recommended by M. Scherer as follow up to Twilight

I read all of these books when they originally came out in 1994-ish. I was about 10 or 11 and I loooooved them. When I saw they had been rebound and reissued in two three volume sets, I ha the urge to re-read them. They are as good as I remembered. THIS is what a vampire series should look like. Take notes, Stephanie Meyers. Aside from the typical vampire stuff that permeates every blood sucking novel out there, this series separates itself in that it is surprisingly deep for what it is. Talk of God/Krishna, good vs. evil, the cursing of souls. I am still utterly entertained by this series. The book does insert some newer technology, flash drives instead of floppies, email instead of fax, which was nice, but unnecessary. The stories clip along without a hitch and you'd never notice the 10 year discrepancy between first release and now. ( )

Thirst is a great book.It contains romance, violence, drama, and suspence. It keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. The main character, Sita, keeps you engaged in what is going on. She often says witty and sarcastic comments that will keep you laughing, even in the most intence parts of the book.It is a great book for people who like to read series of books. I highley seggust it for people who are into reading books that are fiction and contain fictional characters. I'm pretty sure that if you like twilight you will enjoy this book. However, they are different types of vampires. This book is 594 pages long, and definetely worth the long read. ( )

Christopher Pike was a big fave of mine and it was news to me to read that this collection of stories were actually out way back when, like the 90s. Now I thought I had all of his books when I was younger. Apparently I didn't .... lol. So in this book there were three different stories, but they all revolved around the same characters and with new added throughout the book.

The first called: The Last Vampire. This is the one where we first meet Alisa, well, that's what she goes by anyway, her real name is Sita. She was turned against her will 5,000 years ago. She really hooked me in, in the beginning of this story. We learned about her history and it's in first person POV, so we really get an upclose view of Alisa. Now the speech of this character really bugged me. It made me hiccup every now and then, but I know that is because this young looking woman is Really old and set in the ways of her past. She really hasn't come into the future.

The plot of this book was fascinating. She realizes that her maker made a promise to someone to destroy all vamps that he made. But in turn Alisa had made a promise of her. But the ending of this story was quite amazing.

The second book was called Black Blood. Alisa is still recovering from the fiasco in the last book. And with Ray at her side, she comes face to face with some dark evil which she must dispell before they try to take over the world with her kind. She can't allow that to happen! The climax in this story kept me on the edge of my seat, and I couldn't stop reading because I just had to know what was going to happen next.

The last book in Thirst is called Red Dice. Poor Alisa lost something very close to her in this book and she's fighting against Eddie. Alisa is strong but there is something inside her that is very disturbing. And what happens at the end of this book - well, let's just say that the sunlight is really no longer going to be an enemy! Not that it really was in the first place, but I think you can understand what I'm getting at! LOL

All in all, the book was a very good read, if you can get past some of the stilted language, but remember it's because this vampire is supposed to be soooooo old! ( )