Review: Exciting Vampire Hunt
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2013
Liana leads a group of pandurs to New Zealand to investigate the threat of a new breed of vampire. Regular vampires are threatened by this new presence and join forces with the pandurs to stop this new breed from carrying out their evil plan. They are amassing an army, geared toward a dark purpose.Liana is a strong female lead. She doesn't need someone to protect her, even though she is constantly followed by bodyguards at the insistence of those around her. She teams up with Max, a thousand year old vampire, who is assisting her in investigating the new breed. Liana mentions once allowing him to feed on her, but she later mentions that she has poisoned blood to protect her from vampires. Earlier in the book she says her blood was modified to be undesirable to vampires. The wording left me unsure whether it was simply bad to the taste or actually poisonous. Since Max lived through that experience, I must assume it was not truly toxic.There are some gruesome moments in this story. The writing is not overly graphic, and I doubt most people would find the violence offensive. There is a torture scene that is written well enough that I got the point (and was well aware of the victim's suffering) but it didn't go over the top and become off-putting. It has violent moments without becoming a blood bath.As a dog lover, I must mention that I enjoyed the character Bella, a vampire hunting dog. I'm not sure if that name is a slap in the face to Twilight or a thumbs up, and perhaps it is neither. The dog's actions are well described, and I always enjoy moments in books that include animals.I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.