Review of 'Mortal Touch (Vampires of New England)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I really wish Goodreads did half stars.
I enjoyed the author’s take on vampires and found it really compelling. I’m doing research on vampires for reasons and am really impressed by the way Arthen used traditional Slavic vampire myths in a modern setting. I also loved how delightfully mundane the vampires’ issues could be.
My issues were with the character of Veronica. While the character's history of mental illness gives the author some leeway, I struggled in a few places with both the extremes and with the main character's forgiveness of her actions.
I won’t spoil the mystery, as it was a lot of the fun!