Horror (though I don't mean to discount the humor)Secret documents, CIA evildoers, reptilian beasts aka snakeheads, a world on the brink of destruction by said snakeheads ... and a vampire and his handler to save the day (or should I say night). Maybe I shouldn't get as much enjoyment from this series as I do but, really, the President has a vampire to keep us safe from (other) things that go bump in the night. Makes me happy! Long live Cade - though I don't think that'll be a problem. After all, he is a vampire. Book number two in the series. This one had difficulty in keeping my attention. In fact, I set it aside for nearly a month before picking it back up again. My main contention was how fragmented the story was - it was like reading a series of tweets. Just about the time I could settle into the current POV, the plot was on to something else. Add in the "history" blurbs at the beginning of each chapter tweet and I became annoyed enough to lose interest. It wasn't until nearly halfway through the book when everything started to coalesce enough to engage my interest to finish the book. A 2 hour plane flight also played a role. Our vampire Cade is still nasty, his "girlfriend" Tania is an interesting counterpoint, and Jake grows some balls. The political setting is as ugly - if not worse - as the monsters Cade and Jake are fighting. There are layers to the political bureaucracy and secrecy enough to make the CIA's head spin. Ultimately, I think this book could have been as strong as the first one if the tweet-like chapters had been condensed into something longer than a paragraph and the "historical" blurbs at the chapter heads shorter or fewer of them. Recommended with reservations.
What do You think about The President's Vampire (2011)?
Lots of action! Good pacing. I'm enjoying this series!
—barby
Just not up my alley unfortunately!
—Harrypotter7515
