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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
"Blood Oath" was a really entertaining blend of urban fantasy and thriller, a Vampire obliged to serve the US President and one of the deepest secrets in the US. This follow up, The President's Vampire still entertains but fails to hit the high notes of the original. Partly this is because of a complex and somewhat over the top plot that moves away from the clever ideas in Blood Oath into more comic book style action. The aloofness of Vampire Cade and his human `handler' was better handled in the first book where the principle that Cade was a constant danger prevailed, here the author draws back a little from that which is a shame. The snakehead/shadow Government/"other side" stuff here feels too over-worked and complex and from a handful of people knowing about Cale in book one, well, quite a few seem to know now.
This ended up being a bit average which is a shame as the idea is a good and clever one, the writing is not bad, but the over the top plot does this one no favours. I'll read the next one in the series but do hope the author finds a better way to use his characters.
This ended up being a bit average which is a shame as the idea is a good and clever one, the writing is not bad, but the over the top plot does this one no favours. I'll read the next one in the series but do hope the author finds a better way to use his characters.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the second book in the series after Blood Oath. If you are looking for a book about vampires, this is not really it. The book is more of a thriller. I really enjoyed it and the storyline was great. I can't wait for his next novel and hope it is not too long in coming.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Twisty political thriller...with vampires? Yes, please.
28 April 2011
Format:Hardcover
I loved Blood Oath, the first book in this series (and recommended reading), but I could. not. put. The President's Vampire. down. If you enjoyed Blood Oath, TPV is a slam dunk/victory lap. And if you're jumping into the series here, you'll have an excellent time and will catch up quick.
Cade, our titular and uber top secret vampire, is a very scary and inhuman piece of work. But, my fellow Americans, he is *our* very scary and inhuman piece of work: fighting the supernatural bad guys and all manner of evildoers (including a bittersweet-yet-enjoyable gory demise for Osama Bin Laden which will have to tide me over for the time being). Reading Cade's sections of the book is a lot of fun, as he pretty beyond "good and bad" and just channels his inner demonic Jason Bourne. But...Cade was once human, and he possesses honor and some dim recollection of emotions, elevating the character beyond a simple badass, one-note hero.
The supporting cast is great, especially Cade's government-appointed "handler," Zach. Zach is very human: charming yet emotionally isolated, too smart for his own good, and perhaps considering himself a little too untouchable with the world's best bodyguard keeping an eye on him. I was Team Cade in Blood Oath but 100% Team Zach in TPV...the character has really grown and come into his own.
I love comic books, monster movies, vampires (gothic to Twilighty), twisty political thrillers, and just plain fun reads. TPV delivers on all levels. A great vacation/flying read when you want to lose yourself for a few uninterrupted hours...don't start this book at 10 at night as I did! Two thumbs up.
Cade, our titular and uber top secret vampire, is a very scary and inhuman piece of work. But, my fellow Americans, he is *our* very scary and inhuman piece of work: fighting the supernatural bad guys and all manner of evildoers (including a bittersweet-yet-enjoyable gory demise for Osama Bin Laden which will have to tide me over for the time being). Reading Cade's sections of the book is a lot of fun, as he pretty beyond "good and bad" and just channels his inner demonic Jason Bourne. But...Cade was once human, and he possesses honor and some dim recollection of emotions, elevating the character beyond a simple badass, one-note hero.
The supporting cast is great, especially Cade's government-appointed "handler," Zach. Zach is very human: charming yet emotionally isolated, too smart for his own good, and perhaps considering himself a little too untouchable with the world's best bodyguard keeping an eye on him. I was Team Cade in Blood Oath but 100% Team Zach in TPV...the character has really grown and come into his own.
I love comic books, monster movies, vampires (gothic to Twilighty), twisty political thrillers, and just plain fun reads. TPV delivers on all levels. A great vacation/flying read when you want to lose yourself for a few uninterrupted hours...don't start this book at 10 at night as I did! Two thumbs up.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Good mystery, a brilliant take on the vampire and stellar writing
28 April 2011
Format:Hardcover
(This review was originally posted at VampireBookClub.net)
Ladies and gents, The President's Vampire is not your standard vampire fare.
