Another vision of the myth of the werewolf and vampire

The novel begins in the Neolithic, the period of prehistory when men began to settle, to make small villages and develop agriculture while remaining hunters and gatherers.

Urr and vain are brothers. Urr is wool, a big guy, who all succeeded. It will soon pass the initiatory rite will become a man, get a wife and his own home. Vain, he is rather skinny and awkward. So much so, that every time he goes into the forest to make pickings, he is injured and his parents are always surprised to see him back ...
Urr admire vain, he wanted the strength and courage. He admires but also jealous, and he is in love with the beautiful bride of his brother.

When Urr hand for his initiation quest, follows him in vain the secret hope to see him fail, but Urr realizes that his brother is behind it and the trap. The meeting degenerates into brawl. Vain is left for dead in the river.

Through the story of the life (and death) in vain and Urr, the author tells us his version of the origin of werewolves and vampires. A background, almost natural, which gives a very particular aspect to the myth. An original and offbeat vision, far from the clichés about the beautiful vampires and werewolves with prominent abs!

Vain is a coward, clunky and not very smart and if we do not particularly like it, we follow its progress with interest. It will evolve over time, I would even say over the ages, since the novel takes us to the gates of Rome. Finally "evolve" is a big word for vain because it recluse and progress of humanity leaves him indifferent. It continues to have a gun flint, rather than steel.

I found the first ten pages a little long to start, and boring into details which made me a little drunk, but after asking the characters and settings, I could go in this story that comes out of the ordinary.

He was sometimes difficult to follow a hero who inspired me with no empathy, difficult but not uninteresting. I devoured the novel, I really wanted to know what would happen in vain. His thinking is atypical. His choices are responsible for his difficulties. And yet he will progress in its way, a way of his own. He will learn to know each other.

He thought he was immortal, but is it really? ... The answer is profoundly destabilizing. Quite a journey the reader follows with interest.

"Prime" is a really amazing novel with a protagonist rather unusual, unattractive, but so exciting. The book reads with great interest, but not a big favorite, it really is worth a look. It is easy to read, reading is fluid and pleasant, except the first pages that I found a little long to start, but after I won more.

You will see that it is actually possible to innovate on the subject of vampires, and just for that I take my hat off to Nadia Coste because this novel is different from all the Dracula that I read or see the movies.