A Vampire trilogy...just what we need this post-election season

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I’ve read 93 books in 2016 so far.  This post is part of a series on my favorites.

The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin

This amazing trilogy starts with the somewhat overdone premise of a vampire catastrophe, but if you are allergic to any stories involving vampires, or object to vampire lit. as a matter of principle, don’t write this trilogy off just yet. 

This series made me feel all the feelings, as Jane Austen once wrote.  The books are terrifying, electrifying, and action-packed, and yet the characters, both human and vampire, and their various motivations, their desperate fights for survival, and their ties to their communities, are the real stand-out here. 

And perhaps the best part of all is that Cronin is a really, really good writer.  If you haven’t picked these up yet, enjoy digging into three GIGANTIC books, including The Passage (2010), The Twelve (2012), and The City of Mirrors (2016), the latter of which I read and loved this year.





Perfect If You: Want to be a thoughtful-and-reflective-kind-of-scared; enjoy The Walking Dead; are searching for meaty books to get lost in (these are all really long)
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Not Recommended If You: Want to read another angst-ridden love-triangle vampire book; are already scared that the apocalypse is nigh because Donald Trump was elected
 
Have you read The Passage trilogy?  What did you think?

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