I am doing incredibly well with reading so far, already six books completed and its not even end of January! For my latest book, choice fell on an author I was not familiar with - I simply followed good reviews on Goodreads and thought, good old fashioned horror novel can't be bad. And I devoured the book in a week, with the greatest interest!
"They Thirst" is a gripping story, impossible to put down - as you guess from the title, its about vampires and as such one of the best vampire novels I had encountered - its not exactly in the same league with Stephen King, but than, nobody is. Still, it turned me into obsessive reader, the kind who reads long after the midnight and than again in the morning - I found it even amusing that reading fever grabbed me so strongly, it had not happen in a very long time. According to Goodreads it looks like I read the whole thing in five days, which sounds realistic.
The story itself is about vampire invasion of Los Angeles and follows many (sometimes TOO many) characters as they first must accept the idea about vampires in their midst, than figure out how to survive and perhaps fight back. It's all very action-packed and holds reader's attention firmly, though I noticed that well-stocked cast of characters is here simply to add more victims and the story feels more exciting when the antagonists are kept as a mystery - when we are close to them, they loose some of the danger. Absolutely recommended.
"He stared at Kelsen, his eyes going dark and cold. "Mr. Kelsen," he said, "is there a lock on the door of your little house there?"
"Yeah, there's a lock. Why?"
"Because I'm going to suggest that you do something, and I want you to listen to me very carefully." Palatazin's hands curled tighter around the bars. "If I tried to explain to you why I want you to do this, you wouldn't understand. So just listen, please."
"Okay," the watchman said, but he stepped back a pace from the man at the gate whose gaze had gone so hard and chilling.
"If anyone else comes to this gate tonight—man, woman, or child—you should lock your door and draw the blinds. If you hear this gate opening, you should turn up your radio very loud so you can't hear. And you should not come out to look. Let whoever it may be do as he or she pleases. But do not—do not—come out to try to stop them."
"If and when someone comes to this gate tonight," Palatazin continued, ignoring the question, "you should pray. Pray very loudly, don't pay any attention to anything they say to you." He squinted when the watchman's light hit his face. "Perhaps if you pray hard enough, they'll leave you in peace."
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