I recently got my hands on a copy of Werner Lind’s vampire novel Lifeblood. This was an ebook, which is completely different than any of my other reviews, which are all based off the audio books. Nonetheless, I was asked if I could do a review of the book, and upon checking it out, I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and read the book, and…. I was happy that I did. It was a pretty quick read, with the book moving along at a great pace which kept me interested enough to finish the entire thing in one, four hour sitting.
Lind tells the tale of a young girl, Ana Vasilifata, who was changed against her will into a vampire in the 1600′s. It was also in the 1600′s that Ana was staked and left in a coffin with the stake stuck in her heart for over 300 years. This brings us to present day where Ana get awakened due to an accident which jolts the stake out of her heart.
As Ana awakes she escapes into the night, and while hiding out in an abandoned house, she meets a man named Joshua Davidson. Joshua becomes incredibly enthralled with Ana and does what he can to help her, thinking that she is a hitchiker from Transylvania trying to make her way across the US.
Joshua also helps Ana when a crazed man, named Itchy, goes after her and tries to kill her because he “thinks” she is a vampire. Little does Joshua and the rest of the town know that this man in right in his beliefs.
In the end, Joshua and Ana develop a relationship, and Joshua saves Ana from Itchy, almost dying in the process.
I don’t want to give away the rest of the book, but I will tell you their is a really nice twist at the end of the book. Something that isn’t all that common in classic vampire novels. It was really a great read, and I really loved how Lind flips back and forth from Joshua point of view to Ana’s point of view. I feel that if he had kept the entire book in Ana’s point of view I would have drowned in the Old English Ana spoke. But as it is, I enjoyed the balance between the Old English and modern day English, it kept the book refreshing.
The story was the classic vampire romance novel, with all the classic vampire traits thrown in with one major difference. The difference being that Ana does not suck the blood of humans, and seems to have NO bad bone in her body. Had she not been a creature of the night, Ana could be one of those wholesome good ‘ole girl that everyone knows and loves in any small town across America.
All in all I would recommend this book. It is a great read, and moves really quickly. It would be great for any young adult as well!
Where to Buy: This book seems to be out of print, but I did find a copy at Amazon for pretty cheap.
