Published August 3rd 2010 by St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback, 310 pages
Isbn: 0312649916
Isbn: 0312649916
"Lenah Beaudonte is, in many ways, your average teen: the new girl at Wickham Boarding School, she struggles to fit in enough to survive and stand out enough to catch the eye of the golden-boy lacrosse captain. But Lenah also just happens to be a recovering five-hundred-year-old vampire queen. After centuries of terrorizing Europe, Lenah is able to realize the dream all vampires have -- to be human again. After performing a dangerous ritual to restore her humanity, Lenah entered a century-long hibernation, leaving behind the wicked coven she ruled over and the eternal love who has helped grant her deep-seated wish."
9/10
I fell in love with the world Rebecca Maizel created and could not tear myself away from this amazing novel. The way Lenah transcends between Vampire Queen and a 16 year old human is done very well, and only writing like Rebecca Maizel's could pull it off.
The love for her Coven and for Justin, even though they clash is shown and respected so well that you can't help feeling for each and every character in this novel.
These Vampires are ruthless and cruel and that is a nice change. Strong characters, great storyline that grabs you from the first word.
Lenah is so full of emotion and so interesting that you can't help be fascinated by her! The world around her is written so well that you feel connected to it.
I can't wait to see what happens next and I can't recommend this book highly enough! It might just been one of my favourites.
*Spoilers*
Rhode's sacrifice was heart wrenching and you can see he truly loved Lenah!
I loved Tony and his death was really sad. I felt that Lenah sacrificed so much towards the end, that Tony's death was just one more thing that made up her mind to do what she did. Vicken might not have deserved it in my eyes, but Lenah knew how it felt to be so tormented and she loved Vicken even through it all.
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2 comments:
This book seems like such an awesome read. I like the different take on things and how the author seems to have stuck with vampires being blood sucking killers.
Jen
In the Closet With a Bibliophile
Great review :) Glad you enjoyed the book. I loved Rhode's scarifice as well. I cried the whole time!!
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