This is the first book I'm reading from Lutzke besides Night as a Catalyst, one of his short fiction collections. I'd heard a million and one great things about this, and that Lutzke is a writer who excels at writing at this length. With that in mind, starting here was a no-brainer.

The storytelling in this book is beyond reproach, and truth be told, Lutzke puts as much story in 98 pages as some authors do in 300. He accomplishes this by dropping us directly into the action, and has us caring deeply about all 3 girls in just a few pages. I don't know exactly how he pulled it off. The man must be magic.

The Pale White is beautiful, it's heartbreaking, and it's (unfortunately) very real. As much as we're reading the product of Lutzke's imagination, it feels like we could be reading the stylized account of a true story, even with the vampire element, which also plays right into the many strengths of the book. If you've read this, I hope you loved it, and if you haven't, I hope you'll check it out.