Member Review

If Stoker, Le Fanu and Lumley ever wrote a book together, this would be it.
Old-style vampire tale, old-school vampires, that dychotomy between good and evil, right and wrong, the weight of the survival instinct vs the weight of faith and religion... wow. What a ride! I read this in a couple of sittings, that's how engrossed I was with this tale. Everything about it sent me back to my younger days of being goth and devouring this kind of story and longing for more and more and more. The ambiance, the mood, the historical settings, everything was pretty much perfect for me, in this novella. The characters and their depth (hard to achieve in long novels, let alone in novellas) was what came out the most, for me, each one with such individual traits that are shown to the reader through their actions and their thoughts, with barely any dialogue or exposition. This is hard to achieve, fellows, but these two authors did such an amazing job of it! Easy five star read for me, and I will def recommend it to fans of old school vampire stories with great writing.