In the Forests of the Night

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Summary: A gripping story!
Review: Although I tend to prefer Amelia's other book, Demon in MyView, this book is definetly gripping and haunting. it tells thestory of a three-hundred year old vampire, risika, though her own eyes. Going back in flashbacks to her mortal life. the feelings and conflicts in the book are almost too real. She is definetly an excellent author and I would recomend her book to most age groups.

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Summary: Bravo To This Young Author!
Review: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes catures her reader early in this novel sure to entertain. I don't usually read this type of horror story and yet I still couldn't put it down. I read this book out of curiosity because of the author's young age. She is sure to become one of America's famed authors along with Caroline Woods, the 16 year old author of HAUNTED DELAWARE.

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Summary: A wonderful, imaginative book
Review: Being a teen myself, I was interested in what someone my own age has to share. Upon reading this book, I was impressed with her imagination. She developed a protagonist that readers can feel for; one can easily see Risika as a seventeen year old girl prowling the streets of New York, but this is where that innocent image ends. She speaks of the world in a language that goes beyond an age that any human can imagine. Amelia's creations: New Mayhem, the Triste witches, and the vampire clubs, are a product of true imagination. Amelia goes beyond the ordinary vampire myths and legends that so many have written about, and developed a world of vampires that is truly her own. I was slightly dissappointed in the ending, but hope that I will see more of Risika in more or Amelia's books. The author truly has a talent that will only bloom more with time. She has set an example for teens all over: they, too, can set something free into this world that is great.

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Summary: the best horror book i've read!
Review: I wasn't even going to read the book but my friend convinced me. i must say this is an awesome book. I love the way the past and present tie in together. Even if you're not into horror, i strongly urge you to give In the Forests of the Night a try!

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Summary: Gripping vampire story makes for a promising debut
Review: I read this book at the insistence of my 12 year old daughter Sarah. I was impressed with the young author's ability to tell a compelling and interesting story which I have to say grabbed me from the first page and which I did not put down until I had finished it. Ms. Atwater-Rhodes shows great promise and is to be congratulated for her fine debut effort. I have taken that fact into account in giving the book a 4-star rating, along with its clear appeal to teen readers, which I think is excellent. I certainly plan to read the sequel "Demon in My View". Ms. Atwater-Rhodes, by the way, has some interesting ideas about vampires which you can discover by reading the book (note to adults: it will not harm you!) and all in all the book was very entertaining, interesting, and enjoyable. My daughter, by the way, has read the book 5 times and its sequel 4 times. Attention parents of teenagers looking to buy a book for them they might actually read - buy them this one, not the horribly over-rated Harry Potter!

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Summary: It's a story, not a bible.
Review: Okay, so maybe the girl's a rip off Anne Rice, and maybe she does contradict herself a few too many times, but the quality of the actual writing is extraordinary. Ignore the weak plot and enjoy the prose.

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Summary: Gifts beyond her years!
Review: A wonderful first novel from a gifted young writer from Concord. Her use of flashback and flashforward techniques are impeccable. Her style is thickly gothic and atmospheric, and her use of her artistic gifts and senses amazed me for one so young. She has gifts beyond her years!

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Summary: wonderful, especially for a young writer
Review: I am a little old to be reading this book (i'm 17), but I wasquite curious as to how well Miss Atwater-Rhodes writes. (And I wasstoked by the fact that, like myself, she is from Massachusetts) She is a wonderful writer, and will only get better with experience and age. I have been writing for years and have even noticed myself that my writing keeps improving. I wish her the best of luck in the future. Keep up the great work. END

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Summary: Not that great
Review: This was an OK book...not horrible, but not great. As other people have said, it is definitely not very original. It's good if you are really into that whole vampire thing, but otherwise, I'd get it from the library instead of buying it. I bought the hardcover version, read it in one night, and haven't touched it since.

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Summary: Well...
Review: I came looking for the vampiric genre, instead I ended upbuying a book written by someone of my own age. It lacked more thancontent, it lacked story.... These aren't even what I would call vampires... Its like a shape-shifting substance.