Zen And The Art Of Vampires (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Pia sounds like a much more believable character than previous heroines, even if some times the humor takes precedence over the verisimilitude and logic of the story. I won't give details, but the story continues on the next book, so it kinds of becomes something in-between romance and something else. I also like that there are two men, and you don't know for a while who is the "real one" for her. Of course, the reader finds out way before she does, which seems to be a trait of MacAlister. The plot is very obvious, and you know from the begining who are the good guys and the bad guys. No big surprises here. Still, I think the series is slowly improving, at least to my taste. The TSTL episodes are more rare and less outrageous, and Pia is a likeable, reasonably intelligent woman who has some depth. Her guy goes beyond the stereotype too. Pia is an overweight, almost 40-year old on a singles trip to Europe. While in Iceland, she accidentally becomes part of a mystical brotherhood who are intent on cleansing the darkness from the land, while also meeting two Dark Ones.A cliffhanger? None of the other books in this series have ever ended like this before. But I suppose this book is really different in a lot of ways from the earlier books. The story in this one is complicated and involves a new threat (unless I simply don't remember reference to them before, which is possible). I wasn't really a fan of the dual romantic leads and the issues with that--it seemed strange to me, and seemed out of character for how Pia was presented. Pia herself never really spoke to me, and I had a hard time empathizing with her.
What do You think about Zen And The Art Of Vampires (2008)?
Re-read. This installment is just hilarious to me. It really is like Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
—megznichole18
