Nocturnal Blood 'is a vampire road trip book set in Alaska in our time.
After Leia lost contact with her only real friend Sophie, she is shocked when her friend reappears as a vampire years later. But she knows even less that this encounter will send her on a chaotic road trip to stay alive.
While I really liked Leia and I suffered with her, it took me almost to the end, until I warmed up to Sophie. I suppose that was mainly due to the fact that Sophie was still a teenager from her behavior. That was understandable within the world, but it resulted in the majority of the book not completely pulling me in. I could tell that especially from the fact that as soon as another character joined the group, I was much more invested in the story. But that is mainly personal taste.
All in all, the characters were very well written. Sophie and Leia's characters were completely different and yet their friendship was understandable. The way Sophie deals with Leia's OCD and anxiety attacks were the places I liked her the most. On the other hand, it was interesting to read how Leia deals with her difficulties.
The setting of the scenes was very good and described in a way that I could get a good picture of the surroundings. And that although you usually didn't spend long in one place, due to the nature of the story. The only thing that bothered me about the road trip format was that after a while it got a bit hard to believe that the two of them were moving from one difficulty to the next. But that completely made up for the end for me.
In fact, the last few chapters made me raise the number of stars from three to four. How can I deny four stars to a book that brought tears to my eyes and in the end left me wishing to learn more.
If you like stories about vampires, friendship and road trips, but are not averse to gruesome descriptions and blood, you should take a look. I ended up having a lot of fun, and I will follow the series for more than one character.
4 Stars
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