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Dear Ms. Piñeiro:
Blood Calls is Book 6 in the Calling series. This vampire novel raises some interesting philosophical questions such immortality being weighed against the continual loss of loved ones; the sexual fetish of S&M due to psychological ties to torture; being the object of affection by another man; and infidelity. The problem is that these issues are brought up but never discussed and allowed to dangle or disappear altogether. The book had a dreamy narrative but its plot had fits and starts that made the book struggle with coherency.
During the Inquisition, Diego Rivera’s wife testified that he was lapsed and turned him over to the church. During a respite of Inquisition torture, a plain servant girl, Esperanza, snuck in to care for him and brought to him an artist that Diego once sponsored. The artist offered Diego immortality and Diego took it. He transforms his life into a patron of the arts and marries Esperanza after turning her.
After 500 years, Diego finds himself alone after Esperanza died. His loyal retainer is also refusing the bite that …
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