What book have you enjoyed recently?

[Paula]

Could you recommend one book that you think everyone should read for fun, and tell me why it’s special to you? I’m looking for new books to try, so I’d love to hear your top pick and what makes it memorable—was it the story, the characters, or maybe the way it made you feel?”

[lunababymoonchild]

Hello and welcome to the forum. 
 

Great question!

 

I’ve been choosing my own reading material for more than fifty years so it takes a lot to surprise me. One of those was by Justin Cronin, called The Passage. A totally new concept in vampire stories. It’s the first of a trilogy and absolutely epic at more than 900 pages long. It’s got everything, story, characters and atmosphere. Kept me turning pages until the end. 
 

Then I came across another epic, Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff. It comes in at a ‘mere’ 700 odd pages and another totally different take on the vampire story. It too is the first of a trilogy. And has everything, story, characters and atmosphere. 
 

I have read the whole Passage trilogy and looking forward to the second Jay Kristoff book (the third was published in hard back in November this year)

 

I can recommend those to you.