Book Brief - Thirsty

Thirsty

Tracey Bateman

WaterBrook Press (October 6, 2009)

Nina Parker is a recovering alcoholic trying to rebuild her relationships. Her husband has custody of the kids, due to her negligence, and she has just lost her job. Returning to her Ozark hometown, with her estranged teenage daughter, Nina confronts her past and is the catalyst for an ancient mystery that will soon involve everyone in the small town.

Despite the author's note to the contrary, this novel feels like it was written solely to capitalize on the current fascination for dark, supernatural, vampire fiction but with a "Christian" twist. It really isn't "vampire" fiction though. It is more a "Christian" novel, supposedly, with a vampire as a character. Unfortunately, it retains some of the sexual tension inherent in the vampire mythology which makes the mixing of the genres just a little uncomfortable. The tenets of Christianity touched on here are superficial at best and misleading at worst.

"If God whould show up, just once, I'd be His."

God has, and does, show up to those who are taking notice. (Matthew 13:1-23)

There isn't a whole lot more to say about this that I haven't said before. I guess you could say this is an attempt to redeem the whole "vampire" genre and use the vampire legend as an analogy of some sort. I really don't know if vampire's and Christianity really mix, I know they don't for me.

This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.

Rating: Avoid