I'm
getting Anne Rice vibe here and I'm not mad. On the contrary. I haven't
read a book about morality of vampire life in a while. Way to go Rice
lovers, I wish there were more of you to pick up her tradition.
I got this book from the author to write a review and I'm always happy (because free books, duh!) as well as scared of this because the authors who send me their stuff are so enthusiastic that they can get their books out there in the world and have people talking about them but, honestly, I dread the day I get a shitty piece and have to write about it. For them, the books are like children. Try to tell them their beloved child they put so much effort in sucks. But fortunately today is not the day.
The story follows Yelena, a beautiful immortal, who is plagued by guilt and often starves herself. She kills in order to sustain her own life but she feels bad because she doesn't see people as cattle. And before you ask, no, there are no sparkly vampires in here so feeding off animal blood is a no go. One day, she meets a child cancer patient who can see evil in people through her scribbles. That cheers Yelena up a little now that she can kill criminals who do horrible things to others.
But many questions arise - how long till the girl dies? Can she even start contemplating turning a child and doom her to an eternal life in a small body? Can she replace the love of a lover gone with that for a child? Isn't she making the child a murderer when she takes the scribbles from her? And way more. I loved the philosophical aspect of the story. It was thought-provoking and refreshing.
It's true that the story is centred on Yelena but other vampires with different life views are introduced to contrast what she feels and to show the reader what the average vampire looks like.
All in all, it was great! If you like to think a little while reading, this is it - your next vampire read. ;-)=
I got this book from the author to write a review and I'm always happy (because free books, duh!) as well as scared of this because the authors who send me their stuff are so enthusiastic that they can get their books out there in the world and have people talking about them but, honestly, I dread the day I get a shitty piece and have to write about it. For them, the books are like children. Try to tell them their beloved child they put so much effort in sucks. But fortunately today is not the day.
The story follows Yelena, a beautiful immortal, who is plagued by guilt and often starves herself. She kills in order to sustain her own life but she feels bad because she doesn't see people as cattle. And before you ask, no, there are no sparkly vampires in here so feeding off animal blood is a no go. One day, she meets a child cancer patient who can see evil in people through her scribbles. That cheers Yelena up a little now that she can kill criminals who do horrible things to others.
But many questions arise - how long till the girl dies? Can she even start contemplating turning a child and doom her to an eternal life in a small body? Can she replace the love of a lover gone with that for a child? Isn't she making the child a murderer when she takes the scribbles from her? And way more. I loved the philosophical aspect of the story. It was thought-provoking and refreshing.
It's true that the story is centred on Yelena but other vampires with different life views are introduced to contrast what she feels and to show the reader what the average vampire looks like.
All in all, it was great! If you like to think a little while reading, this is it - your next vampire read. ;-)=
GENRE: personal horror story
FANGS OUT: Rice's tradition is very prominentFANGS RETRACTING: out the fangs go
TOTAL SCORE:
Thank you for your generous review!
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