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After Sundown

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3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
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I collect vampire/lycanthorpe books and have quite a collection. Because of this, I have quite a few Amanda Ashley novels. I consider all of her novels very light reads. The characters usually do not have enough depth for me to give her books 4 or 5 stars, but if you are looking for a good quick vampire romance, that is a quick read, then I would recommend. This is actually the second book in a series. If you would like to read the first book, pick up Amanda Ashley's Shades of Gray. Still this story definitely stands on its own.

Edward Ramsey comes from a long line of vampire hunters. In fact, Edward is in his 40s but has spent his entire life hunting vampires. He does not socialize and does not interact with family or friends. Well all of this changes when Grigori, an ancient vampire, turns Edward into a vampire to save his life. Edward is now the monster that he has always hunted. He pretty much wants to die. As Edward is ready to give up, he meets Kelly. Kelly is very beautiful but is down and out. She has partied, used drugs and alcohol, and slept with various men. She is ready to give up when she meets Edward. This story is about Edward and Kelly's growing friendship that Edward hopes can turn into love. At the same time, there is a bigger problem, another ancient vampire has arrived in town, Khira, and she is killing every vampire in the city. This was a good quick read. I would recommend.

This is one great vampire novel. Not your run of the mill story. It has love, action, terror and is full of surprises. I like the inclusion of the characters from "Shades of Gray." I thought Edward and Grigori's stories combined to make a really exciting book. Unlike some other reviewers, I thought Edward received enough attention. I liked Kelly and love Marissa and their relationship with the vampires. Khira was an added thrill and Ted brought some humor into a really terrifying situation. Amanda Ashley has really done it this time with both "Shades of Gray" and "After Sundown." Read them in sequence and you are in for a really terrific weekend. Pay no attention to the negative comments. I am a vampire novel fan and have read so many I can't count them. These two novels are at the top of my list for every reason that one reads vampire novels. You will not be disappointed.

I love Amanda Ashley books. I eagerly waited for the release of this particular book, and it left me feeling slightly disappointed. Sure, the book was worth a read and the price. But the plot was not as thick as her previous novels. I felt it was erratic and loose. It was nice to revisit some of the old characters from previous books. But that was about it. I gave the book 3 stars for effort. Not a bad read at all...just not great either.

I read this book not knowing it was the sequel to 'Shades of Grey', yet it isn't marketed as such. So if you haven't read 'Shades..', do that before reading this since the main characters do not take up many pages in the book, but the main characters from Shades do. In other words, this book should've been advertized as the continuence of Grigori and Marisa's life, not the emergence of a new vampire he'd made named Edward Ramsey.
Edward was supposed to be the main character and driving force in the book and possibly a little scarier than Grigori, but nope, I wasn't convinced. Edward was too whiny and selfish to be a hero.
His being a former Hunter of Vampires and coming from a great line of Hunters I was hoping for something very impressive, but what we got was complaining and him feeling sorry for himself. Grigori saved his life in the pervious novel, thus making him what he is now and all he does is blame the vampire and lash out at him almost the entire book.
Edward's obsession with Marisa is kinda weird and after awhile we the reader start to wonder why Grigori saved him afterall. The love interest Edward is supposed to be going for is a broken woman named Kelly who tries to kill herself and he saves her. In return she stays at his house and keeps an eye out for him while he sleeps.
I liked Kelly and thought she deserved a better hero. Edward was too selfish for her and tended to grate on my nerves. Thankfully the author started out with him in almost all the chapters, then moved away from him and Kelly and went on to put the light on Grigori and Marisa for the rest of the book. Which was a great deal. We get to see what happens to them and their new relationship.
A very good book, very well written and with lots of action. My only complaint was the main characters Edward and Kelly; could've done without them.

Edward Ramsey spent his life hunting the very thing that he has become. His conscience is screaming for him to end it all, but somehow he doesn't have the will. Things start to change when a desperate woman tries to end her life and Edward must save her.
Kelly gives him reason to live on, even as a monster. He needs her love and kind heart, but she's been hurt and trampled on too many times.
An ancient evil is in town too. A merciless, yet stunning creature named Khira. She is seeking supremacy in L.A and wants her former lover back...Grigori. Edward must join forces with his sire and enemy Grigori to take down the oldest evil known, but will it be too late? Will she devour Los Angeles?

Tracy Talley~@

ok this book would blow any1 away i loved it cuz i am so a ttl vampire at heart. itz great 4 any1 anywhere it bringz out the best. if u like amelia atwater-rhodes or christopher pike than u will love this 1 cuz itz up there on the best. if i could (and i would) i would probably give it an oscar. wish i could buut i cant. enjoy.

To understand where this book picks up you should read shades of grey.I thought this book was great I have not read many other books by her but I plan to. I just wanted to say this book was great.And I encourge more people to read her books.

