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A review by verymom
The Vampire Wish by Michelle Madow
Huh.
Book starts with the protagonist seeing her entire family (mom, dad, brother) brutally murdered by vampires during a family vacation on the ski slopes.
Erm. Now having actually lost a loved one (husband died suddenly in November), storylines like this are extremely difficult to take. And not because they're triggering (they can be!), but because it is obvious that the writer hasn't actually gone through anything remotely resembling a loss like this, let alone watching MULTIPLE loved ones die at once.
I get that it's a plot device. We need an isolated heroine so no one is out searching for her while she goes to live in a secret vampire coven. But it would be nice if plot devices could at least feel well-researched. Perhaps some sensitivity readers would be helpful here so that the loss feels real. Because it absolutely doesn't.
This colored the entire story. Lip service sadness as the protagonist misses her family doesn't actually translate into what living with untreated PTSD from an event like this would look like. Grief does not change or affect her in realistic ways.
It's a no from me, dog.
Book starts with the protagonist seeing her entire family (mom, dad, brother) brutally murdered by vampires during a family vacation on the ski slopes.
Erm. Now having actually lost a loved one (husband died suddenly in November), storylines like this are extremely difficult to take. And not because they're triggering (they can be!), but because it is obvious that the writer hasn't actually gone through anything remotely resembling a loss like this, let alone watching MULTIPLE loved ones die at once.
I get that it's a plot device. We need an isolated heroine so no one is out searching for her while she goes to live in a secret vampire coven. But it would be nice if plot devices could at least feel well-researched. Perhaps some sensitivity readers would be helpful here so that the loss feels real. Because it absolutely doesn't.
This colored the entire story. Lip service sadness as the protagonist misses her family doesn't actually translate into what living with untreated PTSD from an event like this would look like. Grief does not change or affect her in realistic ways.
It's a no from me, dog.