Book Review! Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean
No, really, I'm not making that up. It's an actual book title.
So a while back Simon and Schuster's Livejournal
simon_saysuk had a book giveaway, and I was one of the lucky people to get a free book. (Yay free book!) all I had to do in return was write a review. Took longer to get around to reading the book than I initially thought it would, as last month was super hectic.
So anyway, on with the review!
Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper, 298 pages of tweeny vampire pirate fun. A fairly light read for me, but I kept in mind it is aimed at ages 10 and up, so I only snickered in a few places. The premise is a set of twins (boy/girl) in the year 2505 (which is apparently full of pirates, I suppose in response to the rising sea levels caused by global warming) recently orphaned, steal their dad's boat and set out to sea so they don't have to go to the orphanage. There is a big storm and they are separated, each winding up on a different ship. There is some forshadowing that suggests they have some kind of important destiny ahead (naturally) and the rest of the book is about them trying to find each other again. I liked this book and am curious to see what happens in the next 3 books in the series. I will probably try to find them through the library. The slang used within shows, at least to me, that the author is probably around my age, as it is a bit dated. But since the story is set in the future, there is no telling what the slang would be like. Pirates fight with swords and cannons, everyone is on sailing ships, and I have to say that some of the background characters intrigue me. Some are a bit two demensional, but might gain more depth in later books. I would really like to find out more about the Captain of the Vampirates ship. He is mysterious and enigmatic, and I have a theory about that, but I am going to keep it to myself.
Since the book IS aimed at a younger audience, I found it pretty tame by my usual vampire standards (Charlaine Harris, LKH). If you like pirates, vampires or both, and are in the market for a light read (if you are over 18 it's a light read) then you may enjoy this book.
The only other place I have ever seen Vampires and Pirates together was this serialized story in Heavy Metal magazine. And I think that was set in Hell so everyone was dead or demons, and some were Vampires but I don't remember if any of the vampires were also pirates. I wish I could find a compilation of that, it was a really interesting story.
In other news, vampire related, the next Anita Blake book comes out June 2. Yay! right after my birthday, so great timing. I have pre-ordered the first season of True Blood on DVD and it should get here around May 19th. And the second season of that starts in June. I have two of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books to read, and then I have to wait until the new one comes out in paperback, or get it from the library.
Now I'm going to go watch "The Prestige" and get my Hugh Jackman fix (I actually haven't seen it yet). I am SO getting the DVD of the Wolverine movie the second it comes out. Watched it twice in theatres and still have no idea what the third ending is. I've seen two of them.
So a while back Simon and Schuster's Livejournal
simon_saysuk had a book giveaway, and I was one of the lucky people to get a free book. (Yay free book!) all I had to do in return was write a review. Took longer to get around to reading the book than I initially thought it would, as last month was super hectic.
So anyway, on with the review!
Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper, 298 pages of tweeny vampire pirate fun. A fairly light read for me, but I kept in mind it is aimed at ages 10 and up, so I only snickered in a few places. The premise is a set of twins (boy/girl) in the year 2505 (which is apparently full of pirates, I suppose in response to the rising sea levels caused by global warming) recently orphaned, steal their dad's boat and set out to sea so they don't have to go to the orphanage. There is a big storm and they are separated, each winding up on a different ship. There is some forshadowing that suggests they have some kind of important destiny ahead (naturally) and the rest of the book is about them trying to find each other again. I liked this book and am curious to see what happens in the next 3 books in the series. I will probably try to find them through the library. The slang used within shows, at least to me, that the author is probably around my age, as it is a bit dated. But since the story is set in the future, there is no telling what the slang would be like. Pirates fight with swords and cannons, everyone is on sailing ships, and I have to say that some of the background characters intrigue me. Some are a bit two demensional, but might gain more depth in later books. I would really like to find out more about the Captain of the Vampirates ship. He is mysterious and enigmatic, and I have a theory about that, but I am going to keep it to myself.
Since the book IS aimed at a younger audience, I found it pretty tame by my usual vampire standards (Charlaine Harris, LKH). If you like pirates, vampires or both, and are in the market for a light read (if you are over 18 it's a light read) then you may enjoy this book.
The only other place I have ever seen Vampires and Pirates together was this serialized story in Heavy Metal magazine. And I think that was set in Hell so everyone was dead or demons, and some were Vampires but I don't remember if any of the vampires were also pirates. I wish I could find a compilation of that, it was a really interesting story.
In other news, vampire related, the next Anita Blake book comes out June 2. Yay! right after my birthday, so great timing. I have pre-ordered the first season of True Blood on DVD and it should get here around May 19th. And the second season of that starts in June. I have two of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books to read, and then I have to wait until the new one comes out in paperback, or get it from the library.
Now I'm going to go watch "The Prestige" and get my Hugh Jackman fix (I actually haven't seen it yet). I am SO getting the DVD of the Wolverine movie the second it comes out. Watched it twice in theatres and still have no idea what the third ending is. I've seen two of them.