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Summary: Demons of the Night
Review: Do you just love fictional stories, Monsters, vampires and their prey? In the Forest of the Night is the book for you. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is an amazing write with great word choice, amazing ideas, wonderful fluency and she keeps you guessing until the very end. She was only thirteen when she wrote this book but to her age does not matter.
Here is a little about In the Forest of the Night. Rachel is an ordinary girl with a loving family. The only thing wrong was that her twin brother Alexander is damned. One night Rachel wakes up and hears voices outside she recognizes one of the voices it was Alexander's voice. He was arguing with someone to leave Rachel alone. She walks down to see whom it is, but she does not know. They spot her and grabbed her. These people were not ordinary humans they were vampires. They were after Rachel because only a few nights before Alexander stopped them from feeding on his younger sister. The vampires wanted to get revenge so they were going to transform Rachel into a vampire. The day Rachel died.
This book is for all ages. It is a easy read for 4th grade reading levels and up. The character Rachel is one that most people can relate to. They want revenge for what the vampires have taken from her. Aubrey is kind of like a neighborhood bully. This is a great fiction/adventure book I hope that you go to your neighborhood library to check it out.
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Summary: Vampire Of the Night
Review: This is a great book to get teens hocked on .It's awsome how well Amelia discribes her characters and what they go through.I think it's amazing that she was able to get her book published at age fourteen and is still and awsome writer.First bok I read of hers and am still going.
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Summary: ....
Review: when i first purchased this book and read it, i barely gave it a passing thought and moved on to the next book. however recently i decided to pick it back up again and re-read it. while not the best book i have ever read, it is a very well written, and very poetic. amelia atwar-rhodes portrays the story of a vampire who struggles to find a way to balance the past and the present, her humanity and her vampiric instinct. flashbacks of her struggle to accept what she became and fighting to stay free in the present make this a very intresting read.
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Summary: Nikki's Review
Review: In the Forest of the Night
By: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Book review by Nichole The book that I have recently finished reading is called In the Forest of the Night, by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. I loved the way Amelia makes Risika's life so different from Rachel's even though they are one in the same. The flashbacks between the two lives flows wonderfully as the story continues to progress. I also enjoyed how clear Risika's emotions were portrayed through out the story. Her hate toward Aubrey, her love toward her brother, family, and especially Tora, and the pain she feels when Aubrey turns her love against her. Like on page 92, where Risika says: "Love is the strongest emotion any creature can feel except for hate, but hate can't hurt you. Love, and trust, and friendship, and all the other emotions humans value so much, are the only emotions that can bring pain. Only love can break a heart into so many pieces." After her beloved Tora was killed. I feel that the theme of this book is to never give up, and don't doubt yourself. I defiantly think the theme of this book gets the message across with out having to come right out and say it. I also enjoyed how much it related to my life. Even though Risika (and Rachel) are so different from me, I felt as if I have gone through similar things. Like when Rachel was ripped away from her family and changed into Risika. I, like most teens, hit the beginning of my teen years with such different emotions, that in so many ways I too felt disconnected from my family. And when Risika lost Tora I felt connected once again, her and I have both loved and lost. Also when Jager tells Risika, that she has the power and strength to finally beat Aubrey. All he had to do was give her a push, and she did what she had always wanted to do. I too am grateful to my friends for their loyal motivation and for cheering me on toward my goals. In my opinion this book was spectacular. Although I feel the pre-teens, and teens would get the most enjoyment out of this book. I think it is appropriate for almost anyone. Enjoy your reading!!!
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I heard about this book through the massive media attention it got. I saw that the author was supposed to be awesome. So, I picked up a copy and finished it in less than a day. I put it down and thought about it. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I wasted my money. Sure, it's a bunch of pretty words, but the words don't mean anything! I disagree when everyone says she is a great author. Sure, its her first book, but c'mon when I was that young I could write a lot better than that. The characters seemed to try to be emotionally challenged, but they ended up looking stupid...The whole tiger thing didn't make sense. Sorry, but I expected better. A lot better.
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Summary: Great Fantasy
Review: Sara is a 300 year old vampire. She's blonde and looks good for her age. Sara is after her family's nemesis, Ryan. Ryan has killed many of Sara's family members and she is now after him for revenge. Sara is half vampire and half human. If you love fantasy, this book has plenty of mythical creatures. amelia rose is a very descriptive writer. she writes using many conflicts, which keeps the reader interested. this is the third book by this author that I have read.
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Summary: Absolutley Stunning...
Review: When I first picked this book up, I imagined it to be another bloody, boring vampire book. When I cracked it open, I was amazed at the discriptive words, along with the lull of the past. Two years later, I remembered it and searched for it. I bought it and read it over again. In words used for Spirited Away, PREPARE TO BE ASTONISHED!
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Summary: A great book about vampires and personal demons
Review: In the forests of the night is one of the best books I have ever read! Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, the author, wrote it in her early teens and it is awesome! Its about a girl who lives in the 1700's and becomes immortal as a vampire. The book flips between the 1700's and the present, telling a story of a young girl who has to stand up, not only to her fiercest enemies, but to her own problems in life. Or I should say, her death...
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Summary: An average vampire tale.
Review: Finally, a book I could finish in one sitting! In the Forest of the Night contains only 147 pages and those pages are filled with big fonts and lots of white space. Hmmm, $$.$$ for less than an hours worth of reading seems a bit steep, but maybe it's just me? Risika is a 300 year old vampire who was turned and torn from everything she loved when she was only seventeen. The story flips back and forth between present day and the time when Risika was a mortal on the eve of her change. I thought the past story was more engaging than the present. In the present Risika discovers that her archenemy, a darkly handsome Eeevil vampire named Aubrey (who is evil, I'm guessing, simply because he can be), is near and begins causing her great distress. She fears him, he's more powerful than she, but yet stubbornly defies him, baits him and, by her actions, basically dares him to come after her. It didn't make any sense to me. Because of her actions a tragedy occurs and I groaned aloud out of frustration. For a 300 year old vampire she doesn't appear all that bright and is completely ineffective for the majority of the book when it comes to dealing with Aubrey. The glimpses into Risika's past as she learns to live her life in darkness are much more interesting than the present bits with Aubrey. The writer was only 13 when she wrote the story (according to the blurb) and, to my jaded eyes, it shows. Her character lacks maturity and common sense and character motivation wasn't explored as nearly as fully as it should have been. There was also an odd sense of emotional detachment throughout the book and I never felt like I knew any of these characters very well. But it was the ending that truly did me in. Everything is wrapped up with a twist that isn't explained and didn't make a lick of sense and, again, the lead character acts oddly and without emotion. Though the atmosphere was done exceptionally well (all dark and broody-like) I was left in the dark too often when it came to character motivation and the plot was too thin to rate this book as anything more than average. ~ Laurie Shallah
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Summary: She has potential.
Review: FORESTS is the story of a young female vampire from the seventeenth century. Three hundred years jaded, she finds her only solace and kinship in a caged tiger at the zoo. The chapters alternate between recounting her vampiric origins and her current life (such as it is) as she prepares for the inevitable final conflict between herself and the longtime foe who murdered her brother. At just under 150 pages, the plot is slight. While the heroine does have a destination in mind, I didn't feel like there was much progress until the end. Then, there is a twist in the tale that doesn't make sense. Whether it's fair or unfair to take the author's age into account, it really can't be ignored. Rhodes was thirteen when she wrote this book, and for that, it is impressive. It's even not bad for an older, more experienced writer. Its intended audience, who will no doubt go on to reading Anne Rice novels, should enjoy it.
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