By: James Quinn
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If you were to be born again, but this time free of any weakness and much stronger than you were before, would you take the chance? Will you welcome Dr. Roth’s help in experimenting with your own son? Are all vampires heartless creatures that you expect them to be? And what is your view on immortality?
These are just some of the essential questions you will be faced with as you read this upstanding novel by James Quinn. Humans evolve and they do not always stay the same but the question of how they overcome the challenges and transcend the trauma of something that they cannot change about themselves is what confronts the whole of New Orleans. The Nightshades have an undeniable effect on all of them and intrinsically, they can transform into vampires themselves. Who will you be able to relate to among the characters and how would you act as they have acted?
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This has been one helluva roller coaster ride and I meant this was really terrifying! I didn’t really expect much from this book. I just picked it up as I was chillin’ with my friend at his new loft. I’m not even a fan of books especially vampires, immortality, and what have you. I find them shallow and too phony for my taste. But wow! This one from James Quinn is something else. It was nighttime when I read so imagine how doubly scared I was when it was dark all around. The plot twists were so unpredictable that it was like the devil was on my face, staring directly at me! The scariest for me involves Miss Brooks, an old lady killed by a Nightshade. What happened to her in the coroner’s office caught me by surprise and sent shivers down my spine!
Welcome to the epic world of the Nightshades!
Are Nightshades indeed creatures of the night? What are they like during the day? Are they vampires? How do they feed on their victims? How did they come to be?
The Nightshades of New Orleans is a sci-fi masterpiece from James Quinn depicting atypical vampire action. Yes, the vampires bite but it is not without sorrow as their families get torn between feeding their loved one and victimizing another. And New Orleans is such a tight community, it is hard to tell which is a vampire and which is not until it bites, sucks, and devours you. Not only that, the Dark Arts is a welcome practice for some members and the rest cower in fear.
If you are brave enough to enter this world, I invite you to consume this gilt-edge novel.
Highly recommended for those looking to enjoy a superb read!
What I like about this vampire-inhabited novel is that it’s never boring or predictable. There is always something going on and I just go from chapter to chapter to find out more. This holds true from the time I finished the first chapter up to the epilogue. My interest did not dwindle at any time as it keeps building up. It tells you how the author, Quinn has executed the vampire story in a non-standard, cliché, or yes, boring way.
My favorite characters are the two detectives, Detectives Trevor Howard and Lana Corsaire. I find both to be quite impressive in their job and the romance that brewed between them was a bit unexpected for me. But whether they found the serial killer or not is for you to find out.
Personally, I find Nightshades of New Orleans to be an outstanding novel that is founded on science fiction and yet strategically relevant to reality. There is a thin line between creative and flaky sci-fi and that delicate balance can be a challenge to achieve. That’s the reason why I loved this book because the plot is so sophisticated and well-developed. It felt like reading it was a special privilege because it is not every day that you can come across very good literary material. In addition, character development is profound and wide-ranging. I revelled at each new character that was introduced and whom I have met. This book did not only make me think but feel in the most extraordinary of ways. I love it!
Too close to home…I was almost too scared to keep reading it. This was awesome from start to finish!
I’ve read and watched numerous vampire stories but nothing as real and as thrilling as the Nightshades of New Orleans. You know it’s fiction but the author has made it so authentic that you will almost believe it to be true. The emotions will run high as you read through the lines. It boasts of a highly imaginative plot, reflecting the author’s sheer talent. It is a mystery thriller and I didn’t even mind the hot romance mixed with it. The range of characters like Baby Sue, the Tasker’s, Dr. Roth, the DA, the Townsend’s, the detectives, and others as well as how their lives are interwoven makes it one helluva novel.
You can’t simply miss this one.
I love this book and I’m not saying that just to convince you to read it. I am giving this honest-to-goodness review of how brilliant it is because it is what exactly it deserves. On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest, I give it a 5 for the superior composition, fear factor, intelligent writing, imaginative plot, an interesting band of characters, and so much more.
I think that the audience can be wide-ranging. This can appeal to early teens and adults as well. The story revolves around the vampires and other dark creatures that inhabited New Orleans. Another way to put it would be how some of the innocent, as well as the not-so-innocent inhabitants of New Orleans, turned into the immortal beings that are now terrorizing all of them.
The James Quinn brand of writing is superior, powerful, and worthy of praise.
This was evident in The Vampire's Orchids and was again witnessed here in the Nightshades of New Orleans.
The chase after the serial killer is one of the things that had kept me going through the book. I can almost imagine it as some kind of Netflix series that you just have to finish in one sitting no matter the number of episodes and seasons. It is that much of a page-turner!
The roles of the detectives, coroner, district attorney, geneticist, and the police chief were crucial and how they worked together…and against each other…made for one exciting, new vampire fiction I feel privileged to have completed reading. Thank you so much.