Chris Farnsworth gives us the supernatural equivalent to 24 with vampire Nathaniel Cade as our Jack Bauer.
Long ago Cade swore a blood oath to protect the President of the United States and the country. He works as black ops taking care of the nasties that come from the Other Side. For the last century he's been working to exterminate reptilian hybrids -- what his handler Zach calls Snakeheads. But they keep changing and now they're showing up in the middle of enemy territory. Cade arrives and slaughters, but someone is pulling the strings now. Probably someone within The Shadow Company (a.k.a. the ultimate bad Men in Black).
Vampire Cade is very clearly not human. Everyone he encounters shies away, because there is an instinctual pull away from predators. And that's truly what Cade is: a predator who sees others as either threats or prey. Despite this, he still willingly entered the oath and is incredibly loyal. Just, you know, super scary simultaneously. You want him on your side. His handler Zach is still adjusting to working with the living dead, but Cade keeps saving his life and the work needs to be done.
We aren't about to spoil the plot on this one. It's a thriller and you need to experience each event as it unravels. But expect that The Shadow Company has men everywhere and being aware of the infiltration isn't always enough. Big plans have been set into action, and now Cade has to stop them to save not just the U.S., but humanity.
All of Farnsworth's writing is precise, but it's particularly extraordinary during action sequences from Cade's point-of-view. The sharp, almost staccato prose matches the lightning-fast moments and detachment of the otherworldly assassin.
It was easy to get swept up into the fast-paced story of espionage and a decades-long mission coming to a head. If you appreciate a good mystery, a brilliant take on the vampire and stellar writing, The President's Vampire is a must.
Note: The first novel in this series is Blood Oath, but Farnsworth has crafted The President's Vampire in a way that you can enjoy it without having read the prior novel.
Sexual content: One brief sex scene
Ladies and gents, The President's Vampire is not your standard vampire fare.
Chris Farnsworth gives us the supernatural equivalent to 24 with vampire Nathaniel Cade as our Jack Bauer.
Long ago Cade swore a blood oath to protect the President of the United States and the country. He works as black ops taking care of the nasties that come from the Other Side. For the last century he's been working to exterminate reptilian hybrids -- what his handler Zach calls Snakeheads. But they keep changing and now they're showing up in the middle of enemy territory. Cade arrives and slaughters, but someone is pulling the strings now. Probably someone within The Shadow Company (a.k.a. the ultimate bad Men in Black).
Vampire Cade is very clearly not human. Everyone he encounters shies away, because there is an instinctual pull away from predators. And that's truly what Cade is: a predator who sees others as either threats or prey. Despite this, he still willingly entered the oath and is incredibly loyal. Just, you know, super scary simultaneously. You want him on your side. His handler Zach is still adjusting to working with the living dead, but Cade keeps saving his life and the work needs to be done.
We aren't about to spoil the plot on this one. It's a thriller and you need to experience each event as it unravels. But expect that The Shadow Company has men everywhere and being aware of the infiltration isn't always enough. Big plans have been set into action, and now Cade has to stop them to save not just the U.S., but humanity.
All of Farnsworth's writing is precise, but it's particularly extraordinary during action sequences from Cade's point-of-view. The sharp, almost staccato prose matches the lightning-fast moments and detachment of the otherworldly assassin.
It was easy to get swept up into the fast-paced story of espionage and a decades-long mission coming to a head. If you appreciate a good mystery, a brilliant take on the vampire and stellar writing, The President's Vampire is a must.
Note: The first novel in this series is Blood Oath, but Farnsworth has crafted The President's Vampire in a way that you can enjoy it without having read the prior novel.
Sexual content: One brief sex scene
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Not what I had hoped for with the second novel.
