Undead in the City by Linda Hilburn

Amazon Summary-

Musician Tempest Moon knew the world was a rough place. Raised in the inner city of Detroit, the only way she knew to succeed was to be smarter – and tougher – than the next guy. Being a sexy, talented singer/lead guitar player with her own band was her way of being in charge of her destiny. Whether anyone else liked it, or not.

Tempest’s band was gigging in yet another downtown dive. The club was almost empty due to the arrival of the worst blizzard the city had seen in a century. With one more set to play before she and the band could escape the smoky lounge, a mystery man walked in. Even dripping wet from the relentless onslaught, Tempest could tell the man was unusual. If only because he was the most gorgeous male specimen she’d ever seen. But he was a little pale.

Malveaux had ducked into the bar to avoid having to kill anymore of the worthless minions set upon him by the local vampire territory boss. Under most circumstances, he’d have enjoyed tracking the idiots, and tearing their hearts out. He’d learned long ago to take pleasure in his work. But Malveaux wasn’t dealing with usual circumstances. A sexual obsession, passed to him by his sire and suddenly overwhelming, had changed all the rules of the game. He knew if he didn’t find an “offspring” – a female to serve his needs – he’d go mad.

When he laid eyes on the charismatic musician on stage, he knew he’d found his “child.” She wouldn’t need to know he was an assassin. But she’d find out his deeper secret soon enough when he sank his fangs into the pulsing vein in her neck.

Together they’d take on the human underworld and the undead. 

Review (spoilers!)- 


Malveaux is a 200 year old vampire who was hired by the human mobsters to kill Quade, a vampire trying to get the Detroit territory.  Malveaux unfortunately gets a bit distracted by his sex addiction and focused instead on an aspiring singer named Tempest Moon.  Well, fortunately for Malveaux, Tempest is a also quite the nymphomaniac so they hit it off very well.  Quade then tries to hurt Malveaux by hurting Tempest but of course Tempest and Malveaux triumphs at the end.

I picked up this book because I liked the Vampire Shrink which was also written by Linda Hilburn.  The two books couldn't be any different.  True, both are dealing with vampires but that's where the similarity ends. I largely can't stand the vulgar language in which Undead in the City was written and the lack of any plot.  The words cock and pussy appear probably every 20 words and all Malveaux and Tempest did was have sex.    Tempest spent most of the book naked and Malveaux with a erection. Maybe this book was written for Playboy, or maybe not because it would be probably be too pornographic and vulgar for Playboy.

Rating:  **

Undead in the city paranormal romance Malveaux Tempest Moon Linda Hilburn vampire romance

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Anita Blake

I started the Anita Blake series because it was always coming up in my recommendations in Amazon.  Their software thought that since I have read and liked Twilight and the Sookie Stackhouse novels, I would also like Anita Blake.  So, did I like it?  Yes, I liked it but it didn't release inside myself the same amount of passion the Sookie Stackhouse series did.  I don't dream about it at night.  I don't think about it all day.  I prefer Eric to Jean-Claude.  Jean Claude's ass always needs to be saved by Anita (Eric's ass is another story...hmmm). He is supposedly a strong and powerful vampire but he just sits and waits for Anita to save him.  At least Sookie and Eric save each other alternately.  Anita has a very strong character which is almost irritating.  She just needs to be right all the time (she reminds me of myself =)).  I find a lot of characters irritating.  Richard, ex fiance of Anita, whines too much for me.  He is too conflicted. It drags on and on and on.  There are times when I am tempted put the book down because he irritated me too much.  I hate whiners both in books and in real life.

Will I continue reading the Anita Blake series? Maybe. Let's see.  The last books got a little bit too weird for my tastes.   I like the first 7 books then it went downhill from there.

All in all, I think  Anita Blake is an okay series to read to pass the time in between the Sookie Stackhouse novels.



Update- January 26, 2009

I can't continue reading this series.  I am irritated with it.  The last book I read was Book 7: Burnt Offerings and I can't continue reading Blue Moon.  I can't stand Anita and Richard.  I want to throw the book out.  I have the rest of the books (I bought it in advance) but I can't continue.  I read the synopsis for the rest of the books in wikipedia and I don't think I can go on reading.  I don't like the way the story developed.  Oh! why did Laurell Hamilton destroy the story of such a promising series?