Review: New Blood By H. G. Ferguson

Title:New Blood
Series: The Calling of the Blood #1
Author: H. G. Ferguson
Genre: Horror
Publisher: Written World Communications
Format: Paperback
Length: 436 pages

Publication Date: December 20th 2011

Buy Links: Amazon

Book Description From Goodreads:

A pale, cloaked and hooded immigrant with haunting amber eyes wanders into the backcountry of 1755 Pennsylvania. Her name is Rebecca. Her curse is a rare genetic disorder, responsible for all the world's legends of the Nosferatu, the Wampyr...the Vampire. Burned by sunlight, driven by a hellish need to drink human blood, possessing superhuman strength and senses, Rebecca must live in the shadows, but never in darkness, for she is a believer in Jesus Christ. Forced to flee her native Wales, to America she has journeyed, seeking Sanctuary and a new life where her secret is not known. This new life will bring her many friends, fiendish enemies and the love of a Mohawk husband when Rebecca accepts captivity to free a thirteen-year-old colonial girl. But as the French set La Guerre Sauvage, astir in the backcountry with death and destruction in its wake, threatening everyone Rebecca loves, only a Vampire can stop them, even if she must pay the ultimate price.

My Review:

I was given a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

When I read the summary of New Blood I was like no way a vampire who is a christian. I had to read this one to see how a vampire could be a christian. Well it is possible not all vampires are mean and evil some are good.

And Rebecca is proof that a vampire can be a christian. Rebecca can go out in the daylight but she can't be in the direct sunlight or she will burn up like any other vampire. Rebecca was not turned she was born like this. She is very fast and strong. She has a strong thirst for human blood which she hates but can't do anything about it. But she won't hurt people she cares about and who is her friend.

Rebecca travels a lot and ends up in a new town with nowhere to stay but she is lucky when she meets a woman who takes her in and gives her a place to stay and a job too. This woman does not ask any question of Rebecca that she does not want to answer. Rebecca loves her new life and friend until she is kidnapper by a couple of white men and is taken out into the sun and is being burnt alive. She is saved from these cruel men by an Indian, a warrior who takes her to his home, his tribe. They take Rebecca in and give her a home. She is adopted by one of the families in the tribe. She now has a mother and father as well as sisters.

Rebecca is given to this warrior as his bride but she is happy to have a new home and have people that accept her for what and who she is. Rebecca and the warrior actually do fall in love with each other. This warrior and her new adopted family will always protect her just like they would protect her if she had been born into their family.

If you like reading about vampires but would like something that is a little different than other books about vampires then New Blood is a book you would want to read. New Blood has a slight new take on vampires but I am very glad that I read it. I like it when the vampires are the good people and not the bad people. I also like when the vampires are just like humans in every way but that they have to drink blood. Maybe their heart doesn't beat anymore but it is still there.

I received a free copy of New Blood through Goodreads First Reads.

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