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Dark Passages

Pomegranate. 2011. c.320p. ISBN 9780938817833. pap. $14.95. HORROR
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Scott uses her background as an actress on the original 1960s TV series Dark Shadows and a stint as a Playboy Bunny for the setting of her rather bland debut novel. Meg Harrison, born a vampire, heads for New York City to try her hand at an acting career. She takes a job at the local Playboy Club until, as fate would have it, she is offered a part in the new daytime soap Dark Passages. Supernatural events begin happening both in the script and in real life. A villainous witch, it turns out, has a very old grudge against Meg's family. What could have been an engrossing story is instead boring and uncomplicated. Some of the behind-the-scenes making of segments are interesting but not enough for a reader to pick up this book. Strictly for fans of Dark Shadows and of the author. [Scott recently shot a cameo for Tim Burton's forthcoming Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp.—Ed.]
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