Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Echoes of Blood: The Loneliness of a Liverpool Vampire
AUTHOR: Fiona Glass
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 98 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 3, 2020
BLURB:
Daniel Poole is a man on the run – from his ex-lover, from his civil partnership, from life itself. His flight takes him to his home city of Liverpool, to a job at the university, and to his old passion for dressing up. Colleague Edmund sends him to the Fallen Angel, a gay club that specialises in New Romance. There Daniel starts to live again.
He meets and falls for two different men: elfin Nick and the stunning Vincent, who take him under their wing. But when Vincent attacks him and drinks his blood, it’s left to grave young stranger Michael to help.
As rumours sweep the city of men being murdered, Daniel begins to fear for his sanity as well as his health. Who is the mysterious master who appears to control Vincent and Nick? And what is the link to the famous Ninth Legion of Rome, which disappeared?
Only by going back to what he fears most will Daniel find the answers he craves, and someone to fill his lonely sky.
REVIEW:
This was a pretty good story. I will warn you, it’s more of a darker theme than anything. There never seem to be moments of true happiness, if that tells you anything. If you read the blurb, you will get a big idea of what is going on. The big problem I have with the story, is nothing seems consensual. And it kind of leaves you with a feeling of wrongness.
Daniel is trying to move on after his split from Tom. With Tom, it had been a lot of years. And over in a blink of an eye. All because Tom cheated. Now he’s trying to find a new life and new friends, and work on his paper for the university. But the only friend he really kind of has, is Edmund and even he seems a bit strange. Edmund keeps sending him to places to get out and at the latest club, the Fallen Angel, Daniel finds two someones that he feels power and a pull with. But the more he runs into these guys, the more he wakes up feeling off. And when his suspicions are confirmed one night, he freaks. But the pull won’t stop him from going back to find the one who helped him get free from the hold. And now he’s been made an offer to help the pull. But after what he had to do to get what they were offering, was it really worth it?
I understand loneliness. So much so. But for Daniel, I feel sorry for him. He’s gotten himself caught up in a world he knows nothing of. And keeps going back for more. I understand the pull. Yes, I know it’s fiction. But the imaginary pull. Think about it. Would we be able to resist or would we fall into the thrall of it all too? For me, like I said, with it not feeling consensual, it puts me at a disadvantage. I really feel like he should have been given the choice. And although Michael seemed to give him that, was it really a choice though? Or was he still pulled by the thrall of it all? I don’t know. It’s good for a dark story, but like I said. Some things just throw me off a bit. But give it a chance and see what you think.
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