The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynsay Sands
Publisher: Avon
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 3.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0061229687
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061229688
ASIN: 0061229687
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Ever since an accident turned her into a knockout vamp, Elvi Black's been catching her z's in a coffin, staying out of the sun, and giving up garlic. She knows there's more to being undead than what she saw in Dracula, but she can't very well ask her mortal friends about proper biting etiquette. But when her neighbors placed a personal ad for her in the local paper, she never imagined she'd meet Victor Argeneau, a vampire who could have his pick of any woman—dead or alive. Rich, powerful, and drop—dead gorgeous, Victor's the perfect man for a novice neck—biter like Elvi. He's willing to teach her everything he knows, but he'll have to do it fast. Someone's out to put a stake through her new vamp life, and only Victor can keep her safe—and satisfied—for all eternity.
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Good Vampire romance novel, a light read. November 15, 2008
Although just starting in the middle of the series, I really enjoy it so far. It has some humor, mystery, jealousy, and of course romance.
Victor, from one of the most powerful immortal families, on business for the council goes to a small town in response to an ad in the personals looking for a male vampire as a life mate. Once arriving with his friend DJ, they find out that they are not the only immortal who answered the ad and that the friends of the vampire are the ones who actually put the ad in the personals. Victor and DJ find themselves in a predicament when Elvi (the female vampire) is Victor's life mate and her best friend Mabel (who is mortal) is DJ's life mate, since both of them have broken their laws although unintentionally. The fact that a life mate existing let alone finding them is so rare, both men find themselves having to chose to protect their laws, or the women they've come to love so much.
It was a good book, I'll read it again as well as the others in the series, I found that it was very superficial and not having a lot of depth. Some might find that enjoyable, but I like to have some substance to mine. While the story line is I guess you could say "cute" some of the character's are aggravating due to their careless and naive personalities. Also the sex just seems to up and happen and over quickly, nothing really leading you up to it, not even a movie or dinner ;) All in all, a decent book.
 Series lover! July 16, 2008
I started with Accidental Vampire, accidentally. Elvie is my age, ok, a few years younger, and I want to BE her. The humor Ms. Sands uses throughout, including the steamy parts makes this story so, you should forgive the xpression, "human". This is the sort of love life every girl should think she is entitled to. Believe me, if I wasn't still married to the love of MY life, I'd start looking for Argeneau's looking for life mates. Then I discovered it was the 7th (seventh!?) in the series, I naturally had to acquire the other 6, right. Now 10? Goodie, Goodie! My summer's reading is solved!
THANK YOU LYNSAY SANDS!
 Great concepts, spotty writing July 3, 2008
I'm being generous with the three points I gave this book. The characters are funny and lovable (Elvi is a real sweetheart and Vincent is a great, caring guide to her as she resolves her misconceptions of vampirism), the dialogue is witty and exuberant (the opening dialogue involving an errant bat in the house made me laugh out loud), and the concepts are clever (Vampires as Atlantis survivors, vampirism triggered by nanobot-like technology)... But the execution is awkward at best, uneven and inconsistent at worst. How exactly did she fail to turn her best friend (by apparantly having her friend drink from her, the way it's done in the movies), if she herself was turned just by accidently ingesting vampire blood?? I also found the lack of tension among the troupe of vampires vying for her affections a bit disappointing, but it's a bit of a relief from the usual Macchiavellian machinations among the children of the night which tend to dominate much of vampire fiction.
Could have been better July 3, 2008
The accidental Vampire while a good book could have been better. Everyone
knew She was going to end up with Victor for me what would have made
it better if the book hadn't ended so happily ever after. Yes it is a
fantasy but it is also taking place in the real world to take advantage of blood banks and other every day morden conviences. Five men invited to
persue one woman shouldn't all end up finding true love in one place. How
come there are all lifemates available for each vampire suitor who came?
Why didn't the Vampire who was her sire Know that he sired a vampire was
there no tie because he didn't purposely make her one? And give me a break I would have killed the teenager never mind say I forgive you to the parents who was trying to break the so called evil hold over him. The one thing I totally agree with in the end is that living in that town is punishment enough. With friends who automaticlly believe you should change how you live entirely by facts that exist in books and movies who needs enemies? I felt her running out to the supermarket and to get a bed right away when she realized she could eat and sleep like she use to understandable not humourous at all!
More Miss than Hit June 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm coming to the conclusion that either 'Lynsay Sands' is the collective name for a group of writers or else she relies on her editors to make her books readable. This is the second time I've read a book in her vampire series and genuinely wondered if it was written by the same author as the others.
Tall, Dark and Hungry, Bastien's story, was ponderous, completely unfunny and contained characters that made me roll my eyes in dismay. The characters in this book aren't quite that bad, but parts of the plot are barely credible and - astoundingly for a published novel - there are spelling and grammar mistakes I wouldn't expect an eight-year-old to make. For example, 'jamming on the breaks', and 'the single's column', and Sands' complete inability to distinguish between the present and past tenses of the verb 'to be'.
Leaving those aside, The Accidental Vampire has some merit, in particular the departure from all characters having to be young and gorgeous in order to be attractive. The attraction between one secondary vampire character and a 60-something mortal was very nicely done - and why shouldn't a youthful-appearing vampire find an older woman appealing? He's centuries old, after all. I also liked another minor vampire character being drawn to an 80-something woman (relationship offscreen).
But the need to strain credulity abounded. For instance, part of the 'suspense' hung on whether or not Elvi was Victor's lifemate - which would lead to conflict with his role as a vampire law enforcer. It takes about two seconds and very little effort to check whether or not he can read her mind - the test of whether or not she's his lifemate. And he doesn't do it for days, despite being overwhelmingly attracted to her. Unbelievable. As was the next-door-neighbour sub-plot, or indeed the entire town colluding to celebrate their local vampire.
I'm hoping that my next Sands will either be written by the real Lynsay Sands, or edited by someone competent.
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