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American Gothic

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Michael Romkey's latest vampire novel follows the journey of a new vampire protagonist (this is not a David Parker novel) as he descends into despair during the Civil War, becomes a creature of the night, and seeks some sort of redemption in modern-day America in a three-stage voyage that describes a very long and dark night of the vampire's soul. There are plenty of interesting secondary characters and the writing is some of Mike's best.

This was my first book by by Micheal Romkey. I loved the idea of the book. This book showed a "human" side of the vampire that I have not read in any books. You saw a full circle of the vampire life. Starting with a man whos life was destroyed and was taked to be a vampire. You see the madness of his revenge and "disease." And you see him return to a state of "human" while still a vampire. I enjoyed this book and think that it has a place in the library of vampire fiction.

I was disappointed in this book. The book itself covers very little about the vampire's life and more about the human people he comes into contact with. Which is a shame because the main character is someone I would have liked the author to tell more about. There are 3 stages. The first covers the main character before he becomes a vampire, the 2nd mainly covers a doctor in Haiti, and the last covers a young girl in present time. It left me wanting to know more about the vampire.