My Special Brand of
Dark
Last Vamp Standing (Vampires of Crimson Bay #3) has been
called “the darkest and grittiest of the series” by early reviewers. Although
the heroine is a vampire, and some scenes take place in a bleak urban setting,
I didn’t really think the book was that dark…at first.
Sure, the book features a tortured hero who quite literally
feeds off of sex and violence. There’s a villain hell bent on wiping out
vampires in Crimson Bay. There are vampire elders who wield all kinds of
wicked-cool powers and a kick ass battle at the end where blood spills onto the
page. I winced while writing it. No joke.
Okay, okay, so it’s a bit darker than the others. Why’d I
choose to write the book darker over lighter?
I didn’t choose to write it that way. Not really. I wrote
what I knew. What was in my heart.
My preferences in everything have been dark since I was
young. I read Dean Koontz and John Saul when friends were reading Anne of Green
Gables. I watched gory action movies over Disney from too young of an age.
(Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, anyone?) I even prefer dark chocolate to milk
chocolate…especially if that chocolate is Ghirardelli…with a chilled mint
center. Ahem.
Guess you could say I love “dark and gritty” all around. If
you’re anything like me, Last Vamp Standing just might be right up your
shadowed, adrenaline-lovin’ alley.
