Holiday with a Vampire 4: Halfway to Dawn\The Gift\Bright Star

October 15, 2012

The holidays aren't all carols and candlelight--and vampires aren't all alike--in this intriguing trio of paranormal novellas that put a refreshing if unconventional spin on the Christmas season. The war between humans and the vampiric Opiri brings an unlikely pair together in Krinard's inventive, postapocalyptic "Halfway to Dawn"; a locket passed down from mother to daughter holds a vampire's soul and love is the key to its return in Theresa Meyers's sweetly magical "The Gift"; and an astronomer searching for the true origin of the Christmas star finds love with the immortal sent to erase her memory in Linda Thomas-Sundstrom's unusual "Bright Star." VERDICT The holidays cast a soul-warming glow on the characters in these three occasionally thought-provoking stories that should appeal to fans who like a little edge to their holiday fare.

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