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Summary: I've read better
Review: I agree with the "reader from the USA". Yes, this chick is very talented and all that, but this book proved very much otherwise. It was a cute story at first but then it just started to become plain boring and cliche. What kind of vampire would go into high-school just to kill some girl? Why not be smart and attack her while she's asleep or typing on her computer? And he doesn't kill her because she can stare into his eyes? It's just a vampire/human love story gone wrong.
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Summary: More of a teen's dream than a five star story
Review: Of course this is a popular book for drab, confused teens and those adults who still haven't recovered. The story is more of a wishful tale of the author's fantasies that are shared by many who think like this. Far from her best and most likely in saying her first isn't her worst but all the rest are.
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Summary: Romance and Vampires! What Could be Better?
Review: I read Demon in My View expecting it to be annoying and trite, but was surprised to find that Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is a superb writer. The story is about Jessica, a girl who writes vampire novels under the pen name Ash Night. When two new students transfer to her school, her life changes dramatically. Alex (one of the new students) is there to kill her, and Caryn (the other new student) wants to protect her. But the thing is, Jessica feels a familiarity with Alex, and soon realizes that he is not Alex, but Aubrey: one of the powerful vampires she has written about in her novels. Suddenly everything she had thought was fiction is true, and the vampires are angry that their lives are being read about by the public. I enjoyed Demon in My View very much, but there were a few things that brought my rating down from 5 stars. First of all, Jessica, the 'protagonist,' is really not all that likeable. She's rather mean to her peers, and seems unnaturally withdrawn and dark. In her room the only thing that isn't black is a purple pillow. And despite the fact that nobody likes her, Jessica can still look in the mirror and know that she has 'a body and face to die for.' Her character did not appeal to me at all. Nevertheless, Demon in My View is a worthwhile read, especially if you like vampires and romance. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is a wonderful writer, and she will only get better with time. I commend her on a job well done, and I look forward to more books by her in the future.
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Summary: Very disappointed in the sophomore effort
Review: I read "In the Forest of the Night" and I was impressed with the thirteen year olds debut, but then came the sequel, which I was utterly disgusted by. I was disgusted by the leading female, Jessica who is hateful against everyone including her foster mother. It isn't as well written as her first novel which was also co-wroted by someone. This book was a cross of Dawson's Creek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which is not a good thing. Being the annoying sarcasm and teenie atmosphere. The book itself was annoying to read. The book is too short for taste with many plot holes and questions to be answered: Why does Aubrey fall for a hateful girl? Why does Jessica fall for Aubrey and not other "hot" males? She suddenly flirts with him like any other male. Why doesn't she react to her mother's death? Why does she hate the world? How come we don't see any classmates aggravate her? She did note the kids are hostile, I saw no hostility in these kids, only weird stares. Why is it In the Forest of the Night says she lives in Concord and here she lives in Ramsa? A very stupid choice to make is the outcast very good looking to the point she could easily be a popular-outcast wannabe. Amelia spends several passages with her character worshipping her own body and it's quite nauseating. This is an example of a good looking girl being chased by good looking vampire. BIGGEST MISTAKE: Making the villain weaker to the heroine. Fala being the weakest vampire. You never make your villain weaker then everyone else then you know she will definitely lose. Is this the same Aubrey from the first book? He's not as mysterious or strong as the guy in the first novel. The ending: very unoriginal and predictable just by reading the synopsis. You don't even have to read the book to predict what will happen. An ending that is very overused. This book is not something I would recommend. it gives out a bad message and should be burnt off the bookshelves. Like many sequels, this one sucks.
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Summary: Best by Amelia!
Review: This is the best book, in my opinion, by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. In this tale of horror and romance, Amelia gives to you Jessica, an average teen with a problem. No one wants to be her friend, everyone is taken aback from her. The day Caryn Smoke moves to her class, is the day her life changes forever. Caryn attempts being her friend, but fails, too scared from Jessica's rudeness to her. Soon 'Alex' moves into her class, and is quite similar to a character in a book she wrote; 'Tiger, Tiger'. As time goes on she finds out that all the fiction she wrote in her books, are actually true, and it's a threat to her life. She must face a decision that will change her life forever. This is my favorite book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and my favorite character is Aubrey, the vampire. If it's a picture of him on the cover, he's cute too. Well, I think ever teen horror fan should read this. It's really a worthy read!
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Summary: Oh, please...
