There's nothing I like more than a rollicking good time and funny dialogue. Mr. Sullivan provides a good measure of both, plus a lot of likeable characters along the way.

I have wanted to read this book for so long and now I'm done! What do I say about this, the idea that a woman could rise above her "station" in the 9th century and become one of the most revered and powerful figures in her society?

I love it! The author provides some compelling evidence to toward the possibility of her existence (though I'm definitely going to see if I can read some of her sources) and I'm always willing to believe that the Church has expunged many of their "embarrassing" events in history. As an institution, it doesn't exactly have the best track record with women.

Not as historically robust as I was hoping for, though perhaps my expectations were too high for a book about vampires.

As I mentioned before, the constant back and forth between modern-day author and Lincoln's journals was jarring, as there was no indication of when one started or ended. I will look into other copies and see if that holds true (or if that is just an unfortunate formatting error).

The ending had been apparent from almost the beginning, but it leaves you wondering how Lincoln reconciled himself to that new reality.