Review by Vicky London
Near Death is the second book in Nancy Kilpatrick’s Power of the Blood series. David Hardwick is a vampire shocked out of his maudlin self-pity when a drugged out heroin addict tries to stake him in his coffin. He easily prevents Zero from killing him but the harder part is finding out why she was sent to England and by whom. Who would want to kill the mild-mannered poet is a mystery and one David intends to solve.
David’s past may hold the key and he will need Kathleen’s (Zero’s) help. As she withdraws from her drug addiction, a new person begins to emerge and David is helplessly drawn to her strange brand of innocence. David discovers more answers in some very violent and brutal ways as he gets closer to the truth. He not only finds love in his quest but also a family in the other vampires he has known.
Nancy Kilpatrick is an excellent storyteller. She has creative plots and a fresh voice much needed in the vampire genre. I enjoyed Near Death much more than the first book in the series, likely because David is a more sympathetic character and not disturbingly sadistic like Andre in Child of the Night. Kilpatrick doesn’t pull any punches however and the story is just as raw and unconventional as her previous book. She takes the character of Zero a trashy, murdering heroin addict and makes the reader care about her which takes quite a bit of talent. If you like a harder edged love story I would definitely recommend this book.
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