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In the Forests of the Night (Den of Shadows #1)

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By day, Risika sleeps in shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. She is used to being alone.
But someone is following Risika. He has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate three hundred years ago. Three hundred years ago Risika had a family- a brother and a father who loved her. Three hundred years...more

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Published February 2nd 2000 by Laurel Leaf (first published May 11th 1999)

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Dec 16, 2008 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Well...So far this book is switching between the present, and 1701.
A vampire girl is telling you all the in's and out's about being a vampire. And disproving the myths we humans made out of thin air.
Then she starts to flash back to when she was alive, 300 years ago. She was killed when a very powerful vampire, who had been attacked by her brother, decided to choose her as her next victim. As payback for the what her brother had done to her.
After she was killed she then was forced to come...more

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Mar 24, 2012 Samantha Ortiz rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Definitely one of my all time favorite books. Although it's a short read, Amelia offers a very interesting views on the modern vampire. Her main character -Risika- is a sassy Vampress with a chip on her shoulder. However, she's not brooding and all woe-is-me. (I so tire of those)

Amelia's use of First person draws the reader into her 'Den of Shadows'. It's very easy to get caught up in Risika's own bias, whether it's for or against the other inhabitants of the world. For example it's easy to disl...more Definitely one of my all time favorite books. Although it's a short read, Amelia offers a very interesting views on the modern vampire. Her main character -Risika- is a sassy Vampress with a chip on her shoulder. However, she's not brooding and all woe-is-me. (I so tire of those)

Amelia's use of First person draws the reader into her 'Den of Shadows'. It's very easy to get caught up in Risika's own bias, whether it's for or against the other inhabitants of the world. For example it's easy to dislike the main antagonist Aubrey. From Risiki's POV he's truly despicable. Interacting with her only when he wants to torture her or teach her he's top dog.

However, an outside look and you can see that it's hinted Aubrey may have had a crush on her hundreds of years ago. Or he's just afraid of the power Risika could gain and he doesn't want to be outdone. (Personally I think he had the hots for her, but gave up at some point and just decided to enjoy being strong and tough.)

On the other hand the reader can also be caught up in Risika's love for tigers. Whereas otherwise tigers aren't very important to the reader. (I love tigers, so that was a bonus for me.) Or her unconditional love for her brother and the fact she thinks he's dead. (Whom I kind of don't like by then end. And on one hand she did assume she saw him killed, but the reader can still tell he is behind certain things, not Aubrey.)

Overall the plot of the book, which is what whoever is reading this probably cares more about, doesn't just focus on the current events of Risika's life. It's more about how her past has caught up and she must deal with it. Unlike the majority of the vampire heroes today, by the end of the novel Risika doesn't hate or resent herself. Nor has she found solace in believing she's still human even though she's a monster.

Instead throughout the novel she looks back on her life and wonders things. Things from when she was Rachel (her birth name) and things from after she was turned. She grows as she comes to terms with what she's done and what she'll need to do. And after dominating Aubrey and closing the chapter in her life of hiding in his shadow, she immediately has to face her brother.

Which up to that point she had in a sense been trying to live a relatively peaceful life clinging to her humanity. But as her brother looked at her as if she were a monster, Risika has an epiphany and basically says I am who I am, not who anyone wants me to me. To directly quote the book,

'I am one of them
I am also Rachel.
I am Risika.'

It is my favorite part of any vampire book. In the Forest of the Night introduces you to the Den of Shadows world on a basic level. It's easy to read and understand and nicely ties vampires myths of old with some myths of new. Tis a great story for the fans of older vamp legends, but who're still lenient enough to enjoy a new spin on something old.

This has been a Sysanet review. Hope you enjoyed =^.~=(less)

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Oct 16, 2008 Violet rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Feb 22, 2013 Ellen Shaw rated it 3 of 5 stars

I will start out by saying that I read this book after I read 'Demon in my View' (yes it still made sense)

With that out of the way, Demon in my View lead me to read this one, I only gave it three stars (as well as demon) because while the writing was exeptional (and somewhat cliche/overdone/juvenile at points) and there was a real story line, there wasn't enough!

I wanted this to go farther, I wanted there to be deep rooted explanations of all these people mentioned. Whenever a character was int...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Sarah (The Literary Fairy) rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Synopsis: Rachel Weatere recalls the painful night, 300 years ago, when her twin brother was murdered by the merciless vampire Aubrey. That same night Rachel is to become a vampire herself. Given the name Risika by her blood mother, Ather, she begins to learn about her new life and how to allay the hunger she begins to feel. Once she discovers she can see the thoughts of her victims as she feeds on them, Risika resolves not to take...more Fairly Magical book reviews brought to you by The Literary Fairy.

Synopsis: Rachel Weatere recalls the painful night, 300 years ago, when her twin brother was murdered by the merciless vampire Aubrey. That same night Rachel is to become a vampire herself. Given the name Risika by her blood mother, Ather, she begins to learn about her new life and how to allay the hunger she begins to feel. Once she discovers she can see the thoughts of her victims as she feeds on them, Risika resolves not to take innocent life again. Instead she fights against her nature and feeds upon the depraved to subdue her blood lust.

