Whilst the war took place around 1870 the book is set in a slightly futuristic time – and yet it feels like a much earlier date historically speaking. Many people die and the vampires take over control of great swathes of the world – particularly those that enjoy a less tropical style climate. Vampire Empire is set in a world where vampires, no longer content to survive in the background join together in a massive all out war against humans. As it is I just really enjoyed this, perhaps I was simply in the right frame of mind but rather than following the ‘cheesy and perhaps cliche’ fork in the road I opted for the ‘really enjoyable and compelling’ route. That probably sounds cheesy and if I’d read this a few years ago there would have been some rolling of eyes. Whilst all the other vampires are nasty and loathsome this one poor vampire is the odd one out, he ‘feels’ for humans, he finds them fascinating, in fact frankly, he prefers humans to vampires and sees a world in which they can co-exist. So, Greyfriar is one of those books with a bit of a vampire romance in it. Fortunately I’m over that little wobble now and having read and enjoyed the first book I have more to look forward to and no tedious wait inbetween – win! The Vampire Empire series has been around for a while and was one of those books that I fancied reading but then hit that ‘had enough of reading vampire novels’ type of feeling.
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