Book Review and Giveaway: Once Bitten by Stephen Leather

 

Well it IS October, so it's only fitting to have a Halloween themed book for review! 

And only fitting that is close out the Welcome to Fall Ya'll Bonanza!

This cover had me at Hello! And the writing kept me there! Read on!

Synopsis: There’s a full moon over Los Angeles, and for police psychologist Jamie Beaverbook that can only mean one thing: the crazies will be out in force. 


But when he is called into the station for a consult in the middle of the night, even the jaded Beaverbrook can’t believe his ears. The innocent-looking girl in the interview room doesn’t look a day over fifteen, yet the cops say Terry Ferriman was discovered in an alley off of Sunset Boulevard, her mouth smeared with blood as she crouched over the body of a man whose throat was torn out. A basic psych evaluation convinces Beaverbrook of Terry’s sanity and yet he can’t ignore the evidence that seems to point in one extraordinary direction. He tells himself he doesn’t believe in vampires, but after some digging, the good doctor begins to realize that the shadows of L.A. conceal a world where girls like Terry never age and where blood is more valuable than gold. 

About the Author: Before becoming a novelist Stephen was a British journalist, for more than ten years, on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992 and his bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television on such shows as “London's Burning,” “The Knock,” and the BBC's “Murder in Mind” series and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were filmed for TV.  You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.

Review:  This is NOT your normal vampire book, let's get that out of the way to begin with! What it IS is a funny, modern, intellectual, turn the vampire story on it's head book that will have you reading it non-stop if you can! Once you start reading you may suddenly find you've read three fourths of the book in a blink of an eye, it is just THAT good!


I have to admit I have never read any of Stephen's books before, though I'm sure I watched some of his  "Murder in Mind" shows, and I can't wait to go out and read the rest! This is such a great romp, and it is such a great retelling of the vampire tale. You will NOT be expecting the ending, even thought Stephen sets it up in chapter one, but after you finish the book, you will realize that it was in fact the PERFECT ending, and you will be completely satisfied!

So have a Happy and SAFE Halloween, then come back and enter to win this great book!

**
**


Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from Amazon VIne, for review, and promotional, purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.