I really enjoyed this book, even though I found the writing to be a bit awkward. I liked the trek through history, seeing everything rewritten from a vampire perspective. Not being American, most of that history was new to me (I'd never heard of Virginia Dare before, but I imagine most Americans have). Still, it was enjoyable, but I don't quite like the format, the second narrator who describes what Henry did, and then the bits and pieces in between where Henry talks about himself. I got used to it after a while, but I found it distracting in the beginning. Without that, I think this might have been a 4-star.

Oh, and I did not read the first book in this series. There are some references to it in the beginning, but other than that, one can read this book without having read the first. ( )

The Last American Vampire is the sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a book that I haven't read (yet). In this book, we follow Henry Sturges through the centuries. He has seen it all he has seen America throughout the centuries becoming the land it is today. He has traveled to his homeland England for the first time since he became a vampire. He has met many quite famous men like; Bram Stocker, James Irving, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Nikola Tesla, Teddy Roosevelt, Rasputin, Eliot Ness, FDR, Howard Hughes and Jack Kennedy. He even met Jack the Ripper!

But deep in the shadow is an enemy lurking, someone called A. Grander III, but no matter what Henry does or where he goes he just doesn't seem to be able to find this A. Grander III. This mysterious enemy seems to want to bring chaos into the world.

Yes, there were moments when I thought the book was too long when I read it, it was just so much happening during so many years that I just felt that this could have easily been two books. But in the end, when I was finished and looked back; everything was important, every encounter led in the end to the confrontation between Henry Sturges and A. Grander III. But still it was very much happening and I was left a bit exhausted in the end like one does when a book has had a so strong grip of you that you hardly know what to do when you have finished the book. But what a great read. This review is actually one of the hardest I have had to write because so much happened, but I don't want to give much away and I don't want to write an awful darn long review with me just writing how much I loved this book. I'm sure you all aren't that interested in that...

In the end, I just have to say, I really felt drained after reading this book (pun intended)...

I received this copy from the publisher through NetGalley in return for an honest review! ( )

Fun, easy read. If you like Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter you'll love this book. ( )

Awesome sequel! I actually really liked this book. I originally thought it would be cheesy but he's amazing. The way he writes fiction with history is so smooth. ( )

The Last American Vampire (audio) I listened to this on audio.
 
It was a fun historical fiction story punctuated by gory vampire fights and famous characters of the times like Mark Twain, Sir Conan Doyle and Nikola Tesla. Fast paced and fun.
 
Recommended! ( )