny that falsehood.
I'd still recommend this book if you're into mysteries, vampires, or supernatural characters of any kind.
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This time the setting was in the city of Seattle. Charlotte "Char" McCairn was new to being an Enforcer. While at Starbucks Char heard the dhamphir inform her of her very first mission. The Council had decided to kill a vampire hunter named Jebel Haven. Char was chosen to do the deed. Shortly afterward, a nest leader (Helene Bourbon) asked Char to help locate one of her younger vampires named Daniel. Char decided to search for Daniel first.
Jebel Haven was searching for a missing teenager who may have been abducted by vampires. Since Char and Jebel both searched for the same teen, they reluctantly joined forces. Neither were totally honest with the other and both had deadly plans for the other once Daniel was located.
A dark cult had formed in the streets of Seattle. Getting to Daniel was much harder than they believed it would be. The cult had Daniel. The main cult leaders were a sorcerer and a demon. The sorcerer would be no trouble; however, a demon was a child of a lower god. One Law of the Blood read "It is death to any vampire who interferes in the affairs of the children of the lower gods."
** Unlike the very first of this series, I found the second difficult to get into. The very first half was so slow and the scenes were scattered and choppy. Yet the second half was non-stop action.
By the time I found this series, books 1 - 5 were already published. By reading the back covers I learned that each book was a different city and a different Enforcer. Char and her companion will return in book five. Therefore, I must guess that these main characters will interact with each other some time in the future. You CAN skip book two, but if you intend to read the whole series DO NOT skip it. This book will explain Char and Jebel. Since they WILL be returning in future book(s), this one is worth your time to pick up. But search a used book store first. **
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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"Laws of the Blood: Partners" is the 2nd in this new vampire series by Susan Sizemore. I personally really enjoed this book/series very much!!
A brand new Enforcer, a tough-guy vampire hunter, a renegade vampire, a run-away teenager, a FBI agent are all heading toward Seattle, and they are all looking for each other.
Two relucant partners; one who has been told to kill the other, the other is more than willing to kill the first, find they have a bigger problem. Something is growing in Seattle, something vampires are not allowed to fight no matter what.
A great job by Susan Sizemore!! Definately worth the reading time!!
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