Sunglasses After Dark

by Nancy A. Collins

Book Overview

A half-human, half-vampire hunts the bloodsucker who bit her in this "compelling" Bram Stoker Award-winning debut (Publishers Weekly). One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451401476
• ISBN13: 9780451401472
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.

Customer Reviews

unVampire who cares

This book will take you places.Into the heart of a child of darkness. Into the dark world of sanitariums and doctors who take graft. You'll meet millionaires and spoiled rich kids; and you'll meet monsters.In some way, Nancy Collins will make you care about all of them.Their mistakes, their stubborness, and the compassion they do and don't have. You'll meet teachers, mentors, villains, and seamy associates. You'll meet charismatic evil.A book that explodes the "safe world" of everyday life with characters that Bram Stoker would never have believed.Essential reading to those who have an interest in the Children of the Night.

Best Vamp Book Ever

I have never been the type who went for reading the adventures of werewolves & vampires, etc., but Nancy Collins Sonya Blue series was able to persuade me otherwise. I first read Sunglasses in college and found that not only did I like it, but could not put the book down. Sonya Blue is definitely nothing like that OTHER well known vampire writer's protagonist, LeWuss, I mean, well, you know who I mean...Sonya Blue is unlike any vampire you'll ever read about. In the first installment, we are introduced to a badass Sonya, and Nancy Collins has a way of making the reader care about this badass. Not only is the story compelling, but if you read the subsequent Sonya Blue books, you'll see that the character development meets and exceeds all expectations. I have read all four novels in the Sonya Blue collection and simply cannot say enough positive things about the series. My favorite book happens to be In the Blood, but the reader would be doing a great disservice to himself not to read the other books.

A modern classic to keep in the library

Although the synopsis as written here is actually the plot line to Nancy A. Collins' book "Wild Blood", "Sunglasses After Dark" is one the best vampire novels I've ever read. Sonja Blue is a very complex and sympathic character in the same manner as LeStat and like the early Anne Rice vampire novels, you find yourself getting mental impressions from the detailed story lines long after reading the book. This is definitely one to keep and read 2 or 3 times.

Dark Fantasy at it's best!

Sonja Blue is without a doubt one of the best Vampires in literature today. The story is a masterful work that captures the reader and drags his down into the "Other's" dark realm where nothing is what it seems.

LESTAT, TAKE A NUMBER!

This is how vampires should be written. This is a pager turner bar none. If any one disagrees write to me. This is the freaky book and I love it! Where's the film?