Review: Well-told tale worth reading again and again
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
I am a Kitty Thomas fan; I've purchased and read each of her books...and have re-read most of them. I just spent five hours devouring "Blood Mate," and it has been most satisfying.Not wanting to reveal any spoilers, I will simply let the brief promo at the beginning of the sale page lure you into the pages of this latest Kitty offering. Of the three main characters (Dominic, Nicole, August), Dominic is the weakest, but that's not to be construed as a negative. He's human ... he has had no reason to believe vampires exist. His love for Nicole is steadfast and sure.Nicole is strong in her ability to resist mind control. Her instincts are in fine working order, however; the hair on the back of her neck rise when she first feels August's eyes upon her. Who among us, faced with her situation, would be strong (or debased) enough to resist? Ah, there's the rub!August ... now here's a vampire you won't soon forget. A vampire who has a spark of humanity left within him after all the centuries of his 'undead' existence. Is that possible? You'll have to read it to find out.The book kept surprising me with its twists and turns. Just when I began to think I knew what would happen next, boom! Kitty pulled another rabbit out of her hat. I was almost in tears at the end, and won't reveal why.One sentence will remain with me for quite some time: "Eternal or finite, life was suffering, and there was always a new and more creative way to suffer." I cannot think of any other way to sum up the human (and non-human) existence.Thank you, Kitty!