Jon PENNYCOOK reviewed Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
vampires, controversial relationships
4 stars
I think I would have preferred this to be part of a series. One of only two books about #vampires that I enjoyed, the other being #Echopraxia by #PeterWatts (part of the Firefall series) A young female and black #vampire (vampires grow up more slowly than humans, so she is just a child) finds herself alone and seriously injured with no memory of what happened. Fortunately vampires heal faster and more effectively than humans. When healthy but still no memory, she walks out, finds she is on a burned-out farm, and walks to a road where she flags down a car driven by a man. After she persuades him to take her home (taking blood from people makes them very persuadable), they both spend time to find other vampires to help them and to find out why so many local vampires have been killed. Along the way, she gathers more …
I think I would have preferred this to be part of a series. One of only two books about #vampires that I enjoyed, the other being #Echopraxia by #PeterWatts (part of the Firefall series) A young female and black #vampire (vampires grow up more slowly than humans, so she is just a child) finds herself alone and seriously injured with no memory of what happened. Fortunately vampires heal faster and more effectively than humans. When healthy but still no memory, she walks out, finds she is on a burned-out farm, and walks to a road where she flags down a car driven by a man. After she persuades him to take her home (taking blood from people makes them very persuadable), they both spend time to find other vampires to help them and to find out why so many local vampires have been killed. Along the way, she gathers more humans for her brood.