Book 70
The Viscount's Son by Aderyn Wood
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This novella had an interesting set up. Emma is a book conservatory/historian who's set up a blog (she's a newbie to the idea) to discuss and translate a sixteenth century diary by someone named N.C. So the novella flip flops between Emma's blog and NC's diary. She was happy to have something to break up the monotony of inputting death registries for soldiers in the Middle Ages and her partner thinks the diary is a fake. Emma doesn't believe so.
It's quickly obvious why he thought the diary was a joke because NC, the bastard son of a Viscount, is a soldier who's fallen for a gypsy woman and just as obviously she's a vampire and is likely to make NC one too.
I have to say what happens in the modern day runs on some pretty predictable rails and the writing is a bit passive in places but still, it's entertaining enough and short. It does have an open end and there is a sequel. I had fun with it.
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