The Last Vampire has been previously published and has been altered for this current edition.

It would seem as though it's the end of the world. Major earthquakes have swallowed towns, floods have decimated people and what natural disasters haven't destroyed, a plague has stepped in to finish the job. Few people are left alive and those that remain living have succumbed to barbarism, looting and killing at will.

Emma Bloodworth has lost her family and friends. But after a vicious attack, an unknown ally saved her from certain death...but with a little alteration. Emma's become a vampire. While she has supernatural strength and can last a lot longer without sustenance than humans, she still needs to feed. She refuses to kill a human in order to feed. But without animal blood to drink, the temptation to lose the last vestiges of her humanity and give in to her hunger is almost too great. There are times the desire to die is also great. The world doesn't seem to be healing from the storms and earthquakes and the humans who roam the earth are brutal.

Then she meets Matthew, a man who's also known great loss. He's a man who makes life worth living, even for the potentially few days they have left.

When I started reading this story, I really wasn't sure what to expect. It is listed as a horror story, but truly it's a vampire, shapeshifter, apocalyptic, romantic horror story. Emma's journey is so magnetically haunting, it really is a tale of survival and she's a heroine to admire. She takes each task, each difficulty and tackles them with pragmatism and aplomb. Michael was also admirable. The way he slipped back into his people's role as Cherokee and had the skills to survive in adverse conditions had me hoping for such a person in my life or even to be such a person, should the earth ever begin to similarly manifest its fatigue. The vampire/shapeshifter subplot was rather intriguing. While other stories might capitalize on the superiority of the non-human beings, this author showed that while they might be superior in strength, they were by no means invincible.

I was so drawn into this story, I found myself oddly disoriented once the tale was over. A great story, 5 Angels!

Reviewed by: Bella