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The characters and their interactions, excellent dialog!

Revisado: 09-14-24 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I am not really a big fan of vampire fiction as a genre, whether crafted as horror or drama or romance, but this book hooked me and drew me in. I plan to buy the next one when I get my next paycheck, because I can live on ramen noodles and it’ll be WORTH IT! The story is a refreshing take on vampires by focusing not on the vampires exactly, but on how the immortals affect the living when they interact not as predator and prey, or monster and monster hunter, but as family.

There are a few supernatural elements besides the vampires which adds some interest to the plot and is deliciously hinted at, but the nature of the ability to sort of scry into people’s lives by a mortal, is left, I think, deliberately vague, likely either to explore later, or because every work of this type needs to preserve a little bit of the mystery. I heartily recommend this book. There are some adult themes touched upon and a bit of harsh language, but its use never comes off as egregious.

I hope the author writes more of these, because I think there are at present only three, and I can imagine getting hooked into this the same way I did the Aubrey/Maturin novels of Patrick O’Brian, a fictionalized collection of stories of English sailors during and after the Napoleonic Wars, which is more my speed.

I’m not going to say here that Robert Tomoguchi is to vampires what O’Brian is to His Majesty’s Royal Navy, but… I liked both, and Tomoguchi’s, being modern and contemporary, is VASTLY easier to read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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