Title: Tantalize
Author: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Series: Tantalize #1
Published: 13th February 2007
Length: 336 pages
Warnings: kissing,
gore, vampires, violence
Source: library
Other info: Book
2, Eternal, and book 3, Blessed, are both out.
Summary : CLASSIFIED
ADS: RESTAURANTS SANGUINI'S: A VERY RARE RESTAURANT IS HIRING A CHEF DE
CUISINE. DINNERS ONLY. APPLY IN PERSON BETWEEN 2:00 AND 4:00 PM.
Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her hybrid-werewolf first love is threatening to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. Then, as she and her uncle are about to unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform their new hire into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Can he wow the crowd in his fake fangs, cheap cape, and red contact lenses — or is there more to this earnest face than meets the eye? As human and preternatural forces clash, a deadly love triangle forms, and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who’s playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her hybrid-werewolf first love is threatening to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. Then, as she and her uncle are about to unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform their new hire into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Can he wow the crowd in his fake fangs, cheap cape, and red contact lenses — or is there more to this earnest face than meets the eye? As human and preternatural forces clash, a deadly love triangle forms, and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who’s playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Review: Quincie
Morris and her uncle remodel their restaurant with a new vampire theme. Then
their much beloved chef is killed horribly-ripped apart by what looks like a
savage beast. They hire a new chef, Henry, and they need to style him into the
vampire chef of Sanguini’s. And Quincie falls a little bit in love with him. On
top of this, Quincie’s boyfriend Kieren is a werewolf.
The plot was original. I love the idea of a vampire themed
restaurant. If it were real, I’d want to go there. I like the way it all fits
together was interesting, and and the
pacing was great-action starting in the first twenty pages. And then action
carried on throughout, staying interesting till the last page.
Quincie is a very strong heroine, with a strong personality,
she tackles the millions of things that life throws at her in a mature and
determined way, even if it is somewhat unrealistic. I didn’t really like Henry. His personality
slowly grew on me, but he wasn’t extremely interesting. Kieren the werewolf was
your typical over-protective boyfriend, but I liked him anyway. However, I
don’t understand the prologue or how it was relevant. Prologue aside, I quite
liked him.
I had problems with the revalation about ¾ of the way
through-that almost every character we had met was ((insert spoiler. You’ll
know if you’ve read this)). It was just a little “really? You too?” and was a
bit annoying.
The characters were all fleshed out very well, including the
minor characters. We got even got a good idea of the chef, even if he does die
within the first 20 pages.
It was well written from Quincey’s point of view. We got a good
view into her thoughts, her personality and history, all of which were very
interesting.
Overall: strength 4 tea to a very good vampire novel
with just a few little annoying things.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for taking time to read this!
Comments are much loved.
Nina xxx