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Becoming Darkness takes a new spin on alternative history. In this reality, Nazis unleashed a powerful virus during the height of WWII. While the virus killed most of the human population it left behind 200 million newly turned vampires. One of those vampires? Hitler. The people who find themselves immune to the virus are mankind’s last survivors. I found this book intriguing and hard to put down. It reads like a well thought out movie. There are fast pace moments and times when things slow down so you can take in all the new information. It is hard to write down all the things that made this a great read without giving too much away.

But I can tell you what I love best - the strong female lead in Sophia. She is complicated. Sophia is different, but confident. She is intelligent yet naive to so many things going around her. At the same time she shows her insecurities and doesn’t always make the right decisions. She can be snarky and sensitive at the same time. All these things make her real and relatable in this highly fictional world.

Murder, corrupt governments, conspiracies, and a little romance make up this wonderful concoction Becoming Darkness. If you love twists and turns, good plot surprises and are intrigued by the concept of an alternative history where vampires exists and the Nazi’s won WWII – pick this book up!