And you just commented as I hit the 'update' button; above post now with added extra pisstaking goodness.

I tried one out of boredom, theoretically I like vampire/horror stuff if it's done well. In practise, most of it isn't. Apparently her very early books were actually good, then she got carried away. I don't want to waste the time/effort finding out, I'm still not sure why I bought the three Gentry books in one go, the premise was interesting but the books just weren't.