30 April 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This second story in the secret life of the vampire who guards the interests of the President of the United States simply left me standing in the dust by the side of the road. It was not what I had hoped to find in the next novel of the series. Blood Oath, the debut book, appealed to me with it's quirky weirdness that absolutely, positively could not be true. Could it? No, absolutely not, but it was fun to read and I enjoyed the chances the author took to make his novel stand out among so many fantasy look-alikes. Just the fact of making me entertain the thought that it MIGHT be true was a wonderful accomplishment by the author. Then along came The President's Vampire and for me it turned into a comic book. I can even imagine the balloons with "BIFF", "POW", "SQUISH", and even "AAARG" littered across the pages. I'm not a comic book fan so when I started having those feelings about this book I knew I was in trouble.
Even the whisper of Cade's existence is supposed to be top secret. Zach Barrows has his entire life turned upside down when his political career comes to an end and he is made the handler of the President's vampire. In this story the secret appears to have infiltrated so much of the Washington, D. C. political culture it seemed as if everyone in town knew about Cade and had simply decided not to talk about it. The Secret Company is a group which has long been formed to take down the government from the inside out and they use a defense contractor, Archer/Andrews which already has a dark and shadowy reputation, to carry out their clandestine activities. There is a virus being perfected which instantly turns people into, as Zach calls them, Snakeheads. That's not quite an accurate description, but it is mentally evocative. In order to utilize this 'secret weapon' there is a great deal of guts and gore in this novel. Some of that was needed for illustrating how the mutated virus worked, but there was so much it far exceeded my comfort level.
Each chapter of the book begins with back story concerning incidents in U. S. history which touched on the use made of Cade or happenings of an unexplained nature. This feature detracted from the narrative for me because it interrupted the flow of the story and almost always, perhaps even every time, signaled that a different point of view was now going to be presented. For me it was very distracting. A word here to Kindle readers - these back story segments will be shown very clearly in the print version of this novel. With the Kindle I read several of them and was thoroughly confused by what was going on. I finally realized that the font size I was utilizing was keeping me from seeing that these opening segments of chapters were back story, not a continuation of the present story. I then adjusted my font size to the smallest I was comfortable with and could see the additional information segments as separate portions on the page. It helped me tremendously.
Personally, this book did not do very much for me at all, but I am still impressed by the author's writing ability and his imagination.
Even the whisper of Cade's existence is supposed to be top secret. Zach Barrows has his entire life turned upside down when his political career comes to an end and he is made the handler of the President's vampire. In this story the secret appears to have infiltrated so much of the Washington, D. C. political culture it seemed as if everyone in town knew about Cade and had simply decided not to talk about it. The Secret Company is a group which has long been formed to take down the government from the inside out and they use a defense contractor, Archer/Andrews which already has a dark and shadowy reputation, to carry out their clandestine activities. There is a virus being perfected which instantly turns people into, as Zach calls them, Snakeheads. That's not quite an accurate description, but it is mentally evocative. In order to utilize this 'secret weapon' there is a great deal of guts and gore in this novel. Some of that was needed for illustrating how the mutated virus worked, but there was so much it far exceeded my comfort level.
Each chapter of the book begins with back story concerning incidents in U. S. history which touched on the use made of Cade or happenings of an unexplained nature. This feature detracted from the narrative for me because it interrupted the flow of the story and almost always, perhaps even every time, signaled that a different point of view was now going to be presented. For me it was very distracting. A word here to Kindle readers - these back story segments will be shown very clearly in the print version of this novel. With the Kindle I read several of them and was thoroughly confused by what was going on. I finally realized that the font size I was utilizing was keeping me from seeing that these opening segments of chapters were back story, not a continuation of the present story. I then adjusted my font size to the smallest I was comfortable with and could see the additional information segments as separate portions on the page. It helped me tremendously.
Personally, this book did not do very much for me at all, but I am still impressed by the author's writing ability and his imagination.
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