This novella begins with the information that we're looking at 2069 London. Nissa, a 29-year-old barmaid, is walking down the street kicking rubble out of her way and making sure that her "stunstick," a personal defense weapon, is close at hand. Sound intriguing? Well, let it go, because after that short glimpse of a future world, the rest of the story could literally be set anytime, anywhere. Nissa hooks up with two vampires at a vampire recreation club. They're a good fit for each other as they're all beautiful, completely uninterested in the world around them, and obsessed with sex.I mean, I expect sex in a vampire erotic novel. I WELCOME it. But what is the point of creating this whole future world and not doing anything with it? The main characters are completely ahistorical - they could exist in 1869 or 2012 or 2069. They don't seem marked by the obviously turbulent events of the future. Poverty is wide-spread, but apparently vampires don't have to worry about it. At one point, the heroine was lying in bed and realized she didn't remember the last time she'd had clothes on. That's how boring it is. Nothing happens but sex and they're all on the exact same page about the type of sex they want to have, so there isn't even any conflict or discovery delivered by the scenes. This book made me realize that there can be such a thing as too much sex. Erotica is so much hotter when characters have some speck of a life outside of having sex twenty-four hours a day.
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