Reflections of a Vampire

Reflections of a Vampire
by Damion Kirk

ISBN: 0971855056

Make room for the Vampire St. Laurue

Reflections of a Vampire is a very good, fast paced, quite entertaining, at times gruesome, well written book. It's quite a bit more than Vampire fiction, since it has many of the elements of fantasy built in; invisibility, blink of an eye shape-shifting, and fire beams, to mention a few. I disagree with other reviewers that this is a book in the tradition of Anne Rice. It is not. People use this comparison to the point of making it a cliché, and basically having no meaning whatsoever.

As a story, this book has everything; Vampires, a Daemonion Council, shapeshifters, a priest, a book publisher and ghost writer, policemen, minions, very graphic gore, AIDS, castles, and a host of other things to draw from. The book could easily have been twice as long with the amount of ground the author covers. Damion Kirk does do a superb job at keeping the readers interest with a quick moving story, unpredictable events, and quite a bit of action.

The novel is dying for several sequels and I'm sure I'll read them if and when they are available. Unless you are a hard core Vampire reader, you may pass this book up since the cover price of the book is fairly high, especially for a first novel of an unknown author. It is done with quality paper and a very nice easy to read font, but still, I felt the price was out of line.

7/20/03