Eldren: The Book of the Dark

By: William Meikle

Narrated by: Chris Barnes

Two boys in the west of Scotland awaken an ancient vampire. And the only way to stop it is in the power of a book - a bible detailing the dark religion of the Eldren. But time is running out, and the sun is getting low.

Are you afraid of the dark?

You will be.

©2014 William Meikle (P)2018 Gryphonwood Press

Wonderful story and narration

This was a great vampire story, made all the better by the fantastic narration of Chris Barnes. I cannot get enough of listening to that man speak. Hugely enjoyable!

I received a promotional copy of this book for free at my request, but this review is totally voluntary.

A good read.

I'm not too sure what to say about this as I'm still not too sure what I really thought of it!!! At times it felt all over the place, but I put that down to the multiple POVs we get, at others it was really good.

The overall plot was unique and I loved finding out about the vampires and seeing that they have both good and evil ones. I loved that they had their own Bible of sorts too and reading about Yoriah and Eriah! I also liked how the vampires were awoken in this century and how the virus spread. All of that was well written and developed and made for a great read and they were my favourite parts!

I didn't particularly connect with the characters though. Don't get me wrong, they were all well written and developed, but I just didn't care for any of them. I don't know if it was the fact that there were too many or what but I didn't really care what happened any of them.

Saying that though, I will definitely check out more from this author because I liked his world building and he has some really good sounding books out!! If there is a follow up to this I will also check it out as while I didn't love this, I still really enjoyed it.

Chris Barnes read this really well!! I loved that the author picked a Scottish narrator to read it seeing as it's set in Scotland, it just added that little extra to the story. Chris Barnes was clear and easy to understand and he had plenty of tones and voices for the characters. I thoroughly enjoyed his performance and look forward to him narrating more!!

Story has bite

Great little vampire story set in a cute little scottish town. If you like vampire fiction you'll like this book. I did find the narrators accent a little thick and hard to understand at times but it lent a very authentic feel to the story.

I was given this book for free in return for an impartial review.

Vampires...

I am a big fan of William Meikle and the narrator Chris Barnes as well. I am unfortunately not a very big fan of vampire stories.

There’s plenty of action here but the whole vampire backstory didn’t work for me and I didn’t gel with any of the characters. I pretty much was wanting them all to die horribly.

There are plenty of other very good Meikles out there, this one just wasn’t for me.

*I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook from the publisher and have voluntarily provided this honest review.

Great Vampire Take!

I had already read this book, but just finished listening to the audiobook. What a wonderful experience it was to hear it read in such a beautiful accent!
This is an excellent addition to the vampire folklore, especially the creation story for the species. This story had some badass vampires, and it was interesting to see the hierarchy between them all. There was also an excellent slayer, complete with a crossbow, as well as the strong humans involved. This was a dark story that kept me reading to the conclusion.