The strain of wanting the next book!! (The Strain - Guillermo del Toro)

Member Name: nynjakitty

Product:	The Strain - Guillermo del Toro
Date:	20/08/09 (41 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Kept me interested

Disadvantages: next book not out until 2010

I have not found a book that has caught my interest as much as this book did in a long time. I picked it up from wh smith at 12.99 on the recommendation of a close friend who said it was right up my alley! And he was right.
It is produced by two giants in the entertainment field (in my opinion) Guillermo Del toro who directed great films as pans labyrinth, blade and hellboy and Chuck Hogan author of the standoff and Prince of thieves.
As soon as I started reading I was gripped!
Its the first in a trilogy, starts with a mysterious abandoned plane in an air field with no explantation of its being there, everyone on board is dead.. except a few who have no explanation of how they got there or what happened... it starts going pear shaped from there for these poor survivors who probably start wishing they had missed that particular flight!
I dont want to give any plot away but if you enjoy vampire novels, films and games I would recommend this book, I very much enjoyed it, its not all blood guts and gore, it lets you in to the characters person lives aswell, keeping it real. I finished the 401 pages in three days because I could not put it down!
I was slightly disappointed to discover the next book in this trilogy does not come out until June of 2010, but I am just impatient!
A modern day vampire novel that is so much more
There is also a web site to go with the Strain trilogy www.thestraintrilogy.com with some handy info and reviews about the book and also it keeps you upto date on the next book release.
The last chapter left me wanting more and I cannot wait for the next release!

Summary: gripping read