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Friday, December 28, 2018

Baby Back Ribs

Children are disappearing from the streets of West Hollywood. The police are clueless, but Christopher Driscoll suspects he might know who is responsible. The trail leads to a local new hot spot that has become THE place to eat. Has the owner been serving up finger-licking good baby barbecue, or has there been a HUGE misunderstanding?

TOLERANCE: A WEST HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRE NOVELETTE by Hal Bodner immediately grabbed my attention with the preternatural characters scattered among the human characters. About halfway through the story, the fate of the missing children becomes a bit predictable, but this is one of the rare times a little predictability provides a shocking reveal at the end.

On a more personal note, I found Christopher to be one of the most annoying vampires I've come across in modern fiction. While I'd love to read more about Bodner's version of West Hollywood, I hope the author gets rid of Christopher.

As always,
AstraDaemon

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