You may not know this, but my favorite books
include vampires. After reading the Twilight series, I wanted to find
something better to compare it to. I found Thirst. Both books are about
an old vampire, looking for love in the modern world. Each story has their own
twist on the idea of what a vampire would look like, and act. The main vampires,
in both stories, fall in love with a high school student, and resolve in
turning them into a vampire as well.
The two
series are different however; each one has a different back story which is
entirely different from the other. Edward was dying of influenza when he was
turned, but in the other story, it was the first vampire who changed Sita, over
five thousand years ago. Edward was changed out of the good of heart, and Sita
was changed for envious jealousy.
Their
living situations were different as well. Edward lives peacefully with his
coven, while Sita lives in hiding from hers, who try to kill her. Edward lives
by rules his kind has made, but Sita lives a nearly worry free life with no
boundaries. The sun hurts Sita, while Edward sparkles in it. Their bloodlust is
on separate sides of the scale; over her thousands of years, Sita has learned
to control it, and she won’t kill her human victims. On the other hand Edward has
no control, and kills all his victims, the only reason he didn’t kill Bella,
was his pure love for her.
I
personally love the contrast between these two books, it gives you two
different ideas of what a vampire is, and they both make perfect sense. I would recommend both books to anyone with a
love for vampires, enthralling conflict, or great literature. Of course neither
of them would be considered a classic, but I suppose the authors might have
read some of it to come up with these fantastic tales.
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