Review: Something quite different to what I expected... and thoroughly enjoyable.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I thought this book was going to be about vampires, but a big part of the story is really about a little girl prepared to overcome fear and help an injured vampire, Cain. This inspires protective instincts toward the child that Cain didn't think he could feel any more - maybe even echoing the life he had before he became a vampire, back when he had a wife and daughter.I expected the thriller/horror parts of the book, but it's also a bit of a romance, with unexpected twists and turns tearing characters apart - just as they seem to be getting comfortable with one another. And the thriller aspect kept me guessing until almost the last line of text on the last page!This is a fascinating story that spans the best part of one hundred years, since vampires don't have the limited life span of humans. I identified with Cain enough for it to give me a hint of what it must feel like to be alive for such a long time, without the ability to participate in a normal life. He spends much of his time watching others life their lives.Something quite different to what I expected... and thoroughly enjoyable.