Book Review - Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha
Category Book Review Stefan Petrucha Blood Prophecy
I am not normally a reader of vampire or vampire-like novels. In fact, mention that a book *has* a vampire in it, and I'm pretty much off to find another title. So don't ask me how I ended up deciding to accept this book for reviewing... Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha. Must have been a moment of weakness. And to make it even more strange, I have to confess... I actually liked the book. What is the world coming to?
The story revolves around one Jeremiah Fall, a settler in the newly formed American colonies. Like many people of that time, his life is hard, and the village revolves around survival and religious activities. But his existence changes dramatically when his father is attacked and killed by a mysterious beast that has the villagers on edge. Things turn even more bizarre when his father comes back to life and attacks the family, looking to feed on their blood. Fall and his mother "die" in the attack, but his grandfather waits for him to return to life and risks his own life to teach Fall to resist the evil within him. Fall struggles to coexist with his internal cravings and starts a quest to find out who and what he is, and if there's a chance for him to be cured.
His quest takes him to the Middle East where he discovers the Rosetta Stone. But at the time he discovers it, a dark power it possesses speaks to his internal beast and seems to be drawing him to a place and time where a final confrontation between good and evil will play out. Unless Fall can overcome who he is and what he's become, the entire existence of the world as we know it will cease to be. But to do that, he not only has to give in to his longings to feed on humans, but he has to risk the only thing he's ever allowed himself to love in over 150 years.
Perhaps the reason I enjoyed Blood Prophecy more than I expected is that it doesn't fall into the "glittery vampire" genre that seems to be all the rage these days. Fall is a brutal killer who only barely keeps his needs and abilities hidden from others. The tie into the Rosetta Stone and what it originally was for put a nice unexpected twist on the story that added to my interest levels. It was only at the end when the final confrontation got into some unusual turns that I started to get a bit impatient with the whole good vs. evil philosophy story. I just wanted to see how it ended and whether Fall would finally get his answers (and some well-deserved human-ness).
Blood Prophecy is a good read for those who are into the supernatural genre and who like a strong historical angle in their story. Petrucha did a very good job here.
Disclosure:
Obtained From: Publisher
Payment: Free
I am not normally a reader of vampire or vampire-like novels. In fact, mention that a book *has* a vampire in it, and I'm pretty much off to find another title. So don't ask me how I ended up deciding to accept this book for reviewing... Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha. Must have been a moment of weakness. And to make it even more strange, I have to confess... I actually liked the book. What is the world coming to?
The story revolves around one Jeremiah Fall, a settler in the newly formed American colonies. Like many people of that time, his life is hard, and the village revolves around survival and religious activities. But his existence changes dramatically when his father is attacked and killed by a mysterious beast that has the villagers on edge. Things turn even more bizarre when his father comes back to life and attacks the family, looking to feed on their blood. Fall and his mother "die" in the attack, but his grandfather waits for him to return to life and risks his own life to teach Fall to resist the evil within him. Fall struggles to coexist with his internal cravings and starts a quest to find out who and what he is, and if there's a chance for him to be cured.
His quest takes him to the Middle East where he discovers the Rosetta Stone. But at the time he discovers it, a dark power it possesses speaks to his internal beast and seems to be drawing him to a place and time where a final confrontation between good and evil will play out. Unless Fall can overcome who he is and what he's become, the entire existence of the world as we know it will cease to be. But to do that, he not only has to give in to his longings to feed on humans, but he has to risk the only thing he's ever allowed himself to love in over 150 years.
Perhaps the reason I enjoyed Blood Prophecy more than I expected is that it doesn't fall into the "glittery vampire" genre that seems to be all the rage these days. Fall is a brutal killer who only barely keeps his needs and abilities hidden from others. The tie into the Rosetta Stone and what it originally was for put a nice unexpected twist on the story that added to my interest levels. It was only at the end when the final confrontation got into some unusual turns that I started to get a bit impatient with the whole good vs. evil philosophy story. I just wanted to see how it ended and whether Fall would finally get his answers (and some well-deserved human-ness).
Blood Prophecy is a good read for those who are into the supernatural genre and who like a strong historical angle in their story. Petrucha did a very good job here.
Disclosure:
Obtained From: Publisher
Payment: Free
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