Snowy Days....Great Reading

I was initially drawn to this book simply for the cover. It looks Gothic and immediately invited me inside. I am glad to say that I was not disappointed. As a small child, I was extremely frightened of vampires and could not go to sleep without a blanket wrapped tightly around my neck. As an adult, reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, I was instantly in love with a vampire. However, Crusade by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie put vampires where they belong. Back in the land where they need to be hunted. Vampires are evil, blood sucking killers. Oh wait, not so fast. Although Crusade does have wicked cool vampire hunters, it just wouldn't be the same if there wasn't at least one vampire worth redeeming. One vampire that a simple girl could love completely.Oh...forbidden love. Vampires taking over the world. This book has it all.

Following on the footsteps of this book, I also recently finished Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson. This is all action. Alex Van Helsing has recently discovered that he comes from a family of vampire hunters. He hasn't even had time to make peace with this when two of his friends are kidnapped by an ancient vampire known as the Icemaker. Fighting evil without proper training, Alex will stop at nothing to save his friends.

This book is set to be a series, while Crusade has no promise of a second. I hope that changes.