I wanted to love this book.
Christian vampires? What? The cover is so beautiful - that man, the
darkness, the hair, the red scarf, the gorgeous font, the tantalizing
title. But I was disappointed. The entire thing was just so clunky and
awkward. I didn't like any of the human characters at all; they were all
just as boring as their names - Susan, Wendy, David. Too much forced
interaction, too little authenticity, too many unanswered questions. It
reminded me of those years of my life I wasted watching the TV series
LOST. Remember that? Every episode ended with more questions than were
answered. Sheesh! If I didn't already have book two and hadn't already
been told that book two is the stronger of the two in this series, I probably would not read on.Although I must say that I love the idea of Christian vampires, those souls finally redeemed. In Viguié's vampire world, vampirism is a curse bestowed upon the most terrible, most inhumane humans so that they will live long enough to see the error of their ways and become redeemed. Brilliant. I just wish the author had gone a little farther with that in this book; the execution of that idea is a little flat. There's really not a whole lot of "Christian-y stuff" in this book. Maybe that will change with Kiss of Death, book two. I worry that non-Christians will be drawn to this story because it is about vampires (and has such a beautiful cover), but will be left even more confused about Christianity. I also worry that Christians won't read it because they think it can't be good if it has sexy vampires in it.
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