Immanuel's Veins, by Ted Dekker
I would first like to say that I was not interested in reading this book. Twilight, as you can tell from a previous blog, had completely burned me on the vampire idea. Even though I told my husband not to bother with Immanuel's Veins, he bought it for me anyway, and then LOST it. It was supposed to be a Christmas gift! After months, he found it's hiding place and it was by chance that I was all out of new reading material.
After reading it, my opinion has changed. I love it!
It is nothing like Twilight, however parts of it are in first person and you all know how I feel about first person. It is a forgivable offense though, because the other parts are in third person.
In short, the story is centered around two themes: Duty and Love. The main character, Toma Nicolescu, is a hardened warrior, and servant of Catherine the Great. He finds himself torn between his duty of serving the empress and his passionate love for Lucine, one of daughters that he is sent to protect.
Thoughts on the book
1. The vampires are presented in a way that is drawn from the original lore and I LOVE how compellingly sensual they are presented. To me, the strange draw that the vampires have in this is symbolic of the pull that sin has over every human being. I read that a Christian publisher in Holland, who has published other books by Dekker, refused to publish this one because it is too sensual for their readers.
2. I LOVE how Dekker makes connections with The Circle series in this book. I won't mention them, but if you are a true Circle fan, there are many connections that are mysterious and pull other stories together.
3. This book reminds me of the redemptive power of Christ's love through his sacrifice for us.
You're so good with words. You should write :).
ReplyDeleteUmmm...let us take a look at a statement:
ReplyDelete"It was supposed to be a Christmas gift! After months, he found it's hiding place and it was by chance that I was all out of new reading material."
Ummm, first of all I would like to say. Yea, I lost it. Secondly, it wasn't months! It is just now a month after Christmas and you have already finished it. It was only like a week after Christmas, which could be considered only a couple of days since we were at your parents for the week after.
But I love you! Love the blogs!