This book was a pretty good vampire novel. You have an ordinary man that has to become a vampire hunter as his wife is killed and child is kidnapped by a vampire. It is fast paced and it kept my attention throughout the whole book. Looking forward to reading the second novel in this series. Four stars on this one. ( )

Come What May is the first book in the series, I had read a couple of books later in the series and wanted to see how it all started. I really love this great vampire series. Wonderful characters, plot, interactions, dialogues, and surprises that come up. ( )

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Come What May by Kevin Lee Swaim is the first novel in the Sam Harlan series and is a novel about an average man, Sam Fisher, who is suddenly thrust into a life of hunting vampires in an attempt to save his family. Sam runs a run-down family owned diner in a run-down town. Even though money is tight, he is happy. Suddenly, a group of vampires is in his life and his family is in danger. Sam struggles to come to terms with the reality of vampires and how he is connected to them.

While the vampire-lore in this story was not in particularly novel, the characters and the story were interesting. The cruel tie-in between Sam Fisher and the infamous vampire hunter Jack Harlan was the key to the story and it worked to motivate the characters and drive the story forward. I really enjoyed the how both Sam and Jack changed as the novel progressed. Jack’s change was especially interesting and a unique part of this story. However, there were two aspects of the novel that I think could have been improved. First, as with many vampire stories, there was a tie-in with the church. There was a loose relationship between the church and vampire hunters in the war against vampires. I think the politics of the church and the vampire hunters could have been an interesting addition to the story. As it was, it seemed that the church was used to as a way to accomplish some supernatural events. I believe that this aspect of the story will be further developed as the series continues and Sam becomes an accomplished vampire hunter. Second, I think the romance in this novel was forced and should have been left out altogether. It wasn’t necessary and to me it detracted from the story a bit.

The narration by Jim Tedder was well done. The characters tones seemed to be differentiable, which made the audiobook easy to follow. The production quality was good. I would recommend this story to readers who enjoy vampire stories that are not necessarily attached to the technology of the modern world.

Audiobook provided for review by the author. ( )