So, 5 days after I finished the first one "Uprising" - helluva romp, great fun - I finish the second. Mmm... it's fun again, if similarly unpolished stylistically, and won't strain your endurance much, but this one had less momentum to it. There was a hint of bawdy Hammer at times - the phrase "sexy she-vampires" pretty much rolls off the fang - and the main Vampire villain, on the cusp of heaving melodrama in the first book, tends toward pompous pontification in this one, like a Bond villain who just saw the light - or the dark, I suppose, him being a Vampire and all. The Irish boy Dec, supposedly our hero twice removed (so to speak) occasionally loses likeability by repeatedly uttering such cod Hibernian idiolectic pearls as "It's our only chance, so it is", causing at least this reader to cower metaphorically in a corner and wait till he was done. The Ubervampyr meanwhile just struck me as a near-perfect representation of what would happen if Kurt Barlow from "Salem's Lot" raised a brawling dysfunctional family. Which is oddly fascinating, but nevertheless derivative. But gosh, what the hell, hey! It's still quite enjoyable. I have no idea in the world if there's going to be a third book (reasonable bet, you reckon?) - but it should tell you something that there's a fair chance I'll read it if it shows up. And that, though not spectacular, it'll be entertaining stuff. OMFG!!!!! i loved the first book from this series, the second book blew me away. I think that it is one of the best books that i have ever read. loved it and think that the story was amazing. really want to know if there will be another book in this series as it ended in a way that it seemed like there will be. one of my favorite books. LOVED it and would recommend it to anyone because you will not be able to put it down. READ IT. You will not be disappointed :) xx
What do You think about The Cross (2011)?
Really enjoyed this book! Just as good as his first vampire book!!
—cill
An exciting continuation in the Federation series.
—lillian
Lost interest in the plot, same as first novel.
—christina
