Review Detail

Reader reviewed by Maura (Monster Of Books)

What I liked....I enjoyed that
it was a simple, easy read, that quickly got your attention. It's a
page turner and will leave readers wanting more by the end of the book.
Mari Mancusi brings out the old vampire myths in a new way, that will
definitely have you laughing. The humor kind of reminded me of the, Vampire Kisses Series
by Ellen Schreiber. I also enjoyed that Sunny was a type of character
who really resisted becoming a vampire, even if she was a bit
closed-minded, which put a spin on most YA vampire genre books. Also
the vampire was the type of character who wasn't like: "Don't become a
vampire! Live your human life!!" Instead he was a bit self-centered and
lonely and wanted Sunny to become a vampire. I would think, if I were a
vampire, that after living a million-bajillion years that you be a bit
self-centered and greedy. Are the characters relate-able? To me, not
really. But can you imagine them and understand them? Of course. The
authors makes a simple plot into a 272 page book, that's interesting,
fast paste, and you don't have to really think a lot while reading it.
It's not complex, which is nice. So I definetly recommend this to
anyone, even if you hate the vampire-genre.
What I didn't like.....
I found the main protagonist, Sunny, thoughts to be really annoying at
times. I don't like to label people/characters, but I found Sunny to be
way to preppy. Also in the book the word: "vampire" was brought up like
every page. I understand that she doesn't want to become a vampire, but
do we really need to hear about it every second? Though these two
things that I disliked are rather my complaints then stuff that would
be wrong with the book. But also, it would make sense for the main
character to be thinking about it a lot because if I were in this
situation I'd probably do the same thing. But I just wished, the word:
"vampire", was toned down a bit.
Also, at the end of the book you get
to see Rayne's POV. Basically she narrates the ending, and I found
from her thoughts that she's identically like Sunny. Like I understand
that they're twins, but for moments on end I felt like I was listening
to Sunny not Rayne. Was that suppose to be that way? I don't know. When
Rayne talks, she sounds different from Sunny.
In All...
it was a great book that anyone would love to read and I absolutely
recommend the book. I didn't really find anything wrong with book, just
one person complaints.