{"id":80,"date":"2011-11-06T16:19:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T16:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriciaesposito.wordpress.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2011-11-06T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T16:19:56","slug":"five-star-review-for-new-vampire-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriciaesposito.com\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Five-star review for new vampire novel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Lips has given my vampire novel <em>Beside the Darker Shore<\/em>a five-star review, saying &#8220;It is not your usual vampire tale. There is no sex in the book, per se, but it is one of the most powerfully sensual books I have read. When humans offer their blood to vampires, the eroticism of the bloodletting has no need for sex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Of the four men struggling for happiness, she says, &#8220;While there are villains in\u00a0<em>Beside the Darker Shore<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0they are not the stereotypical villains of vampire novels. There was no right or wrong. &#8230;For the pain each of these men brings to the other, it is hard to dislike any of them. Each is fighting for what he believes.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>She ends saying the characters remained with her well after the reading, which makes me happy, since I do intend a sequel!<\/div>\n<div>Review: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twolipsreviews.com\/content\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=6964&amp;Itemid=36\">http:\/\/www.twolipsreviews.com\/content\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=6964&amp;Itemid=36<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Buy Link:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beside-the-Darker-Shore-ebook\/dp\/B005BENI5E\"> http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beside-the-Darker-Shore-ebook\/dp\/B005BENI5E<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Lips has given my vampire novel Beside the Darker Shorea five-star review, saying &#8220;It is not your usual vampire tale. 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