Ha ha I remember this book! I really liked it when it came out. I was a huge Liz/Tom shipper so I was all, "Boo! Liz must be mind-controlled!" when now I realize you are right-- she's probably just all cheat-y and dumb as per usual.
I thought it was sooo unique to have vampires! in New Orleans! Until I saw the movie Interview with a Vampire (and read about half of the book) and I realize this SVU book is a huge rip.
IMO, SVU Jessica is usually really awesome, snarky and funny but a good friend and sister (and good girlfriend when she has a boyfriend). I like her way better than SVH Jessica.
IMO, SVU Jessica is usually really awesome, snarky and funny but a good friend and sister (and good girlfriend when she has a boyfriend). I like her way better than SVH Jessica.
the new orleans airport does not smell "musty". it smells like every other airport in the world. the whole town is full of plants, which makes everything smell pretty nice, actually. the way you can tell are in new orleans when you are at the airport is because there's alligator stuff everywhere, like even on the scrolling "welcome to new orleans" signage. & the below-sea-level/mausoleums thing is true. but who the fuck doesn't know what a mausoleum is?
all in all, good snark. especially the last paragraph. these supernatural-tinged books are always completely bonkers.
As much as I adore New Orleans, I gotta say, sometimes it does stink to high heaven. Especially when it's hot, or when you're in the French Quarter.
However, despite the occasional swamp stink, New Orleans is 10,000 times more awesome than Sweet Valley is or ever will be. It's got a little bit of dirty history, people have sex and drink alcohol without deadly consequences, and college kids are even known to stay out past 10 PM. No wonder Tom felt so out of place.
This book is basically Dracula, right? Like, the bare bones of it. I mean, Nicolas is Dracula and New Orleans is Transylvania and Sweet Valley is Victorian London (which...would explain a lot, actually) and Tom is Jonathan Harker and Marielle is the Brides and Liz is both Mina and Lucy. Does that make Jessica Van Helsing? Or Renfield (ha)?
How perfect! Liz is exactly that--a saintly slutty Victorian woman. No wonder Nicholas likes her.
Also, Lisette? Are you kidding me? If the vampire was going to fall in love with Jessica, would they have named the dead wife Jessette? This is like that Renesmee bullshit from the Twilight series (barf).
Did you read that quote from her where she was like, "Oh, Bella and Edward needed a special name for their baby so I made one up! And by the time it was published, 'Renesmee' didn't even look all that weird to me!"
I wish FP had given that sort of crazy commentary on the Sweet Valley series, instead of just wildly promising all sorts of spin-offs (a sequel set ten years later! A musical!) which never come to pass. :(
All this book needs is for Nicholas to be sparkly and impregnate Liz with a half-human, half-vampire baby, and then eat the placenta when the baby is born 5 weeks later.
"Damn good kisser!" "What are you going to do? Stand under her dark window and howl?"
Two words: EDWARD and JACOB Yes, I just finished Breaking Dawn and I thank you for this opportunity to plug Twilight with your recap, which BTW, was hilarious! Never read this one couldn't take any more SVU after Jess married whats-his-name-with-the-motorcycle *regrets*.
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I thought it was sooo unique to have vampires! in New Orleans! Until I saw the movie Interview with a Vampire (and read about half of the book) and I realize this SVU book is a huge rip.
IMO, SVU Jessica is usually really awesome, snarky and funny but a good friend and sister (and good girlfriend when she has a boyfriend). I like her way better than SVH Jessica.
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"Elizabeth’s eyes are “watching him blankly.” I imagine that happens a lot.
Best line ever!!
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all in all, good snark. especially the last paragraph. these supernatural-tinged books are always completely bonkers.
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However, despite the occasional swamp stink, New Orleans is 10,000 times more awesome than Sweet Valley is or ever will be. It's got a little bit of dirty history, people have sex and drink alcohol without deadly consequences, and college kids are even known to stay out past 10 PM. No wonder Tom felt so out of place.
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This book is basically Dracula, right? Like, the bare bones of it. I mean, Nicolas is Dracula and New Orleans is Transylvania and Sweet Valley is Victorian London (which...would explain a lot, actually) and Tom is Jonathan Harker and Marielle is the Brides and Liz is both Mina and Lucy. Does that make Jessica Van Helsing? Or Renfield (ha)?
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Also, Lisette? Are you kidding me? If the vampire was going to fall in love with Jessica, would they have named the dead wife Jessette? This is like that Renesmee bullshit from the Twilight series (barf).
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I wish FP had given that sort of crazy commentary on the Sweet Valley series, instead of just wildly promising all sorts of spin-offs (a sequel set ten years later! A musical!) which never come to pass. :(
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"What are you going to do? Stand under her dark window and howl?"
Two words: EDWARD and JACOB
Yes, I just finished Breaking Dawn and I thank you for this opportunity to plug Twilight with your recap, which BTW, was hilarious! Never read this one couldn't take any more SVU after Jess married whats-his-name-with-the-motorcycle *regrets*.
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