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A review by imyourmausoleum
The Embrace: A True Vampire Story by Aphrodite Jones
informative
slow-paced
2.0
This book covers the case of Rod Ferrell, a self-proclaimed vampire cult leader. Ferrell was the leader of a group of people known as the "Vampire Clan". Ferrell adopted the personality of a 500-year-old vampire, called Vesago, that he created on a video game he liked to play. Ferrell was introduced to the game by his mother, who also had some really bizarre hobbies that involved vampirism. Ferrell and his group of friends, aka cult members, met up to drink each others blood and discuss death rituals and other things. Ferrell and another cult member went to the home of Heather Wendorf to help her run away from her home. Both of her parents were beaten to death with a crow bar by Ferrell and his friend. I will not spoil anymore of the case for anyone interested in looking it up or reading this book.
This author was wonderful to meet and hear speak at Crime Con in Nashville. I wish that I enjoyed her books as much as I enjoyed hearing her speak, but I haven't found that one that really got my attention like some other crime writers I enjoy reading. This book was tedious in places, especially in the first half of the book. I think it is important to go over the background and living situation of the people involved in the case, especially if it may shed some light on the actual crimes. This was a bit of a beating a dead horse situation when it came to rehashing the same details repeatedly. Towards the end of the book, the pace picked up and so did my interest. The case was interesting to learn about, but this could have been done better. There were a lot of missed opportunities for research into various relevant topics. Read at your own risk.
This author was wonderful to meet and hear speak at Crime Con in Nashville. I wish that I enjoyed her books as much as I enjoyed hearing her speak, but I haven't found that one that really got my attention like some other crime writers I enjoy reading. This book was tedious in places, especially in the first half of the book. I think it is important to go over the background and living situation of the people involved in the case, especially if it may shed some light on the actual crimes. This was a bit of a beating a dead horse situation when it came to rehashing the same details repeatedly. Towards the end of the book, the pace picked up and so did my interest. The case was interesting to learn about, but this could have been done better. There were a lot of missed opportunities for research into various relevant topics. Read at your own risk.