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Jun 24, 2020ryner rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A young girl regains consciousness in a cave. She's terribly wounded, including a fracture to her skull, but has no recollection of who she is or what had happened to her. Wandering out onto a road she's picked up by Wright, a man who discovers quickly (and rather disturbingly) that she is prooooooobably not quite the human girl she appears to be. His rudimentary knowledge of folklore suggests she's a vampire, albeit one with wholesale amnesia and whose origins are a mystery. This is a book that pushes a number of boundaries and will likely make some readers uncomfortable. Suspension of disbelief, in multiple capacities, is a must. I enjoyed it, though frankly not as well as I'd hoped, given my past experiences with Butler's work.