Amy Corwin

A Fall of Silver, by Amy Corwin, is not a book I would particularly recommend. The protagonist, Quicksilver, is a vampire hunter lethal enough to enjoy a reputation amongst her prey, yet she is completely unbalanced, sobs uncontrollably at the drop of a hat and at inappropriate moments, claims to be suspicious of everyone yet allows a strange man to stay a night at her house (and compounds this by moving in with him the following day), throws up upon seeing a dead body (you'd think the show more novelty would have worn off by now), and allows her entire mission in life to be sidetracked just because two priests took her out for coffee. Her lack of self-control and emotional outbursts would be enough to have gotten her killed long before, as the unhinged, hysterical blonde in any typical scary movie who is always the first to die, and casting her as some kind of elite vampire hunter is laughable to say the least. As for the romance aspect, there is absolutely no chemistry between her and her love interest. He seems to be interested in her just because he's been worked up by viewing scantily-clad women on posters at his mechanic's shop. She's interested in him because... well I guess because he's apparently attractive. Attractive enough that she lets him order her around without putting up more than a token, sulky resistance, even when she is asked to do things entirely against her nature and experience. The relationship is contrived and unbelievable. The story is boring and predictable, and even the vampires are pretty toothless. I kept hoping the story would get better, but it never did. Pass on this. No guilty pleasure here, just an annoying main character you'll want to slap repeatedly. show less

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Amy Corwin has fallen prey to the current fad for fantasy characters who are in such painful anguish we can't have a story, just variations on "don't you dare try to help me". He doesn't dare tell her, she doesn't dare tell him, over and over again till the requisite number of pages is written/read and we can all go home.

The underlying premise is that if a vampire is "killed" doing a selfless deed it will be reborn as human. But only a vampire that does not show more know about the good deed deal can take advantage of it. (Why? Does God really set such traps?) This doesn't work as a plot mechanism because there is no way that anyone could know that the trap is there – God's voice doesn't thunder or anything. Kethan, the sexy, Irish, redeemed vampire is not under any geas not to tell. He could tell anyone and anyone could tell anyone else and the secret is out, destroying the good deed deal.

My other gripe is that a redeemed vampire, instead of being enfolded into the Catholic Church as a saved soul is labeled a "recidivist". Does Ms Corwin know what that word means?

Amy uses silver monofilament whips as her weapon of choice to kill vampires. Oh my, how SM.

I tired of all this quickly. There are many better soft porn vampire books than this one. show less

Despite a few typos, I found this novel thoroughly entertaining. Charlotte is both witty and strong-willed, while Nathaniel is stubborn and quick-tempered. Although the story is a bit dark at times because of the unfortunate events that seem to follow Nathaniel, there are also many humorous moments. In addition, you do not have to read the previous novel to understand this one. I highly recommend this novel to fans of mystery and romance and intend to read the rest of the series!

Amy Corwin's The Dead Man's View is a slow-paced Victorian murder mystery. Obvious discrepancies begin in the first sentence of the synopsis of this novel and continue into the book. She states that she is pleased to discover that she has family after her father died but in chapter 11, she mentions that she visited her cousin Eric Knibbs several times as a child. In the first chapter she mentions Eric Knibbs is Mrs. Pruett's brother. That means that if Eric Knibbs is Prudence second cousin, show more then Mrs. Pruett must be related to the main character Prudence too, but she always calls her Eric Knibbs sister and treats her distantly with no familiarity. This makes for incongruous reading as you slowly crawl through the evidence that evolves. The "cliffhanger" ending that is linked to the name of this book is so unremarkable that I was disappointed with it's outcome. show less