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Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready is a mind-blowing different twist on the vampire world. Just when I thought I had seen it all, along comes this wonderful author with WVMP – the lifeblood of rock ‘n’ roll – and her vampires who are stuck in whatever era they were turned, along with their OCD. It is rare for someone to use this OCD aspect of vampire lore, and I don’t think I’ve seen it used before, so kudos to Jeri Smith-Ready for plucking that little baby out of history!
Ciara Griffin – that’s pronounced keer-ah, by the way – is a recovering con artist who just might have what it takes to save the local DJ vampires from losing their radio station, jobs, and their identities if the corporate conglomerate Skywave takes over, and if she can get past the fact that they really are vampires. Upon the little revelation of vampiric proportions, Ciara’s first instinct is to run, of course. However, she decides to stick around as the new intern to WMMP because without the station as an outlet for the vampires to live in their eras through the music they play, they would “fade,” and “become little more than mindless ghosts of the past.” Besides, she really could use the job.
Enter Ciara’s brilliant idea to boost the station’s ratings – tell everyone the DJs really are vampires, thus renaming the station WVMP. It brings the station great success; however, a group of ancient vampires isn’t too pleased with their nature being split wide-open for public consumption, even though it's disguised as a gimmick. This puts Ciara and her new nocturnal friends in danger, making it the biggest con game Ciara has ever played… and the most dangerous.
As it states on the cover, this is “a novel of sex, blood, and rock ‘n’ roll,” and it does not disappoint on any level. From the playlist in the front of the book, to songs as chapter titles, Wicked Game will keep you enthralled throughout. You can even listen to a condensed version of the playlist on her website: www.jerismithready.com.
Ten percent of author royalties from Wicked Game will be donated to VH1’s Save the Music Foundation.
I don’t normally give Jinxes for books, but I’m feeling a bit frisky today, so Wicked Game gets 0 Jinxes from me (that’s really good).
Buy it! You know you want to!
By the way, the sequel to this novel, Bad to the Bone, is out as well.
1 comments:
Jeri succeeded in doing what I'd never really seen before, and that was pull ME into HER world, by way of playlists, Twitter conversations, MySpaces, etc. Plus, she is just so darn sweet we want to eat her up!
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