A Tale of Two Vampires

By: Katie MacAlister

Narrated by: Nicole Poole

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Iolanthe Tennyson has had a very bad year—due in part to the very bad men in her life. So she’s accepted her cousin’s invitation to spend the summer in Austria to indulge her photography hobby. Rumors of a haunted forest there draw Iolanthe into the dark woods—and into the 18th century....

Nikola Czerny is a cursed man, forced by his half brothers to live forever as a Dark One. But his miserable existence takes an intriguing turn when a strange, babbling woman is thrown in his path. Iolanthe claims to know Nikola’s daughter—300 years in the future. She also knows what fate—in the form of his murderous half brothers—has in store for him. If only she knew the consequences of changing the past to save one good, impossibly sexy vampire....

©2012 Katie MacAlister (P)2012 Recorded Books

More of a Carry On Vamp than Interview With A Vamp

You would think, looking at the cover and reading the summary of the book, that this is going to be the usual 'hot 'n heavy' vamp tale - but you'd be sooo wrong.

It's not a dark tale but it is a well written fun filled plot about timetravel with curses, ghosts, double-crossing, lies, great entertaining characters, lots of humour and funny situations. The couple often talk to each other mind to mind with quick witted quips usually about sex but if you took out the mild sex talk and innuendos which occasionally led to the real thing (usually quick and not very descriptive) then this could have been a YA listen.

I had, in a moment of madness or during a sale, downloaded all her Dark Ones books and I've started with this one not realising it's actually book 10 but it could have been a stand alone listen and I will, in time, listen to the rest but more as a break from my normal books as I like the dark, brooding mysterious vamps like the infamous BDBrotherhood.

Worth a credit? Lots of fun, a light listen and very entertaining so Yes, but if I hadn't already of downloaded the rest then I wouldn't continue with the series - not because their bad books or badly written - but because their just a bit too 'light' for me.

Annoying!

Between the characters and the narration, this was one of the most annoying books I have listened to. The book was written in a way that attempted to be "quirky", but it was overkill. Instead of being entertaining, the quirkiness made the characters come across as imbeciles. I couldn't connect with either of the main characters. There was supposed to be this steamy attraction between the two, but it felt really forced and didn't pull me into the romantic connection. I don't think it was a "bad" book, just not my cup of tea.

The narration didn't help at all. The main female character was performed ok, but the guy's voice grated on my nerves the whole time, as did some of the supporting characters.

I probably won't be buying another book in this series, but I might give the narrator a second chance.

NARRATOR IS GREAT / REVIEW

Would you consider the audio edition of A Tale of Two Vampires to be better than the print version?

Maybe, but I like listening....this was a great listen because of the narrator and the story line.
Nichole makes you see the characters and what is happening...she has great inflection and that paints a picture of the story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

yep

What does Nicole Poole bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

yep

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Nothing, I thought she was great. Made me start looking for more books with her as the narrator. She made IO come alive.

Any additional comments?

This was a great listen....I recommend to anyone who likes this type of reading.

Could not have picked a better book

This book was so enjoyable, I cannot tell you how many time I laughed out loud!! The by play between Iolanthe and Nikola was great. I thoroughly enjoyed when Iolanthe kept saying she was a pacifist when she wanted to throttle so many people. I cannot wait till the next book, I hope there is another with these characters.

Katie MacAlister Rocks

I can't believe I have had this book in my library for 4 years and only read it this week. It is excellent of course...it is a Katie MacAlister book. This is one that will be re-read many times. It should have been my 'read often' list a LONG time ago. I read a lot but as the saying goes, "So many books, so little time"...and I read over 200 books a year...LOL. Read this one you will be glad you did.

Love the Dark One series!!

Any additional comments?

Katie and Nicole do it again. :).

I want a Dark One of my own

Chevelle

this was a good book to listen to. I Really loved the narrator. going to read all of them.

Not fond of narrator

Story was pretty good and the narrator did a better job than she did in previous book "In the company of vampires"

great

i luv the katie macalister series. the dark ones. the father was too sexy and the fact he and the female were from two different eras was very funny. her attraction to him drove her mad and had me in stitches. luv the the story and sex both a plus for me.

I just cannot finish this book!!!

I love this author but this vampire series is lacking. I just cannot make myself listen anymore. Even when I had nothing new in my library, I had to re-listen to old favorites. I felt the narrator just could not construct the humor in the blueprint of this book. Therefore, I just could not appreciate the tone of the characters. I thought perhaps I was not in the right mood for it at the first listen, so I paused to listen to another. Every time I returned to the book I felt like it was just wasting my time.

Other series by this author are fantastic. This vampire shtik just doesn't work.Im too disappointed to try another by this author and narrator. I cannot recommend this book!