Comments on: A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands

By: Pat Kirby

Pat Kirby — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:48:00 +0000

HUh. Sounds a lot like “Love Bites” which like its title…bites.

Biggest problem with Love Bites? The heroine is supposedly a pathologist. It seems the author pulled the profession out of her butt in order to engineer a stupid meeting between the heroine and hero.

Teeny problemo. The heroine is a ninny. No way is she the kind of woman who would be a pathologist. It’s like when the uber-sexy woman is supposedly a rocket scientist. She stumbles over technical lingo and basically doesn’t have a clue.

And yeah, the villain was asinine.

Me thinks I can safely skip this author from now on.

By: Karla

Karla — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:08:00 +0000

Marguerite as cold manipulative heroine would be great. Remember, when talking to the Gods of romance one has to remember the cavets. :^)

Good review.

By: katie

katie — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:41:00 +0000

Haha, if you decide to read it whatever you do don’t read the back cover! A vampire loses his tooth and has to find a dentist before sunrise…riiiight. I was almost put off but it had good reviews, and I’m glad I went for it. The comedy didn’t make me want to roll my eyes or stab anyone either (good sign).

By: Bam

Bam — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:24:00 +0000

Huh. Who the hell is Vincent?

I hope to never read one about those frickin’ annoying twins and that psycho-in-disguise, Thomas.

“How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire”, huh? I don’t know, I think I’ve had it with romantic comedy vampire books… and the title of that book alone makes my nose bleed.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:01:00 +0000

Apparently everyone Sands has ever mentioned will be getting their own story; Marguerite, Vincent, and Grampa Muenster too.

I’ve read all of her vamp books except Quick Bite (have it but haven’t gotten to it yet) and the only one I really enjoyed was SWV. The villain in LB annoyed the hell out of me, and TDH really was boring. Which of course, begs the question – why am I still reading her?

oh, and if you haven’t read How to Marry… just as a second opinion, I didn’t like it very much. It read like Sparks had a checklist of things to include, and I generally thought of it as a second rate Sands. And yet, I’ve got the sequel on my wishlist so feel free to ignore.

By: katie

katie — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:33:00 +0000

I felt the same way about “SWV”…fun to read if not for the slightly annoying heroine.

I bought the aforementioned book together with “How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire” by Kerrelyn Sparks and read them both one vampire-filled weekend, and “HTMAMV” just blew me away with how much better it was the the other book. (Glad I saved it for last.) I highly, highly recommend it!

By: sybil

sybil — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:11:00 +0000

LOL I haven’t read her vamps but I have a shitload of historicals tbr. I think I liked Always… and that led to me collecting them. But I finally stopped before The Perfect Wife.

The only vamp I bought was Love Bites and sent that off to jay a while ago. I have the MJD undead books to give a go for the ha ha vamp fix. And want to read High Stakes when it comes out. Other than that I plan to stay away from the silly vamp stories. I hope…

Really want to read your next review. When I was stalking about trying to find Devil in Winter I found a whole display of Banks books. All MM and pretty then I remembered I am poor right now. One day…

By: Devon

Devon — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:10:00 +0000

I liked “Single White Vampire” and “Love Bites” ok, but I thought “Tall, Dark and Hungry was one of the most boring romances I’ve ever read. And Bastian had seemed like he would be intriguing. The idea of the lack of melodrama was refreshing, but there was not an ounce of tension or conflict. It was like, “Nice to meet you.” “Nice to meet you.” “I think you’re swell, let’s go out to dinner.” They were two very nice people who fell in love, and I’m very happy for them out there in bookworld, but it was soooooo boring. There was a cousin who seemed a bit campy but interesting, though.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:07:00 +0000

She’s coming out with another book in July, that I think is going to be part of this series. “A Bite to Remember”

And I’m afraid that if Sands did a book on the mother she’d make her out to be a squishy sweet heroine and that the book would be all fluff. Kind of like the plot and Bastian’s(sp?) character in “Tall, Dark, and Hungry.” And yet, I’d end up reading it anyway.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:21:00 +0000

Trying another vampire heroine? This one is on my to-be-purchased list, I already read “Single White Vampire” about Lissiana’s brutha Luc. Definitely looking forward to this review…