Leia Walker has been training to protect her family from vampires ever since her best friend died six months ago. That humans are disappearing all over Europe is a distant worry—Until her little brother goes to Amsterdam, meets a Sangue—a vampire familiar—and disappears.Leia knows she can’t save him alone. To bring him home, she must take up arms with the Owls, a group of vampire hunters, without … vampire hunters, without her vampire protectors or the Owls becoming aware of each other.
Under Amsterdam’s streets, she discovers dark secrets, a vampire who is immune to sunlight, and a threat that turns humankind and vampires alike into feral killers.
Can Leia hold on to her belief that everybody can be saved while she fights to bring her brother home—
Or will she end up as a human blood bag on the farms?
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Nocturnal Farm is the second in a vampire book series, and it definitely lives up to the promise of the first book. In Nocturnal Farm we again meet Leia Walker now a bit older who’s younger brother is going off on a school trip to the Netherlands. While away on his school trip he suddenly goes missing. Is this the doing of European vampires? Leia suspects that it might be. And that her brother is in grave danger. Nocturnal Farm sees Leia going off to Europe to find her missing brother and return him home safely, if she can. Packed full of action and gory scenes. It’s an excellent horror story with a plot that pulls you along to the end as you wonder if Leia is going to be successful, or not. I could tell you , but that would spoil the fun. To find out if Leia is successful in rescuing her brother from vampires abroad you’ll have to read the book. I definitely recommend it.
A flawless and fresh vampire tale full of mystery and unexpected twists…
Although it may appear to begin rather slowly the reader is introduced to a world where main character Leia Walker is still reeling from her previous encounter six months before and it casts a shadow over her life. This slower pace works incredibly well in depicting Leia’s struggle with not only what happened in the past but to also highlight her anxiety and OCD which she is fighting everyday. She is stronger in this story and displays a realistic amount of character development. For readers who haven’t experienced the events of ‘Nocturnal Blood’ or haven’t read it for a while are reminded during this opening which gives this story it’s own stand-alone power.
Most sequels struggle to live up to the first experience while attempting to be bigger where as Nocturnal Farm carves it’s own unique and sometimes unexpected path without just throwing more vampires and action into the mix. It’s grounded and realistic for a story in this genre. There is a genuine original story where the plot is carried by a rescue mission which differs from last time with the two girls on the run concept.
Villimey Mist has found her voice in writing and delivers a story that is well structured well paced. There were portions of this book where I could have easily been reading a high end fiction story about the likes of ‘Jason Bourne’ as he explored a European city looking for answers much like Leia Walker. We get more from characters who perhaps played minor roles last time while also being introduced to some newer fresh faces. In this world of ‘Vampires’, ‘Sangues’, ‘Ghouls’ and ‘Hunters’ is a a lot of potential that is used well in this book. The journey to the ending was carried by several twists and revelations finally closing with a ‘what if’ scenario that has most probably been burning in the back of most readers minds leaving it very much open for another sequel.
Nocturnal Farm is a book I would highly recommend!