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A review by snoakes7001
By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan
5.0
I've been looking forward to finishing this trilogy for ages, so I decided to treat myself to this to take on holiday. Unfortunately I had a nasty bout of food poisoning while I was away, and spent a whole night huddled on the bathroom floor while every ounce of my being evacuated itself from every available orifice. Not quite wulf, but my God I was glad to have a gripping read to keep me company through the trials of the night.
And gripping it most certainly is. Werewolves, vampires, a Catholic army, a prophecy (of course) and lots of action. If you've read the first two, you know what to expect. It's a fitting finale to the story that started in The Last Werewolf.
I read in an interview that Glen Duncan asked his publisher if he wrote another literary novel, would it sell. The publisher answered honestly no and so he set out to write something more commercial. But don't expect something teen-friendly and Tweelight-ish. This is werewolves and vampires for grown ups. I imagine every book of this type is described as raw and visceral, but I can't think of a better description. Glen Duncan has obviously spent a lot of time imagining how you would make room in your life for the fact that you have to take human lives to survive (and more than that - that you would enjoy it) and it's that level of detail that makes this trilogy so engrossing.
I haven't read all of his other books, but I, Lucifer is one of my all-time favourites, so it's time to check out his back catalogue again.
And gripping it most certainly is. Werewolves, vampires, a Catholic army, a prophecy (of course) and lots of action. If you've read the first two, you know what to expect. It's a fitting finale to the story that started in The Last Werewolf.
I read in an interview that Glen Duncan asked his publisher if he wrote another literary novel, would it sell. The publisher answered honestly no and so he set out to write something more commercial. But don't expect something teen-friendly and Tweelight-ish. This is werewolves and vampires for grown ups. I imagine every book of this type is described as raw and visceral, but I can't think of a better description. Glen Duncan has obviously spent a lot of time imagining how you would make room in your life for the fact that you have to take human lives to survive (and more than that - that you would enjoy it) and it's that level of detail that makes this trilogy so engrossing.
I haven't read all of his other books, but I, Lucifer is one of my all-time favourites, so it's time to check out his back catalogue again.