The movie “ Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust” has to be mentioned since it was based on this book. The story would have been a lot better without this, and especially if the insta-love/lust people feel around vampires and D had been just a tiny bit less emphasised. The Mayor in book two, Kyle in this book (although all of the Marcus brothers are revealed to be rapists in the end). The author seems to be getting into a rut with these questions since there were fewer of them in the first book.Īlso, the fact that there have been people who suddenly change into rapists without logic or hints of it earlier in the book, bring the quality of the book down. It breaks the flow of the story, stopping it up and throwing the reader out of it. The writing is a bit annoying with the omniscient author who keeps asking questions as if he were a storyteller with an audience rather than a book.
Charlotte, the girl who ran off with a Noble, is strong but in a more quiet way, and her bravery doesn’t show much until the very end.
Leila’s waning interest in monster/vampire hunting is also a good – though very subtle – touch to her character. Although she does wobble a bit when it comes to D and a female dhampir, she still comes up on top at the very end, which is truly enjoyable. Leila Marcus is a strong female character, who fights and isn’t a fraid to come face to face with monsters. The sunlight syndrome is a curious but welcome weakness when it comes to D, and even if he does get over it remarkably quickly it will be interesting to see if it does show up again in later books. And though it is quite obvious who his father is, the way the hints are scattered about and never actually come out to say it, still make it more interesting. Like being unable to cross running water unless there is a bridge, how earth actually enhances their regenerative abilities giving them an interesting reason to carry earth with them.Īgain there are small hints about D’s parentage that are doled out. It is undeniable, Hideyuki Kikuchi writes very good adventure stories.įascinating to learn more of the world it is set in, and just how much of the old folklore about vampires that the author has incorporated. Can D prevail against the force of sheer numbers of his advesaries – both human and not?Įxcellent adventure as usual. D’s task becomes ever-more daunting when the fleeing Noble enlists a horrific cadre of human/monster half-breeds. He also employs the Marcus clan, a dangerous and renegade family of Hunters as infamous for killing their competition as they are for getting their man.
When a desperate village elder learns that his daughter has been abducted by a Noble, he turns to D to save her. The review of the second book can be found here. The review of the first book can be found here. “Demon Deathchase” is a review of the third book of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s series Vampire Hunter D.
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