Win a Kindle while Fighting the Ultimate Battle!

It is an epic battle, as touching as love versus war, as deep as good versus evil, and as universal as light versus darkness–  it is the vampire versus the werewolf.  We’ve seen it play out in literature like the Twilight series.  It has been featured on film in series such as Underworld.  It seems everyone has an opinion….

the contest:

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my view:

So I’m pretty much an open-minded reader and I enjoy a good blood sucking as much as the next guy, but ever since I learned that vampires *sparkle* in the sun, I’ve been a bit put off…. I mean, what happened to the allure of the undead, pale skin, coffin sleeping, kinda creepy hot vamp we all know and love???  I wouldn’t say I HATE the Twilight series exactly, but it certainly turned me off of vampires for a while.  Lately I’ve been sucked (ha!) back into the world of the undead, however, by the Sookie Stackhouse series and it’s related television series Trueblood.  Now Charlaine Harris knows how to write a vampire!  Like classic Anne Rice, these guys are sexy (ripped, hungry, and vicious) and just a tiny bit sensitive (no glitter, no crying, just a few decent emotions to remind you that they used to human).

The Sookie Series also features a number of Weres that give those sun-fearing, blood-drinking undead seem just a bit tame.  Like the famous Jacob of Twilight, these weres are hairy, virile, and completely warm-blooded!  There is definitely something to be said for that!  While some girls might light to cuddle up to a rock hard, cold, undead piece of meat, I find the idea of a were a lot more exciting.  Sure the claws might get a little dangerous and no one loves the fur everywhere, but at least you can snuggle in and get warm without fearing blood loss.

Concerning the two books in question, my heart is definitely firmly with the weres if for no other reason than that the world of bootleggers seems much more exciting than that of a lumberjack.  I have to say, I would find it more plausible (ahem) for the vamp to be a bootlegger and the were to be a lumberjack, strictly from a daytime versus nighttime nature of these careers, but I’m willing to suspend disbelief even further and give it a try.  And check out that cover!  Sure the tanned, muscular back is nice, but we all know vampires can’t go out in the sun and I have no use for a vamp that uses spray on tanning supplies.  No, I’m feeling that sexy little vest on the bootlegger quite a bit more.

So what do you think?  Vamps or weres?  Blood-suckers or hairballs?  Lumberjacks or bootleggers?  Tell me what you think!

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the legal stuff:

This post is a part of Moira Rogers’ Creature Feature Kindle Throwdown Contest. By leaving a (meaningful) comment, you will be entered to win a Kindle from Amazon.com, or an alternate grand prize of $275 to spend at an online book retailer. For a full list of rules and more ways to win, visit the contest page.

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