Dead Wrong
by Wendy L Callahan
Published by Damnation Books LLC
Publish Date: June 1, 2011
Genre: Dark Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella, very short
Source: E book provided by author for review
My Rating:
Blurb from Goodreads:
Even death doesn’t erase the past.A vampire with a past she prefers to forget meets up with a remnant of the life she once knew. The desire for a revenge she had given up on getting resurfaces as her past comes back to haunt her new life.
My Review:
As a new vampire, hiding from a painful past, Shiva wanted nothing to do with slayers. However, after a chance encounter with someone from her past, Shiva is forced to confront her pain and her enemies. Desmond, a slayer, is strangely attracted to his enemy, a vampire. He feels connection and a familiarity to her, and decides to unravel the mystery that is Shiva. What Desmond doesn’t know, the painful lesson Shiva learned, is that enemies come from unexpected places.
Dead Wrong is a short, but intriguing read. If books were like food, I would say that Dead Wrong is an appetizer.
I enjoyed the story, and the characters in this short novella. The dynamics between the slayers and the vampires was interesting, and held promise. There are many intriguing aspects to the story, such as the slayer council, the relationship between the vampire leader Shiva, and the supernatural politics. I would have enjoyed Dead Wrong more if it was longer, and a bit more developed. In the beginning, Shiva jumps right into a fling, and it was surprising and confusing once Shiva’s situation and past becomes clearer.
If Dead Wrong was a bit longer, and more developed it could possibly be a really good novel. The world and the characters are interesting enough that it could possibly be a series. I liked this little taste that I got to read, and I would be interested in reading more in the future.
July 31, 2011 at 9:41 am
Thank you for sharing today. I have found with a lot of novellas as much as I enjoyed the story, I generally feel it would move from really good to excellent if it was longer.
August 6, 2011 at 12:49 am
Thank you so much for your review! It seems to be a recurring statement that the novella would work well as a full-length novel, so I have decided to develop the story further and return to my publisher with it.