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| Blood Memories | 
 enlarge | Author: Barb Hendee
Publisher: Roc Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 72703
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0451462297
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780451462299
ASIN: 0451462297
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Product Description
A bold new series from the USA Today bestselling co-author of the Noble Dead saga.
Eleisha Clevon has the face of a teen angel, but she is no angel. Unlike most vampires, she doesnt like to kill, but self-preservation comes first.
When an old friend destroys himself by walking into sunlight right in front of her, Eleisha is shocked. And what she finds afterwards points to how very sick of his existence her friend had becomepiling drained corpses in the basement and keeping records of other vampires real names and addresses. Thats a problem.
Because now, there are policemen on the case: two very special humans with some gifts of their own. They know who Eleisha is, and, even more dangerous, what she is.
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Helpless, helpless... August 8, 2004
47 out of 47 found this review helpful
For Eleisha life as a vampire has always been perplexing. She was made by a British lordling to care for William, who was turned in advanced senility and is now condemned to an eternity as a vampire with Alzheimer's. She and William are bundled of to America with little or no explanation, and only the good fortune of coming under the wing of Edward, another vampire enables them to survive. And then time passes...
Blood Memories opens 100 years later, when Edward, worn down by countless years of darkness, commits suicide. Suddenly Eleisha and William are cut loose again, and the spectacular death of Edward has drawn unwelcome attention. They are being hunted by humans, and wherever they flee, death follows. And in England, Julian, Eleisha's fearsome sire, becomes aware that all is not as it should be.
What makes this story is Eleisha's progress. Starting out as a vampire whose greatest power is the ability to appear helpless, she gradually comes into her own. In many ways, Barb Hendee cuts Eleisha free from the many ties that bind her, as she confronts each problem and learns from it. Blood Memories isn't a horror story; it is a vampire coming-of-age tale, if you can imagine such a thing. As such, there is as much focus on the personalities of the characters as there is on the action of the story.
As she does in the story itself, Eleisha at first attracts only sympathy from the reader. But gradually, as she develops, one becomes aware of her charm. Hendee, is the co-author of several other, more mainstream, vampire tales, starring a young dhampir. She has a knack for quickly building a character's presence, and so each of the cast stay in mind more than one would expect from a 'vampire tale.'
In the end I was caught up in the Eleisha's tragedies, mishaps, and mysteries, and elated by her victories. Coming from a small, independent publisher, and cursed with a rather lurid cover, this book exceeded my expectations in every way. If you are looking for a vampire story with more than one unusual twist, try this one out.
 Glittering Tapestry Tale April 3, 2003
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
I started with 'Dhampir' and then had to get anything else Barb Hendee wrote. Im only sorry that there are only two books so far. A bit different then your average vampire tale. These are neither the good vampires, nor the naughty vampires. Perhaps the lost vampire might become a new genre. In Dhampire we play the human side, mostly. Or at least, mostly human. But a glimpse of the undead there reveals a great variation in vampires and the sides are drawn not between good and evil but simply for survival. In this book we go full scale on the vampire side, through the eyes of vampires who are yet ignorant of themselves and what they are. While in some books one becomes somewhat emeshed with the characters, Barb Hendee has the ability to bring you totally codenpendent on them. As with some authors, BH can use detail and description to bring the characters and their emotions alive without distracting the reader. In this case I was not just disapointed when the book ended, but actually rather annoyed. It's only in the hope of more books that I can recommend these
 More like 3.5 stars June 15, 2004
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
Barb Hendee said that this was her 'first novel and it shows' and well... it shows.While this book handled some great, and scarcely used, things like vampire suicide and senile vampires it didnt work in other areas. The main villain, Julian, was never really talked about throughout the novel and then in the last 20 pages we are given the reason why he is evil. It seemed overly rushed and i never got the feeling of 'wow, he is one mean guy.' Plus the name Julian? Come on, i have read 6 different vampire authors use that name. Find some other names for bad vampires!
Also, i didnt quite care for the telepathic and psychometry (huh?) humans. Vampires make it fantasy enough but all the 'special' humans made it seem sci-fi too. There are also some pretty obvious and bad grammatical errors for a book of this size. And the cover and back make this book look like a comic graphic novel when it is surprisingly mature with some minor sexual scenes and graphic violence. Dont let the comic book cover and back fool you into thinking this is a childrens romp... But in the end i read this book in one day and enjoyed it pretty well. It has a decent storyline and keeps you interested. And i loved that comment on vampires not using elevators, in case it gets stuck and theyre trapped until the sun rises. Very witty! I also recommend Dhampir by the Hendee's as it is a wonderful read. But i must admit that Barb plucked many names and instances from Blood Memories for use in that book...
A great story on a great topic May 5, 2000
11 out of 25 found this review helpful
"Blood Memories" is a a great book that demonstrates that being a vampire would be a tradgy. Barb Hendee's inturpritation of the vampire condition is wounderful, and though it has little violence, it makes up for it in a killer plot. I would definently recomend this book to anyone who likes books in the vampire gendre.
Good effort, although it's nothing to Anne Rice. March 31, 2000
10 out of 26 found this review helpful
recently, i found this book while browsing through a local bookstore, the title was what cought my eye. Blood Memories was a fairly easy book to read. the writting of it wasn't wonderful, but i couldn't put it down :) you'll be surprized what happens to Eleisha in this book. I recommend this book to anyone whom loves to sit down for a day, relax on a big comfy couch and read. :)
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