Der dritte und letzte Band um Vampirin Sia spielt sich im von Sagengestalten besiedelten Irland ab. Es tauchen viele Verbündete und Feinde auf, und obwohl sie gut für Neulinge in die Geschichte integriert sind, merkt man hin und wieder das man deren Vorgeschichten in Heitz' Büchern Ritus, Sanctum und Blutportale nachlesen kann/sollte.

Der erste Roman der Judasreihe "Kinder des Judas" ist alleinstehend und sehr zu empfehlen, da es ein Roman ist der mit Klischees aufräumt und die Vampire originalgetreu zum Volksglauben darstellt.
Möchte man aber die Fortzsetzungen Judassohn und Judastöchter lesen, empfehle ich wirklich diese Lesereihenfolge von Heitz' "Dunkler Spannung": Ritus ->, Sanctum -> , Blutportale <-> Kinder des Judas ->, Judassohn ->, Judastöchter. Ob ich das selbst irgendwann mal mache, hängt davon ab wie schnell ich die anderen Bücher durchkriege die noch auf meinem Stapel auf mich warten ;)

What a mess. I couldn't concentrate on this book at all because it's so convoluted. Once again I don't see the greatness in it.

Since this is a sequel, it's naturally not as intriguing as it's predecessor because we were already introduced in the universe of folkloristic vampires (as opposed to the Twilightesque crap which is popular right now).

But despite being a sequel, it's a very solid story. Or rather 3 very solid stories which twist and twine together in a (somewhat) unexpected way in the way. And enjoyable read for fans of "Kinder des Judas".

Only thing that bugged me is Knaur's lack of proofreading. It seems the economic crisis has hit their proofreaders hard, because there don't seem to be many left. I encountered about 7-10 typos. Not much for 700 pages, but too much for a grammar nazi ;)

I thought it started out a bit slow, plus the story was hard to keep track of with the ever-changing narrations/timelines. But it gets interesting at some point and is a somewhat decent Doctorow.

I didn't find it as brilliant or captivating as my last Heitz, but it's a fun read. Heitz has as always very well researched the folklore and history surrounding this story and turned it into a unique universe of dragons among us.

Beautiful writing style and a very interesting story, though I felt that some of the chapters in between dragged a bit on..

Now the wait for book 3 begins...

Unfortunately I read it in German (long time ago), which probably doesn't do it justice.