THE
BITTEN SERIES BY UZURI WILKERSON: BOOK TOUR AND REVIEW
SWEET
(BITTEN #1)
SUMMARY:
Witnessing
a brutal murder at work is only the beginning of Celia’s problems. The fact that the victim is a vampire only
proves to complicate her life even more.
The vampires of New England have always had an undetected existence
among humans but with the unprovoked death of one of their own, the lust for
revenge has begun.
Celia’s
concerns are magnified once a hunter from Dallas arrives in town. With Jay’s sexy smile and rugged ways, Celia
finds herself wanting to spend time with him despite being mysteriously linked
to the nest that is threatening to become extinct if Jay gets his way.
When
four bodies are found drained of blood, Jay teams up with a local bunch to take
out all the undead, which, coincidentally, includes her boyfriend, Victor. Celia won’t stand to see anything happen to
Victor… but refuses to see Jay hurt either.
Confusion, lust, rage and violence intertwine as worlds collide. Celia
will soon discover that her neat little existence is not what it seems as her
cryptic past and present start to unravel.
- ISBN-13:
978-061563891-1
- Paperback
- Publisher:
Aziza Publishing
- Publication
date: 06/04/2012
- Language:
English
- Pages:
416
- ISBN-13:
978-098817670-6
- Hardcover
- Publisher:
Aziza Publishing
- Publication
date: 10/12/2012
- Language:
English
- Pages:
360
REVIEW:
A vampire/ supernatural creature
themed story always leaves much space for imagination. The creator can just
touch upon the folklore and build the story according to their creative
ingenuity. But even then, there has to be a match between the ‘facts’ and the ‘myths’.
‘A vampire cannot go in the sun’ is fact, whereas ‘being bitten by a vampire
does not necessarily change you into one’ is a twisted version of a myth. The
first instalment of the Bitten series books, Sweet, follows just this premise.
The author has taken the life of a
curly haired bartender who has a vampire boyfriend. The usual ‘knowing that
boyfriend is a vampire’ part of revealing shock is absent. Celia knows what she
is getting into. Then come the ‘hunters’ who are out to destroy all vampires.
But Celia worries for her bloodsucker boyfriend, and simultaneously feels eager
to spend time with the gorgeous, manly hunter. In this confused triangle comes
another problem that Celia must overcome with the help of both Jay and Victor.
The plot is the usual, the characters
are defined well, though sometimes the author expects us to follow the story
when characters jump out at you. For the initial hundred pages, the book gives
a feel of being a sequel to some other book where all the characters (who jump
into the story here) are explained. But the story speeds up later on and we can
relax and follow the line. The lead is relatable, the scenes are graphic. The
author’s imagination is a colourful painting whose outlines have already been
defined one too many times by others before her.
Rating:
3.5/5
SOUR
(BITTEN #2)
SUMMARY:
Sharing
blood with a vampire can be exhilarating. You experience a high like no other.
You feel invincible. The encounter changes your world.
It
can also be deadly.
After
a traumatic incident with the rogue vampire Milo, Celia agrees to let Victor
taste her. They enter into a bond like no other. When their connection allows
her to witness things that she wouldn't normally see, Celia begins to doubt her
decision to share his blood. Victor has never seen Celia's uncanny gift in
another human, prompting him to search for a way to harness her abilities.
In
the meantime, Celia finds herself watching her back for dangerous vampires
hungry for her scent; her cousin's arrival in town begs many questions; a
badly-injured newborn vampire and a pushy new coworker cause her to question
her relationship with Victor.
All
of your favorite characters return in this racy and thrilling second volume of
Uzuri M. Wilkerson's Bitten series. Sweet introduced you to Celia's
complicated relationship; Sour
reveals the consequences.
- ISBN-13:
978-098817677-5
- Paperback
- Publisher:
Aziza Publishing
- Publication
date: 07/16/2013
- Language:
English
- Pages:
476
REVIEW:
Sour- the vampire legend that started
out sweet, with all the exciting highs one gets from being in a relationship
with a vampire turns sour, once the human shares blood with one. I guess that
is because it is the taste of blood – sour.
Being bitten by another vampire who
has wrong intentions on her, Celia finally agrees to what she has been refusing
all along. She agrees to share the blood of Victor, to help her overcome the impurities
of sharing with Milo, a rogue vampire. But this time around, just when she
started getting comfortable sharing blood with her boyfriend (Ahem!) and
dealing with the visions that came as a bonus, Celia encounters another set of
creatures she thought belonged to only legends.
Then there is another group now
hunting vampires of which her cousin is a part. We could only pity Celia who
has no respite from the constant problems rushing at her from all corners of
the world. The Bitten series does not disappoint its predecessor and is
steadily in the line of Twilight series. Vampire boyfriend, human woman, shape
shifter friend, and other ignorant humans. The underused legends are awoken
once again. (used bottle, new wine.)
Rating:
3.5/5 (Both only for the writing style and the interesting turn of events.)
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Uzuri Wilkerson was
born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her family
moved to Boston when she was nine years old.
She is the second oldest of five.
She has always had a love of storytelling. When she was younger, one could always find
her with a notebook filled with poems and short stories. She enjoys reading a variety of fictional
genres, including chick lit, paranormal, and thrillers. She’s also an avid television junkie.
Uzuri studied
screenwriting at Wellesley College, where she learned to craft short scripts
and videos. After graduating, she
eventually moved back to fiction. She
completed Sweet in 2009—the first
volume of the “Bitten” series about a turf war in Boston between vampires and
hunters. She signed on with Aziza
Publishing during the summer of 2011.
Even today, one could
find her with a notebook filled with story ideas.
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