Review: Vampire Romance Pitting Life against Immortality
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2013
What a great premise full of conflict and drama. A powerful vampire family, juxaposed with a young human who is powerless from illness and largely without family support. A vampire depressed because he is immortal, and a heroine flickering on the edge of her own immortality. In many ways Arthur and Annalise are classic ill-fated lovers, he's full of the past and the future, she only has today. I love the details of the story, the way her job is to teach him about everything he needs to be caught up on from the last 1000 years which makes you look at everything from malls and elevators and "phones with intelligence" to Christmas traditions from an interesting point of view. Annalise's kindness and fragility inspire a lifeforce healing in Arthur. The fall in a tender, hopeless love full of obstacles (including other interesting characters) that feels hopeful and full of grace at the same time. I really liked the way the story moves forward, with the way you find yourself rooting for this romance, and with the way the pageturning pull builds the tension. All in a all a charmer of a paranormal romance.