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I love these books! Comparisons with Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake and Tanya Huff's Fitzroi and Vikki are inescapable, but these books came first and one must give Mercedes Lackey her due.
This is one of my favorite fantasy/vampire books. It was published in 1990, well before Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series and Tanya Huff's Fitzroy series. I think Hamilton culled much of Anita Blake from Diana Tregarde--no disrespect to Ms. Hamilton intended--but c'mon, there's even a sexy French vampire! This story has great imagination, suspense, romance, gore and humor and is, in my opinion, one of Lackey's best efforts. I don't think Lackey is one of the best writers, technically speaking, but you have to admit that her imagination is top-notch!
From the back cover: "The gypsy boy had asked for Diana's help--called on her for magical assistance--and she could not refuse; especially after he was slain practically on her doorstep.
But the vampire Diana finds cradling the body ISN'T the killer. He's the gypsies protector, Andre LeBrel, who informs Diana that there's more than one monster stalking the streets of New York.
Now it's up to Diana Tregarde, Guardian and witch, to find the killers and destroy them; with a little supernatural assistance from a very friendly and very sexy vampire."
I love these books! Comparisons with Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake and Tanya Huff's Fitzroi and Vikki are inescapable, but these books came first and one must give Mercedes Lackey her due.
This is one of my favorite fantasy/vampire books. It was published in 1990, well before Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series and Tanya Huff's Fitzroy series. I think Hamilton culled much of Anita Blake from Diana Tregarde--no disrespect to Ms. Hamilton intended--but c'mon, there's even a sexy French vampire! This story has great imagination, suspense, romance, gore and humor and is, in my opinion, one of Lackey's best efforts. I don't think Lackey is one of the best writers, technically speaking, but you have to admit that her imagination is top-notch!
From the back cover: "The gypsy boy had asked for Diana's help--called on her for magical assistance--and she could not refuse; especially after he was slain practically on her doorstep.
But the vampire Diana finds cradling the body ISN'T the killer. He's the gypsies protector, Andre LeBrel, who informs Diana that there's more than one monster stalking the streets of New York.
Now it's up to Diana Tregarde, Guardian and witch, to find the killers and destroy them; with a little supernatural assistance from a very friendly and very sexy vampire."
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