Golden Healer, Dark Enchantress (Book) - 7/14/2011 3:48:08 AM
You start this book and very soon you start to think 'oh no!, another twilight clone!. The market is currently saturated with this type of story - we don't need another one.' Keep reading and you are pleasantly surprised. This is different. Yes there are 'good' and 'bad' vampires, but these are two groups that are at war with each other. Not only is this a split down the centre of the vampire world, but the 'bad' vampires are controlled by their creator - the dark enchantress of the title. There are two worlds side by side - our world and the world of the Fae. The vampires that you meet are created from fairies, elves, and other Fae. The humans in the story are incidental.
The story is high fantasy clothed in vampires and Christian beliefs. The 'good' vampires are those which have clung to their Christian beliefs and refuse to give into their darker urges. They are waiting for the golden enchantress to appear and then help them to fulfil their destiny by reversing the curse of the dark enchantress and freeing them from vampirism. If you are not religious, don't let the inclusion of Christianity in the story put you off. This is not a sermon on the goodness and righteousness of god. Yes, the good vampires belief in god is what 'saves' them but it is not something that is being hammered into you.
If I have any complaint to make about the story is that the defeat of the dark enchantress is rather sudden - I was left feeling 'was that it, that was quick'. This is book one in a series so I am interested to see where it goes after the protagonist is dead.
