Thirst

by Michael Cecilione and Mike Cecilione

Book Overview

Cassandra Hall meets her new lover at a Greenwich Village poetry reading and learns that he's a vampire. Soon Cassandra descends into a deeper realm of exotic thirst and unspeakable passion, where she must confront the dark side of her own sexuality . . . and a beautiful rival who threatens her earthly soul.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821751433
• ISBN13: 9780821751435
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A book like no other

Thirst is a work of art in the literary sense. The relationship between Cassandra and Julian is both passionate and strangely erotic. You skip between Cassandra's past and present; yet you are never left confused. If you enjoy a good vampire novel this is a must read!

Great Vamp Novel!

Having read 'The Muse' by this author and loved it, I was really excited to find out that he has written a vampire novel, since that is my favorite genre. We meet Cassandra Hall, a vampire who has been outcast. The book goes back and forth pre-vampire and post vampire to really give you a feel for this character. The world Cecilione creates is uhm, highly erotic, in that his characters participate in various bondage and S & M games, as his vampires are no longer able to feel in the normal way, each act must be taken to an extreme for them to be able to feel anything. We get a glimpse into the world of these vamps and what makes them tick, we also get some different myths dispelled, such as the daylight being able to kill these vampires. The ending of the book is excellent, not what I expected, but leads us to believe that he may bring back some of these characters for a different book. At least I hope so :)All in all- a great read!Thanks for reading **Pandora

BEST BOOK EVER

This author is the best author I've ever encountered, and Thirst was the first of his books that I ever read. The book never has a slow moment, giving readers a glimpse of what the main character's life was like before she was a vampire and after she became a vampire. This book is highly erotic and the author's use of words and description is fantastic...this book is one that you have to read in order to understand just how great it is.

Great vamp reading

Cecilione's writing is wonderful. Reading this was almost like watching a movie. Cassandra Hall as the narrator/vampire makes for an interesting character. She takes us through a roller-coaster of emotions from the somewhat shy, idealistic small-town girl in the big city to the jaded experienced vampire fighting for survival. Each chapter alternates from pre to post Cassandra-as-vampire until it finally reaches the present. In between, this novel introduces vampire and human charactes with all their quirks. There are some interesting twists to the vamp myth, but nothing too outrageous. This novel also pulls heavily from BDSM themes, something rather unusual for "mainstream" novels. There is sex, and a lot of it in a variety of ways. But, pardon the pun, it is mostly done tastefully. LOL Don't get your hopes up; this isn't a porn novel, but read it with an open mind regarding bondage and S/m as this is merely a way to illustrate the lifestyle of the novel's vampires in their attempt to simulate some human feelings or perhaps to revel in their immortality. I really enjoyed reading this novel. It is very well written, and I can never resist a vampire novel anyway. If you are into the vamp genre, or if you like intelligent, interesting horror, buy this now!

A good read.

Perhaps not as erotic as Anne Rice's books are, but it gets pretty good in this well-written book. Sometimes the reading gets confused as every other chapter shifts between the main character before and after she was a vampire. Nonetheless, that adds to the atmosphere. Nothing new in the vampire mythology is added, but overall the book is a good read, worthy of your time. Give it a look.