Review: One of my biggest nitpicks, besides the obvious self-insertion, is the fact that somehow, Amelia has picked up the idea that bigger and longer (in some ways, "fancier," if you will) are better. What I mean is, Amelia puts in description after description, adjective after adjective. Yes, description is good...but there is a limit, and unfortunately, the author crosses it time and time again. Is it really necessary to say that the alarm clock's numbers glow SADISTICALLY? Amelia seems a bit too in love with tacking on adjectives, adverbs, and the like into her sentences--almost as if she skimmed over her words and marked all places that, in her opinion, did not have enough description. Plus, Amelia has obviously never heard about the misusing of "said" substitutes. What do I mean? Well, it's simple. In the story, her characters pretty much mumble, plead, snarl, ask, answer, mutter, or snap...but they don't SAY. Or, when they do, it's normally accompanied by a--*gasp*--adverb! Or some other form of "embellishment." Any writer should avoid this common pitfall of overusing these substitute words. Say it with me--"said" is your friend. You WANT to "say" things. Demon in My View is a classic example of why embellishment is not always good. In fact, it can be downright nasty. Unfortunately, Amelia doesn't seem to know this...and some reviewers might mistaken her different, more fanciful style as a teenager with above-average writing skills. But, in reality, it's just an example of a kid trying too hard...and failing miserably.
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Summary: Demon in My View
Review: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is one of the best authers of all time! If you like action, adventure and, vampires this is a great book for you. Demon in My View is about Jessica a girl who has dreams concerning vampires. When Jessica wakes up she writes books about her dreams. What she doesn't know is that the Aubery vampire that she wrote her last book on was actually real! When the Aubery finds out he goes after her with a vengeance.
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Summary: Speaking well with borrowed tongues.
Review: Every true writer loves the language he works with. Some go as far as to become poets, linguists, philologists. Others become fluent in obscure languages to acquaint themselves with the literary legacies of long-gone peoples (and understand Enya's lyrics in the process). Word by word, each one crafts his peculiar voice, the quality that makes the author's writing unmistakable. Precocious Amelia has no such voice of her own. She uses short words, and she uses long words, but no matter how hard she tries, her writing stays flat on the page, as lifeless and uninvolving as any other hack writer's. This is a key point: Atwater-Rhodes is a real writer. She has the mechanical skill, and her prose reads quickly and evenly (partly because of the size of the print and the extremely small pages). But she simply does not challenge herself. Amelia can gauge her abilities, and does not overextend (unlike, say, the young Anselm Audley, whose unpremeditated foray into the world of multivolume fantasy has produced a lumbering disaster), but her second novel is written entirely on auto-pilot. One YA cliche dictates another, and before the 100-odd-page book shows a glimmer of meaning, it is over. "Demon In My View" is easily the most contrived and artificial read in recent memory. No character is explored in any depth, no relationship is substantiated, no idea is given legs to stand on. Her millennia-old vampires act like sulky teens, and no rambling about proud bloodlines and anaesthetic saliva can change that. The author seems intent on destroying any possible suspense. The very moment sporty teenage agents of darkness move into Ramsa High, the narration switches over to their perspective, so we can listen in on the telepathic conversations and find out the backstory. The heavy lugubrium is easily funnier. The characters are never established as personalities, and they simply cannot be taken seriously as they amble about, spitting paltry curses ("Bite me!") and tightly-wadded bits of dialog that positively drips with sarcasm. This is especially funny during a combat scene that lasts fully two chapters. In other authors' work you can find evidence of rich, full lives, obscure kowledge, professional tidbits, personal insights. As David Gerrold confides in his "The Martian Child", even the earthquake that has just destroyed your house is source material for a writer. "Demon In My View", on the other hand, could have been pulled out of thin air, and probably was. Dull, inane, meaningless. P.S.: Every novel of this sort must include a line of vicarious gratification. Here is Amelia's - "Jessica well knew she had a body and a face to die for." And, as another reviewer has noted, the way Jessica ignores her mother's death is absolutely disgusting.
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Summary: Every outcast teen girl's dream?
Review: An averagly done sequel. When you read it the first time you may not notice it, but when you read it again the relationships of her character grap you by the collar and scream "This is what it's like, Ok?!...so be shocked!" An outcast girl hates every one around her because there "cooler" then her and she is not exepted because...well I don't know why, I mean she secretly writes horror novels, has a great figure and "gorgeous" dark hair AND a sexy vampire named Aubery is madly in love with her. What teen girl wouldn't want to have HIM for a boyfriend? Atwater-Rhodes is secretly trying to get you to think, "Jeez, how CAN Jessica not be cool?, she's so mature and likable." She takes battered Jessica's social bashing to the extreme, drawn out and exaggerated.
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Summary: Contributes greatly to Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Portfolio
Review: I was greatly impressed with this book. It has a nice flow that sucks you in and won't let you out. Probably the only thing "bad" about this book is the length. I would have liked it to be a little bit longer. Amelia has shown tremendous writing skill with her vivid yet simple and easy to understand descriptions. I believe she will become the next Anne Rice. I look forward to reading her other works.
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