“Everything was nearly perfect. Well, everything except for … the echo.”
Detective Sergeant Nathaniel Brannick recently lost his wife to consumption and is secretly fighting the disease himself. Then, a case comes across his desk that helps keep his mind off his pain during the day, but has him working with a partner that he can’t stand. A young woman is dead and while it appears she just passed away from consumption, too, some of the facts start pointing to a possible murder. Usually, Nathan can use his hidden talent of touching a person to see what their last memories were, but her body is buried before he can touch her. He calls this power “the echo.”
Consumed is written by a fellow BlkDog Publishing author. They are the company that published my book, The Ring. I’ve been trying to read through some of the books published by BlkDog and Consumed was next on my list.
As Nathan tries to track down who may have killed the young woman, he finds the diary of a demon hunter. Just as he starts to realize supernatural forces might be at play, he finds he’s in danger. Those hunting down innocents like the young woman are now hunting and tempting him to join them and use his power to the vampires’ advantage. He must choose between life eternally lived as a walking dead or fight evil and consumption.
I don’t read a lot of fantasy books and the last books I read with vampires was the Twilight series. I enjoyed reading Consumed for the storyline and how fast-paced the book was. I just don’t enjoy the vampire genre very much. However, lovers of fantasy and vampires will enjoy Consumed. The setting in Victorian London adds a lot to the book.
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