Melissa (readermuse) reviewed The President's Vampire (Nathaniel Cade, Bk 2) on + 96 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is the second installment of Nathaniel Cade, the vampire in the service of the white house. The first was Blood Oath. Within this story Cade is again fighting the otherworldly forces of evil but I felt it was much more politically based than the first and a lot more involved in conspiracy theories. In this way the author deals with area 51 and even, ironically, to Bin Laden which is the opening sequence. Now before you think that the last part could already make this book outdated, think again... it actually keeps it eerily up to date.
In this book a covert agency is experimenting with an unusual virus which transforms people into a mindless eating and killing creature. The agency is so covert, even those who have high clearance do not know who is involved with this agency. It is no secret that parts of Blackwater were incorporated as well as the images we have of the men in black. These arrogant and self-righteous people become a bigger threat than the one's we know of; or are they? Perhaps they have been involved in those other operations all along. I also find it interesting that the president is based on our current president (if you don't believe me... check the book trailer and listen to the president's voice at the end...).
Part history, part political, and part imagination (yep, that's a lot of parts!) all come together to make a world that you could actually believe might just happen. *checks under the bed for lizard-like monsters* It is a fun and thrilling ride. I suppose my only criticism is that we actually get less Cade in this book than the first. I really want to get to know him and you don't know any more about him in this book than from what you learned in the first. I did get to know Zach a bit better and, in fact, liked him a whole lot more. I also enjoyed the character of Bell (one of the baddies) and some of the secondary characters even if we only knew them for a chapter.
It is a fun political vampire/monster book and I give it 4 stars. I believe you can read this as a stand alone, but I think you should start with the first to really get to know Cade.
In this book a covert agency is experimenting with an unusual virus which transforms people into a mindless eating and killing creature. The agency is so covert, even those who have high clearance do not know who is involved with this agency. It is no secret that parts of Blackwater were incorporated as well as the images we have of the men in black. These arrogant and self-righteous people become a bigger threat than the one's we know of; or are they? Perhaps they have been involved in those other operations all along. I also find it interesting that the president is based on our current president (if you don't believe me... check the book trailer and listen to the president's voice at the end...).
Part history, part political, and part imagination (yep, that's a lot of parts!) all come together to make a world that you could actually believe might just happen. *checks under the bed for lizard-like monsters* It is a fun and thrilling ride. I suppose my only criticism is that we actually get less Cade in this book than the first. I really want to get to know him and you don't know any more about him in this book than from what you learned in the first. I did get to know Zach a bit better and, in fact, liked him a whole lot more. I also enjoyed the character of Bell (one of the baddies) and some of the secondary characters even if we only knew them for a chapter.
It is a fun political vampire/monster book and I give it 4 stars. I believe you can read this as a stand alone, but I think you should start with the first to really get to know Cade.
Pat O. (PatinCO) - , reviewed The President's Vampire (Nathaniel Cade, Bk 2) on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Really enjoyed this book. It's different from anything I'd read before. If you like spy-type, CIA-type books, you'll enjoy this one. It's not for the squeamish however.
It's not really a vampire-type book, but more about what could happen behind closed doors in politics, but on a different level.
It's not necessary to have read the first book, but it would probably help to get the backstory.
It's not really a vampire-type book, but more about what could happen behind closed doors in politics, but on a different level.
It's not necessary to have read the first book, but it would probably help to get the backstory.
Elisabeth P. (BetsyP) reviewed The President's Vampire (Nathaniel Cade, Bk 2) on + 566 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Paranormal/ spy thriller by Christopher Farnsworth, second in series. Cade is a vampire bound to the service of the President of the United States. His job is to follow the orders of the President, and to protect and serve the country from the things that normal citizens don't see. But, a covert, shadow arm of the government has a different agenda. This is a terrific espionage thriller with a supernatural twist. I bought it, began reading, and finished it in the same day. Excellent book.
