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Summary: Outraging! A must have and a must read
Review: This book was excellent but you have to really be into the whole vampire and demon thing. I could but this book down not even for a minute.
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Summary: An excellant horror story.
Review: I really enjoyed this book, even more than the author's first, which was itself excellant. Jessica, the main character, seems a pretty average, unpopular teen at first glance. But she's actually published a vampire novel under a pen name. When a new boy enrolls at her school, he reminds her a great deal of Aubrey, the vampire villian from her novel. It turns out that he really is Aubrey, come to kill her. However, things become complicated when the two fall in love. Both of these characters appeared in In the Forests of the Night, and I was glad Miss Atwater-Rhodes chose to write more about them. Jessica was only briefly mentioned in the first book, but I thought right away that she would be a neat character. And I never liked Aubrey much in the first book (although he was definitley a cool villian!), but meeting Jessica certainly improved his personality. I highly reccomend this wonderful novel to fans of horror and vampire novels. The author is extremely talented, and I think it is wonderful that she has become a published author while she is still a teenager. I hope she continues to write more wonderful books like this one.
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Summary: Another great book from Ms. Atwater-Rhodees
Review: In her first book, Ms. Amelia Atwater-rhodes introduced us to the world of New Mayhem. IN her second, we see more of the intricate characters mentioned in In the Forests of the Night. The main player, Aubrey, is explored in a whole new dimension. I liked this book the best because it showed off even more of her creativity and charisma as a writer.
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Summary: A good Rendell novel
Review: Yet another intriguing psychological thriller from the tireless Rendell, who once more gives us a frighteningly disturbed individual with some major skeletons in his closet. An obsessively neat and efficient recluse with a penchant for strangling a shop window mannequin in his cellar, Arthur Johnson has spent 20 years in a flat in a seedy part of town. Enter Anthony Johnson, a handsome, intelligent student of psychology who moves into the room downstairs, changing both of their lives forever. When Anthony accidentally destroys Arthur's prized mannequin, Arthur responds with a hideous act of revenge. As Arthur's murderous impulses are denied release, his psyche begins to deteriorate. Rendell finishes off the story with her signature twist ending, a jolting twist that is totally logical, ironic, and completely unpredictable, where everyone gets what they deserve, if not in the way they expect.This is a fairly quick read, and despite the dark exploration of Arthur's twisted mind it remains considerably light for Rendell. Neither as suspenseful nor as chillingly perfect as its successor, A JUDGEMENT IN STONE, but nevertheless, a prime example of the type of story that no one does better than Rendell: the investigation of two different people's lives which suddenly collide--and the volatile and often grim results.
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Summary: IT TAKES ONE INTO THE MIND OF THE DEMENTED
Review: THIS BOOK TAKES YOUR EYES AND THEN YOUR MIND INTO THE THINKING OF A TRULY TWISTED FIEND. IT LEADS YOU INTO THE DARKEST CORNERS OF HIS THOUGHTS, HIS BEHAVIOR IS SO BELIEVABLE ,THE ACTS COMMITED RING IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS TRUE. A GOOD AND VERY FRIGHTENING BOOK.
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Summary: So-so
Review: This wasn't the worst book; it wasn't the greatest book. Granted, Amelia was fifteen when she wrote this, it isn't too bad of a book, being the grammar's right and there aren't any spelling errors or anachronisms, like you'd find in a VC Andrews book. But the characters weren't developed and it seemed as though she told too much rather than showed. Also, there were way too many adverbs. As Stephen King said, "The adverb is not your friend." But besides that, she did decent. She told the story and got it published. Would I recommend it? No. Read her later works, which are actually quite good. Hawksong surprised me. I dislike her early works, but Hawksong is a good novel and definitely worthy of publication. And to Chelsea K. Palmer - get over yourself. If you are so good of a writer, then why aren't you putting those 'talents' to use?
With that said, read the book if you want to. But I suggest not. Stick with her latest works.
Cheers!
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Summary: Dead and Cold
Review: I love vampire stories. I will obsess over a good one. I will slam a bad one, and I'm afraid to say this is a bad one.
The problem with this story is that it takes a long time to get to nowhere. Plot elements that could've been interesting just take too long to get to, and the manner in which they are presented makes it seem like nothing has happened at all. There is a climax, but it practically doesn't exist. The only point when it even started to get interesting was the end, and that's probably only because of the possibilities. What would really happen if she had continued the story would be a series of missed opportunities.
The protagonist has the personality of a dead fish, and although her origins are interesting I would not like to have another go with this character. The vampires are little better, they have personality all right, the personalities have a depth a grade schooler could have come up with. There is the blood obsessed vampire and then there is the usual misunderstood hot vampire boy. Then the witches, who are just generally pathetic. Even the "vampire hunter" witch is a yawn, not to mention abnormally annoying.
When I heard the writer was only 16 (not sure really but somewhere in that range) the quality of the writing made sense. This is the product of a developing writer who will get much better with practice. What really astounds me is that the publishing house actually saw this book fit to be published. It's a bore, overwritten and messy. There is a market for all things dark and vampiric but they can't seriously expect that audience to be so idiotic.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: I picked up this book looking for something interesting to read.
And I must say I was a bit jealous to find that this author is a year younger than I am and has an array of books published.
But you know what? I'm no longer jealous. Because a retarded monkey could come up with better character developments and plots than Ms. Atwater-Rhodes has put in this novel.
I barely got halfway through this book when I threw it across the room, finished with the drivel that she called a story. It immediately earned a place next to Foxfire and To Ride a Silver Broomstick in my collection of "Books I would never sell to anyone for I would not want them to suffer by reading this crap."
Save yourself some time and buy anything by LJ Smith, Kelley Armstrong, or (dare I say it) Anne Rice. Even Ms. Rice is better than this girl, and I hate that woman.
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Summary: Shows promise
Review: Overall the plot was great, but the writing was lacking. like wearing a sweater that is two sizes to big. She should have tightened up more. I recommend MIDNIGHT PREDATOR instead.
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Summary: Good But Lacking
Review: The book is well written and has a good story to it, but lacked that little leap of detail and passion in the characters. The fact that it is a book based on teenage vampires doesn't help much, however this is also a book for 'teenagers'. I suggest this book for teenagers who do like a good vampire read under the juvenille section.
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