I've passed over Sara Reinke's books many times because I've been reading Romance novels for several decades now, and familiarity with the genre has made me very selective. Thus, I will only occasionally pick up an unfamiliar author - I find many of the new authors to have excessive sex and poor character development and plot development - OK if your exclusive interest is hot sex, bad if you are looking for substance.
So, I ran across one of S. Reinke's Brethren books in my public libary - figured it was a free read so there was nothing to lose but a little free time.
Wow! I can't imagine why this series didn't sell like the proverbial hot cakes!! The lack of sales has to have been due to poor promotion on the part of the publisher! Because the Brethren is the best vampire romance series on the market (I read pretty much all available books in the genre)! Great plot, great character development, great new twist on the vampire mythology! I'm sorry I didn't find out about them sooner and was very happy to hear that a thrid book is on it's way! I hope the third book catches on so Ms. Reinke is encouraged to write more than three books in this series. The writing quality is much better than, say, C. Feehan (a current leader in the paranormal romance genre)!!
Thanks Ms. Reinke for the great reads! Having tasted your writing style, I'lll be picking up your non-paranormal offerings now, too!
