Blood Oath... shamefully great...

Ok... if you can't get past the cover and title, think this: Jason Bourne and Hellboy have a love child.


I seriously am embarrassed I liked this book as much as I did... but I did.

I had the ARC (advance reader copy) and for a laugh, I picked it up over the weekend to see how long it took me to chuck it across the room. I read it in 3 days. It's balls to the wall awesome! Couldn't be more surprised. And I think it's worth the hardback price, too (though that doesn't always effect me... the ONE perk of my day job).

So... yeah, Andrew Johnson caught a vampire and bound it to serve the office of president for the rest of his immortal life. Now, put that in today's "West Wing" type government with all the bureaucracy and it gets more interesting. Then, throw in a rookie who just got saddled as his handler (he'd been caught with the President's daughter) and it's Hellboy-esque, but not in a derivative way. Then add a great villain, who, keep your eyes from rolling, is Frankenstein, yes, folks, it's Vampire vs. Mad German Scientist, but in a completely new way (at least he's not called Frankenstein - that was just the name of the castle).

Oh, and Cade, the vampire, doesn't sparkle... he's shit your pants scary, and he's supposed to be the GOOD guy. He's dropped into situations like Jason Bourne and then boxed away (coffin) for the next emergency. Oddly, the only complaint I have was that in the "love scene" the author drops the "c" word, as in a description of the body, not as dialogue and I was like "Whaaaaaaat." Maybe I've read too many women written sex scenes. Anyhoo...

Fast paced. Hard hitting.... screw "hope," give Obama a vampire :D