Literary Lunes Magazine, October Issue
Page 5
The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein
I read this book in one day it was a quick fun read. The problem was there was no depth at all to this book. No character development, Anna was not the "strong" character I was hoping for she was just there in the midst of all the chaos going on around her.
The whole book was full of plot twists and turns as we follow Anna Strong into her new life. Anna is a bounty hunter, but her latest mission turns out to be a creep vampire. The vampire is too strong for Anna and her partner David and he gets away. The vampire beats and rapes Anna and in her struggles she swallows some of his blood thus becoming a vampire.
Anna finds out that the doctor that treated her is also a vampire and she ends up going to him for help. She is being hunted by vampire hunters and her best friend and partner has been kidnapped. There is a lot going on in this book, it keeps moving from beginning to end.
I think the problem with this book is I felt like it was rushed, I didn't get to know the characters at all. It felt like a set up for the next book, it was fun to read but then I felt no connection to the characters so I probably won't read the next book until I run out of books I would rather read. This one is not on the top of my recommended reading list but it was entertaining.