This book is a different take on vampires – a subject I don’t read much on usually. If you are reading a book about vampires, there are a few things that you’ll expect: wooden stakes, good versus evil, some spooky castles, and all the other things that have shown up in movies and books over the years.
This one takes a different approach, and portrays the life of a “good” vampire, and their struggles to overcome their nature. There are scenes throughout their (immortal) life, and the locations are chosen for their romance and relative locations to historical events.
It is a long story, and sometimes it felt like it was dragging and having trouble coming to its point. Some of the events in the “modern” side of the story were pretty incredible – and strained believability to put certain people and events into motion. I know it is probably weird to criticize a book about a vampire for believability, but the stuff about a vampire trying to pass for a regular person should be the most believable of all the content in this book.
So I commend the book for taking a different approach and for the unusual style – I just was hoping sometime more would have come of it.
Next I am reading Starter Villain by John Scalzi.
