Reviewed by Jenna
TITLE: The Last Communion
AUTHOR: Ingela Bohm
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 214 Pages.
BLURB:
A worldwide disease has all but wiped out humankind. Only a few people survive, the doctor’s son among them. But there’s something wrong with him: he no longer wants to eat. Is he finally dying too?
The answer is as unexpected as it is horrible: one night, he discovers a new hunger – a mindless craving for blood. Horrified at himself, he flees into the night, but when he tries to find sanctuary, he ends up almost getting killed. As he starts to realize that even a predator can become prey, he runs into Garangjas – another man who drinks blood. Irresistibly drawn, he follows Garangjas to his flock of ‘Confirmands,’ a weird group of people who might just be his ticket to survival.
There’s just one problem: how can the Confirmands stay alive if the rest of humanity dies out?
REVIEW:
The main character in this book believes he has a condition which is causing most of the population to die of starvation. Though no one knows for sure what is causing the condition, the main character’s mother is a doctor who is dedicated to discovering the cure. The story begins when his mother tries to force him to eat, but he’s getting so bad that he can no longer keep things together. That night he drinks the blood of someone close to him and starts to change into something akin to a vampire. When he goes in search of a sanctuary he is first chased off by a priest, and then he finds other monsters like himself who take him in. Garangjas and the main character hit it off right away, but they are swiftly drawn into the death and destruction around them.
I think this book started off great, which gave me high expectations. I loved how the author portrayed the main character’s transformation into a blood drinker. I also liked seeing him interact with the troupe of monsters who tries to get him to conform to their rules, including a rule that he has to sleep with women. However, after he has a run-in with his mother, the action and love interest in the story seemed to wane. There are hints along the way of a romance between the main character and Garangjas, but this drops off for long intervals of time and in its place are the main character’s thoughts and discoveries concerning the condition and how the condition was caused. The romance is revisited toward the end of the book, but by that time the chemistry appeared to have died, and I didn’t really care much for the couple. I think I would have liked this book more if it was an suspense, thriller, or horror book. As it was, the romance element made me hope for good things, which ultimately left me disappointed. Though I wasn’t very fond of this book, I liked the naturalist/anti-GMO message in the plot.
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