[Let me make this clear - I do not generally enjoy romance novels. So take that into consideration when you read this review.] The cover should have told me this was a "chick flick" novel. A gorgeous stud reaching out to a woman silhouetted against a moon . . . what else could it be? But all I saw was that it was about vampires, so I quickly bought it thinking I'd found another great horror novel with a hot vampire on the prowl. Well . . . I almost found it. But not quite.

Edward Ramsey is, or more appropriately was, a vampire hunter. He was turned into a vampire by one of the undead he had previously been hunting. I won't go into all the specifics, as it's kind of detailed (read the book to find out more). Needless to say, Edward is not happy about the transformation, and the fact that he's now hunting and feeding upon the humans he used to protect. Ultimately, he falls for one of those victims, which only makes life (or death) even harder for him. Soon Edward, his lover, the vampire who turned Edward, and a few others join forces to fight one of the oldest and most evil vampires known to man.

The book is well-written. It is a love story, with all the emotions that go along with it, and was probably geared more toward an audience that includes my sisters instead of me. The characters are written from an emotional standpoint. Women with long, flowing hair, great bodies, and just enough weakness to submit to their men. Men who are strong, handsome, and filled with hot passion and love for their women. Passion that is mysterious but overwhelming. If you're looking for a story of love that has a dark edge to it, and seems impossible but still manages to survive despite impossible odds, then this is a story for you. But if you're looking for a novel about vampires, with perhaps a hint of love and/or lust, then you'd better go somewhere else.

This is just mho but I thought this book was blah. I read all Amanda Ashley's vampire books and loved them. I just couldn't get into this one. I did not like the heroine Kelly at all. She was almost "slutty" compared to Ashley's other heroines and I didn't believe her character to be genuine or real at all. I don't like it when the heroine is more sexually experienced than the hero. ALso this book focused too much on two couples rather than developing a better relationship between the main one. I think back to her older books and this one pales in comparison. I hope she writes another vampire romance in a style that is more like her older ones.

Edward Ramsey comes from a long line of vampire hunters. When given the choice of death, or being one of those he's hunted, he chooses to become a vampire. Suddenly Ramsey is overwhelmed with feelings, thoughts, sounds, and smells. He meets his salvation in Kelly Armstrong, who makes him realize that his exsistance is what he makes of it.

Kelly was ready for death when Edward saved her. She felt fear and excitement whenever she was near him.

This book was a little corny, but good at the same time. The sweetest part of the story for me was of Marisa and Grigori. I liked Edward, and his struggle to adjust gave a lot of emotion to the book. Kelly was a little unbelieveable, which is why I have a hard time writing more about her. It seems like she fell in love with Edward in just a few days, without knowing anything about him except he was a vampire and took her blood, almost killing her. The battle at the end was awesome though! I especially liked how it ended!

Edward Ramsey is one of the best vampire hunters around. He has now become one of the hunted and is determined to end his existence as a vampire until he meets up with Kelly Anderson on the night she decided to commit suicide. He saves her life and they become roommates and much more. She replaces the love he thought he would always have for another.

Khira, the queen of vampires, leaves Italy and unexpectedly shows up in LA looking for her handsome vampire, ex-lover Grigori wanting to rekindle the flame. She finds him happily married to a mere mortal and begins to destroy all other undead in ï¿herï¿ territory. Edward has no choice but to team up with Grigori, the 200-year-old vampire he should be hunting but once teamed up with to kill the evil vampire Alexi, the one who stole Marisaï¿s love from him and the one who bestowed the Dark Gift to him unawares. Insert Tom Duncan a vampire hunter who was once Edwardï¿s best friend/hunting partner who also shows up in LA with all the tools of the trade to hunt and kill Grigori.

It was an excellent idea for Ms. Amanda Ashley aka Madeline Baker to write this story. It was great to read more about Grigori and Marisa whose story begins in ï¿Shades of Grayï¿ which was the first vampire romance I ever read, one of the best and began my hunt for more of this genre.

I read lots of books and the genre ranges, so many times when authors decide to do a series a year (5 in this case) later I have to go back and skim through the preceding story in order to follow the subsequent story. After Sundown does not fall in that category, it stands alone because it gives you enough info from the first book to prevent confusion without taking away from this one. I can now add After Sundown to my ever-growing list of the best vampire romances to read and re-read.

This is not a contemporary romance; it should be labeled paranormal romance instead because even though this story has a present day setting, it is based on vampires. Regardless, itï¿s an excellent book that will keep you reading until you turn the last page. I am looking forward to reading Tracy and Dominicï¿s story. I have read all of Ms. Ashley vampire romance books but none could hold a candle to Shades of Gray until After Sundown that is.