Amanda Byrd

A bit anticlimactic...
Miranda is back for this final installment of the Dr. van Wolfe series. Will she ever find a cure for her werepirism?
I'm so glad that the author decided to give Teddy a bigger role in this installment of the series. In the first book I found him to be a character that has monumental potential and I'm glad that Byrd decided to bring him back with a vengeance in this book.
Without giving anything away, I found the ending very anti-climactic in the way that it was written. I found it completely devoid of emotion and it shouldn't be so for something that we've waited 3 books to see happen. I feel like the descriptions and the detail of the character emotions are lacking profusely in this area. It could definitely use a little bit of a revision in this area.
I also found a couple of typos and grammatical errors in this book. It could definitely use a once-over by an editor.
All in all it was okay. The series as a whole was enjoyable. Again, I would not recommend this as a standalone book but as a part of the series.… (mais)

I think I will forever be calling coffee bean juice after reading the series...
Miranda the werepire is back in the second installment to the Dr. van Wolfe series. With the addition of some new characters She searches for a cure for her werepirism before the human side of her disappears forever.
Once again I I'm going to say that the dialogue between the three main characters inside Miranda's head is very disorienting and extremely hard to follow as it is all written in italics. I don't really know how the author would get around this but I would definitely suggest a revision to make this a little easier on the reader to understand what is being said and by whom.
Byrd really kicks it up a notch with this second installment to the series. I was delighted to find a lot more goings-on and a lot more action in this book then in the first.
Again the book seamlessly runs into the next book without any bumps along the way. I am looking forward to seeing what Byrd has in-store for Miranda in the third and final installment.
I would recommend this book as a part of a series but not as a standalone.… (mais)

Very torn on this book....
Miranda is a human, a psychotherapist, but she is also two monsters locked within the same body. She is a werepire. She struggles to find a cure for herself to bring herself back to her normal human resolve.
On the one hand, this book is rather disappointing. The reason why (mostly) is that the cover art and the book itself is being labeled as a horror when it is anything but. It has moments where it tries to be of the horror genre but as much as it tries to get there it seems to not quite reach its target. The book constantly goes into the three personalities of Miranda in a back-and-forth sort of conversation that takes place within her mind and these conversations are written in italics. These conversations I found to be very disorienting and confusing and I even had to go back and re-read some of them twice and even three times in order to get the gist of who was talking and when. I found the main character to be very unlikable. She seems to have the attitude of "been there done that bought the T-shirt you can't hit me with anything new and nothing can defeat me" attitude. I would almost go as far as to call her a snob with the way that she acts towards others in the book. Teddy has the potential to be an interesting character but at this point in the series seems to be a little more than just background noise. Last but not least the prologue of this book sets you up for what could be a very epic story but this first book completely falls flat. This is definitely not a stand-alone book. You will have to buy the next two books in order to get the full impact of the story.
On the other hand, this is a very comically written book with lots of dark humor. This book would be on par with something close to the show Dexter or Santa Clarita Diet. It holds that brand of dark humor. It is a very interesting book in that the subject of a werepire, while having been done before under different names, is still a relatively new concept and was a delightful addition to the story. The way that this author was able to put all three different personalities into one single character was very unique and refreshing. Also the way that the author was able to seamlessly go from one book to another was very delightfully surprising. I would also like to mention that I love her curse phrase of choice "Oh seven hells". It made me laugh every time I read it. 😄
Although I think the book is being marketed incorrectly (it should be a dark comedy or paranormal book, not horror) I do think that this book has potential to be great. Perhaps it would be advantageous, dare I say, to combine all three books into one? I think that would make it easier for the reader to get into the characters and the storyline before they have to buy the next installment of the saga.
I would definitely not recommend this book as a standalone because honestly it does not stand alone in any form. But I would recommend this as a part of the saga.… (mais)