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NYV: PUNK (New York Vampire Book 1) (edition 2015)

by K. D. McQuain (Author)

Series: New York Vampire (book 1)

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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll... and the UNDEAD!?!With only his mother for company, rural isolation in East Texas was as boring and bleak a life as sheltered and naïve Christian could imagine. The most exciting thing to look forward to were monthly visits from the nice old lady who took his mother shopping in town. After being subjected to a bizarre and humiliating birthday ceremony, Christian decides to leave home to think things through, and when the opportunity for adventure presents itself, he jumps at the chance. But being on his own is more terrifying than he ever dreamed.Barely surviving a brutal attack, Christian finds himself being hunted across the country by an ancient, bloodthirsty evil, putting him and those he cares for in mortal peril. He must quickly learn to navigate the hazards of the gritty streets of New York City if he is going to survive the tough Punk music scene long enough to discover his destiny.Can he survive on his own? Will he find the life he hoped for? And what the hell does OMFUG mean anyway?… (more)
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Title:NYV: PUNK (New York Vampire Book 1)
Authors:K. D. McQuain (Author)
Info:Black Marque Press (2015), Edition: 1, 302 pages
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NYV: Punk (New York Vampire) (Volume 1) by K. D. McQuain

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DNF'd at 22%, start of Chapter 8

This is a classic case of this book just wasn't for me.

It's a shame because the writing is great! I thought there was a great flow to it despite being very detailed at times. As a reader, it is super easy to visualize everything that is happening and the world itself.

I'm not one for adventure stories--I find them to be slow even if things are happening--and that's how I felt about this book. While Chris' story is interesting, I found it wasn't moving at a pace to keep me interested. I also think I wanted the vampire aspect of the plot to happen earlier and not just the little horror aspects we got earlier in the book.

But if you love coming of age stories with a twist and are comfortable with mature subject matter, this 80s throwback is an adventure worth checking out!

**I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and not influenced by my source.**

Check out more spoiler-free book and series reviews on my blog SERIESousBookReviews.com as well as read book series recaps!

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  seriesousbooks | Feb 7, 2018 |
This book was odd - but in a good way. On the one hand, it is a coming-of-age story of a fifteen year old sheltered boy leaving his over-religious mother ending up in New York. This subject was very interesting in its own way, especially the detailed description of the Punk scene in New York, with all the ugliness of the rough and dirty town, but also the variety and deep loyalty going on in the scene. It all felt very real and it was obvious that the author spoke from his own experience instead of making up some colorful background for his story. While there was a certain level of repetitiveness and sometimes too much detail surprisingly it never became boring reading about it.

The only thing that really got on my nerves were the many different names listed every time our main character went somewhere and met up with people. Most of them didn't have any meaning for the story anyway, so it would have sufficed if he just met a 'group' or 'bunch' of people instead of giving yet another list of irrelevant names. But that's just peanuts compared to the otherwise mysteriously compelling story.

But wait, this book was also supposed to be about vampires, wasn't it? While the appearances of the vampire creature were relatively sparse, they were impressive and with enough bloodshed to sate my demands. Also, the origin and history were described sufficiently to create a believable and original background.

The writing was fluent and skillful with only a few negligible errors and quite impressive for a debut novel which was a lot of fun to read.

(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review) ( )
  misspider | Feb 18, 2016 |
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll... and the UNDEAD!?!With only his mother for company, rural isolation in East Texas was as boring and bleak a life as sheltered and naïve Christian could imagine. The most exciting thing to look forward to were monthly visits from the nice old lady who took his mother shopping in town. After being subjected to a bizarre and humiliating birthday ceremony, Christian decides to leave home to think things through, and when the opportunity for adventure presents itself, he jumps at the chance. But being on his own is more terrifying than he ever dreamed.Barely surviving a brutal attack, Christian finds himself being hunted across the country by an ancient, bloodthirsty evil, putting him and those he cares for in mortal peril. He must quickly learn to navigate the hazards of the gritty streets of New York City if he is going to survive the tough Punk music scene long enough to discover his destiny.Can he survive on his own? Will he find the life he hoped for? And what the hell does OMFUG mean anyway?

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