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A review by dryadgurrl
The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith
5.0
This is an excellent follow-up to the first, while also being readable as a stand-alone novel.
It has the same mix of actual history and fantastical almost-history to have me going: "Oh, yes, vampires make perfect sense at x historical event." Only to realize three pages later: "Wait, what am I thinking? Vampires don't exist!" Only to have it happen again a few pages later.
While not a slim volume (clocking in at just shy of 400 pages) it is nonetheless a quick, enjoyable read. Because just as soon as it starts being too historical (if such a thing is even possible) something amazing and (almost) unbelievable happens.
I was pleased with myself for predicting one thing about Grander, only to be blindsided by... well, everything else about Grander, a good villain all the way through, which is refreshing in and of itself, you don't get many of those these days.
All in all: an enjoyable ride, and I'm glad this was my first book of 2015.
It has the same mix of actual history and fantastical almost-history to have me going: "Oh, yes, vampires make perfect sense at x historical event." Only to realize three pages later: "Wait, what am I thinking? Vampires don't exist!" Only to have it happen again a few pages later.
While not a slim volume (clocking in at just shy of 400 pages) it is nonetheless a quick, enjoyable read. Because just as soon as it starts being too historical (if such a thing is even possible) something amazing and (almost) unbelievable happens.
I was pleased with myself for predicting one thing about Grander, only to be blindsided by... well, everything else about Grander, a good villain all the way through, which is refreshing in and of itself, you don't get many of those these days.
All in all: an enjoyable ride, and I'm glad this was my first book of 2015.