The President has a Vampire

 Anyone and everyone who knows me knows that when it comes to Vampires, I just gravitate towards them like a moth to a flame. It started with Anne Rice and went on further than that. And if you are on the verge of asking, let me make it easy for you. Yes, I was a Twi-Hard at one time.

Now seeing a book like this with the by-line and touted as the Vampire thriller that Dan Brown would have written if in case he ever did, was enough to make me take notice. Although at first, I dismissed it quickly thinking of whatever angles would they think of next when it comes to our fanged brethren, as it seemed like a desperate idea to forcefully graft an iconic creature such as this in our present world. Others have done so and have done wonders with it. While others, although lambasted for their efforts, were still met with the same form of success and scorn. While other throwaway Vampire novels, feel like they have not been well thought out.

But a well thought out novel is what this book really is a product of.

Enter Nathaniel Cade. He is a Vampire that has no time to deal with your crap and gets the job done when needed. Of course, he should, for he is bound by duty to do whatever the US President asks of him. Unlike the brooding Vampires of late, he is decisive, quick, and very much the epitome of an efficient secret agent, except daylight can still incapacitate him to a degree.

Enter Zack Barrows, a young whiny man that gets the promotion of a lifetime. But in this case, working for the White House under covert and unconventional terms.

Put these two together and enmesh it with a new villain whom I won’t be surprised if he surfaces again in future Cade titles, as well as a thought out streamlined plot, then you have for yourself a wonderfully good read that is both light, fast-paced and hard to let go.

The only reason that I am giving this read one star short of 5, is because I felt the author could have given us more of Cade as well as the surprise allegiances and twists that Dan Brown himself has seemingly made a trademark of with his own writing. But nonetheless, it is still a good read and a breakthrough effort of a debut novel.

With that said, I so need to find my 2nd book, underneath the tons of books in my very own Book Box.

By the way, the author responded to my tweets on Twitter. I geeked out. And so would you.