Review – Tall, Dark, and Dead (Garnet Lacey, Book 1) by Tate Hallaway (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: May 2, 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0425209721
Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Garney Lacey trilogy
Source: Swapped though Paperbackswap.com
Rating: 3/5 stars
“The line between magic and sanity is very thin.
That’s part of why I, Garnet Lacey, quit cold turkey.
Never touch the stuff. No exceptions.
But magic is so addictive…and my inner Goddess Lilith is hard to resist. Besides, restraint isn’t easy when you manage Wisconsin’s premiere occult bookstore, and get customers like Sebastian Von Traum—piercing brown eyes, a sexy accent, and a killer body in denim and black leather. The only thing missing is an aura. Which means he’s dead…
And that means trouble. I guess I’m a sucker for it. The Vatican witch hunters are on to us. My long-lost vampire ex has crawled out of the woodwork looking for action. And Sebastian’s frustrated ex is stirring in her grave.
So what’s a girl to do if she’s hot for a dead man walking? Run like hell—and take full advantage of the nights…”
This is the first book in the Garnet Lacey series; there are five books in this series. This was an okay start to a paranormal romance series involving a witch, some vampires, and the Vatican operatives that hunt them down.
The characters were okay but the heroine, Garnet, really wasn’t the type of heroine I enjoy reading about. She was honestly a bit…well…slutty (I know, I know I shouldn’t say this but she really was) and seemed a bit confused about why the things that happened to her, well, happened. She made a lot of bad decisions and I get frustrated with heroines like that.
The romance was pretty thin and the sex scenes were poorly written. The paranormal aspects were pretty typical witch/vampire themes. This book didn’t shine in either the paranormal aspects or the romance aspects.
The story plot was a bit thin as well and the side characters weren’t that well done. My favorite side character was William who is one of Garnet’s co-workers; he was way more interesting than any of the main characters….which was kind of sad given how little he’s in the story.
Overall, while this was an okay light paranormal romance read and an okay diversion, I wasn’t really impressed by anything here. I don’t plan on continuing the series.
This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge
