Sorry about the break folks, between dog sitting (she's a foster dog so then I had to dodge all the adoption hints), sickness, work and getting ready for a exam I've been too busy to even think about looking at this book let along flogging it.
BUT I'm back because I clearly hate everyone and spreading pain is what makes me happy, lets get on with this crudfest then hrm?
The room was huge, like a warehouse, but the walls were solid, massive stone. I kept waiting for Bela Lugosi to sweep around the corner in his cape.
Oh boy, this is going to be bad isn't it? Now I'm pretty awful at movie/actor references so after a bit of google-fu I found out that Bela Lugosi here is actually a Hungarian-American actor who portrayed Dracula in the original 1931 film *rainbows* the more you know!
So we finally get to meet Nicky, whose a 12 year old girl she's got the whole creepy little girl atmosphere happening and I vaguely remember another flogger claiming that she's a rip off, of an Ann Rice vampire, I've never really been an Ann Rice fan so I can't comment on this, but in case similarities do pop up, that's why I'm not calling them out.
All the vampires pose around Nicky, but one balding male appears to be human. Anita wants to call him a solider though she isn't exactly sure why, insert loads of descriptions about the vamps, how they are posed. It truly is a fascinating read that I won't spoil for you all.
Anita being the true goddess of wit, makes a comment that all they need is the theme from Dracula: prince of darkness (Get use to this reference she makes it in pretty much every book from here on out)
Nicky, who is clearly after my heart, laughs and asks if Anita truly thinks she is funny.
Showing us once again why Anita is a complete retard, she then says this.
"Do you practice the laugh, or is it natural talent? Naw, I'm betting you practice."
I have to admit I've been out of school for a few years now so maybe bulling has changed, but would anyone, ANYONE out there find this the least bit insulting?
Or if you were a bystander would you have to swallow the nearly irresistible urge to be 'oh snap, no she didn't?'
Anita continues to prod Nicky in what is clearly meant to be a witty way, trust me it isn't, I get that this book is kinda dated by ugh, awful.
Even JC gets sick of her shit and calls her stupid, Anita calls the vamps "ghoulies" and says they need to get this show on the way.
So Nicky having caught the cliche disease that seems to be going around demand that Anita tells her how old she is, Anita can't doesn't know why but she can't.
She can tell that Theresa is "A hundred, maybe a hundred and fifty, no more."
When asked to explain how she can get so exact, she replies that she can tell in her head what degree of power a vamp had. Nicky then asks Anita to look into her eyes, which were blue, or grey, or both. While she could feel Nicky's force of power she had no issue meeting the vampires eyes.
Which catches the attention of the bald headed, solider like male whose been standing quietly somewhere unspecified in the room.
Nicky gets up and moves a step or two forward, Anita notes that the vamp would only come up to her collarbone which makes her very short. (Also get use to the 'oh golly gosh I'm so short' theme happening, again, it's mentioned in every book at least once)
Nicky then rips into Anita's mind, causing her to fall to her knees and fell extremely cold while wondering how dare so show such insolence and consider herself to be an equal to such a powerful force.
She then starts to crawl towards the vamp, thinking that she needs to beg forgiveness from the goddess.
Finally figuring out that these thoughts aren't her own, Anita starts slamming her fists onto the stone floor, using the pain to break out of the vamps hold while screaming no.
Nicky laughs once Anita has fully broken free of her hold, mentioning that she's found something that 'the little animator' fears. Bending down in front of Anita, she once again asks how old she is, and this time Anita has an answer.
It turns out that Nicky is at least a thousand years old, she's pleased that Anita got her age right and mentions has much to JC.
The chapter ends with Nicky threatening that if Anita doesn't do what is required of her, she'll peel her mind apart like an onion.
Yeah, not much really happened in this chapter, half of it should've been cut, especially the descriptions, dear god the overwhelming pointlessness!
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