This is a review for the four-part collection, with bonus content of Jane the Hippie Vampire series. I have put individual links below each review underneath just in case!
But with such great books in one place at such great value - why bother, other than for the awesome covers!
Love Beads:
Jane is the
strangest vampire I have come across in a long while.
One sunny
afternoon she meets Randy and his weird dogs, strange job and horrific food
sense.
LL treated
me to a brilliant piece of mystery thriller writing with a super natural
element, with just enough grossness to add a horror element.
She hints
this will be a series and I do hope so.
Some
fabulous in depth and textured descriptions allow you to become immersed in the
story I was totally engrossed in this novella and was sad when it ended.
Jane is an
intriguing character and I so wasn’t to know more about how she became what she
is and what her forward plan is.
Hair:
Jane is
ironically a vegan vampire with a knack for getting into trouble.
When a
purple dog runs past her during a routine police stop you are already drawn
back into Jane’s strange world and you can feel the magic carpet ride coming.
Whilst she
knows that she must feed and she often disgusts herself with the berserker like
frenzy when this occurs she knows it was not her that started to rip the
Officers to pieces in the woods, even though she does not turn down an easy
meal.
LML has a
wonderful skill of explaining the pain that Jane feels during these feeds
giving you a sense of the gnawing hunger vs the need to preserve all life.
As she
hides in the forest she is found by the local Ranger, Bobby, and he kindly
takes her home for dinner, although he does have his own agenda and what is
actually on the menu?
His family
are a strange mix of rednecks and homely parents, then LML introduces the local fruitloop who professes to be seeing
lake monsters, werewolves and vampires and you know things are about to go
squiffy for poor Jane!
When said
fruitloop decides to rid the world of a “stinking leech” he sets in motion a
terrible chain of events, killing sprees, hidden bodies and family secret
revelations.
Whilst all
this is going on LML manages to throw in some horrific flashbacks of Jane’s
previous life and her “change”.
Overall
another wonderful installment in the undead life of Jane. I am more intrigued
by this vampire now; LML is expertly giving little hints of the true horror in
Jane’s life whilst telling these little chapters in her life.
My only
complaint is having to wait for the next episode.
Dazed &
Confused:
Jane a Hippie Vampire who has strong morals and beautiful
ethics. However, but when the thirst takes over even she must resort to a
little rampage and murder, although its all very polite and she does her best
to only pick “bad” people.
Turned as a teenager, pretty Jane must contend with being
hit on, cops and do-gooders trying to harass or save her.
On this little chapter of her life she comes across Officer
Flores and a…… zombie?! (had to love the
nod at Bob The Zombie; a fab series of books by Jaime Johnesse).
Escorted by Officer Flores to the local one horse town to provide
a witness statement Jane is soon embroiled in some strange goings on as people
get munched on, power outages and nasty waitresses!
As bad goes to worse and the little town is over run what is
really going? Best to read and find out, for giggles, gore and brilliant
writing.
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