Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Genre:
Fantasy/Humor/LGBTQ/Young Adult
Approximate
word count: 12-13,000
words
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Author:
“Brandon
(Patterson) is a graduate of North Carolina State University where he
majored in Psychology and minored in Japanese. He currently lives in
Southern Maryland… Communion
is his first published novel… Brandon’s values as a writer
include: writing high-quality books, diversity, integrity, and
entertainment.”
To
learn more you can visit his Goodreads page.
Description:
“Tedward
Culling hates everything, but particularly: geometry (the one class
keeping him from graduating), Genicelle Eaglin (the high school girl
with an obsessive crush on him), and Jesper (his homicidal older
brother who also happens to be the world's top assassin). With Jesper
now in town and on the prowl, Tedward is asked by the vampire elite
to create an army of day-walking vampires called Sparklers in
exchange for a passing grade in geometry. Can Tedward finally stand
up to his older brother and save the town?”
Appraisal:
I
picked this up because I wanted to see what B. Patterson did with his
sparkly vampires. Truth be told I did read all of the Twilight
books, my granddaughter
insisted, I thought they were “Meh”. Anyway, Tedward Culling
being a high school student, having a groupie fan girl, and his
sparkle is about all this book had in common with Twilight.
Poor Tedwad is twenty-seven years old and can’t seem to grasp
Geometry. He has to pass this class to become an assassin. Luckily he
has Genicelle to tutor him this year however, she is very obsessive
and insists she wants to become a vampire.
The
story is told through Tedward using first person present
point-of-view. Except for the Prologue, which is told through Jesper,
who is one nasty vampire. Jesper has come to town looking for Tedward
to eliminate him as well as other vampires he comes across. The
Keepers of the Night are the traditional older vampires, whose dead
bodies are animated through magic. They have to avoid the sun,
crosses, holy water, and silver. This is not so with the Sparklers,
the day-walking vampires.
The
plot is evenly paced as we learn about Malcolm, a nerdy black
student, who is having trouble with bullies and Genicelle with her
ever present infatuation with Teddy. Then we meet The Keepers of the
Night who wish to hire Tedward to kill Jesper for them. B. Patterson
is able to tell a unique story with lots of humor without going over
the top. I found it interesting and entertaining while still being
able to keep its overall integrity. This is a fun light read that
does carry a message.
FYI:
There
were two F-bombs. The gay/lesbian factor was soft.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues with editing or formatting.
Rating:
**** Four stars
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