Now living in present day Concord, Massachusetts, Risika lives in the shadows and distances herself from both humans and vampires. Still wounded emotionally from the death of her brother, she chooses only to form a bond with a caged Bengal tiger named Tora. Realizing that she has accidentally hunting in Aubrey's territory she must keep her meetings with the tiger secret, knowing he would be cruel enough to kill the animal otherwise.

Aubrey takes notice of Risika's encroachment territory and warns her to feed elsewhere. Refusing to let him scare her off, she takes it as a challenge and bides her time waiting for the hour when she can avenge her brother's death. Now she must summon the strength to finish what they had started so long ago. Can Risika beat the monstrous vampire Aubrey or will she meet the same fate as her beloved brother?

Review: Written at the impressive age of thirteen, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes introduces us to a world where vampires exist between the realities and the myths. They can walk in the sunlight, but looking into it hurts their eyes. They can see their reflection in the mirror, but faintly. As for garlic, like Risika points out, humans don't like heavy garlic breath. Apparently, due to heightened sense of smell, neither do vampires. These slight distinctions take Miss Atwater-Rhode's vampires from the lore of a Bram Stoker novel and turn them into a creation all her own.

At under 200 pages, In the Forests of the Night is a breezy read. The problem with such a short novel is that it leaves little room for character development. Most times, Risika is cold and distant, revealing little of herself to the reader. At others, I felt I was starting to understand Rachel, the heart of Risika, only for her to become detached again. This forced me to become disconnected from the character and care little about what happened to her one way or the other. Had the author chosen to go deeper into Risika's psyche, the book would have been long enough to grasp a strong emotion for the character.

The plot seemed to drag but due to the length of the novel, it felt rushed as well. Switching back and forth between Risika's memories and present day, there was little action between. When face to face, Aubrey and Risika seemed to taunt each other more like brother and sister than actual enemies. I found it hard to believe they could have such animosity toward one another when there was so little contact between the two in 300 years. In the end, the author tried to give the pair an action-filled climax but one that ultimately fizzled out before it had barely begun.

Final Thoughts: Despite the rushed feel to the book and the lack of excitement in the plot, the dialogue was above average when I took into account the age of the writer. Thirteen is a pretty impressive time to be churning out vampire novels, especially one that makes it to publication. I can hardly remember what I was doing at thirteen, except maybe doodling all over my Lisa Frank notebook. For that alone, this would be one star book has become a two.(less)

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May 30, 2012 Matt rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: YA readers and anyone else into vampires, witches, fantasy, etc.

First let me say that I took no account to the fact that Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was only thirteen when she wrote this book until after reading it. Why? I find it can create preconceived notions that may hinder one's true experience in reading the book. "Oh she's only fourteen, no wonder she wrote that" "Oh she's fourteen? Well I was going to give this book four stars, but since the writer is only fourteen, I'm going to give it five." This to me is unfair. While it is definitely commendable to get...more First let me say that I took no account to the fact that Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was only thirteen when she wrote this book until after reading it. Why? I find it can create preconceived notions that may hinder one's true experience in reading the book. "Oh she's only fourteen, no wonder she wrote that" "Oh she's fourteen? Well I was going to give this book four stars, but since the writer is only fourteen, I'm going to give it five." This to me is unfair. While it is definitely commendable to get a book published at fourteen, you still have to engage the reader and doing that has no basis on the age of the author.

As someone who is working on writing my own books, one series of which will be Teens/YA, I am curious as to the writing styles of other authors in the field.

I read this book in a matter of hours - two or three to be precise. While this was written years ago and I'm not the typical target audience, yet I still enjoyed this book. Most of the characters were well written, the dialogue was quick and the pace was action-packed yet it still made you think. The relationship between the protagonist and antagonist was very good.

There were a few instances where either I missed a character introduction or the character came out of left field, Now this may be setting up for future stories and that's okay, but I did have a couple "who are you, what are you doing in this scene?" moments. In addition the author revealed vampire "powers" and abilities as we moved, which is a little unusual and seemed like the easy way out.

Nevertheless the book was still enjoyable and my favorite parts of the book was the interactions between the protagonist and antagonist. Very much a old school flavor there in where the villain is not just a simple victory and for me - the more depth and complex - the harder to defeat the villain, which to makes for a much much more enjoyable and thrilling story.

Some have said they had trouble following along. I don't know if there is only one version or more, but the one I read had the chapter number is small print, and either NOW or the year (i.e. 1701) in larger print. Most of the chapters alternated but a few were back-to-back in the same setting, but I don't remember ever really losing my place in terms of setting, etc. (less)

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Apr 24, 2012 Shannon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, fantasy, vampires

I was so impressed that Amelia Atwater-Rhodes had this book published when she was just 15 years old! And very glad she's continued with her success so many years later.
In the Forests of the Night introduces you to the vampire Risika.Who was once the human, Rachel. She tells us all about how she became a vampire in 1701 and has been on this earth for hundreds of years. She also dispels many
myths about vampires that we humans believe to be true.
I always love to see the human side of what so ma...more

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Mar 11, 2012 Rachel rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book isn't exactly new, but it's my favorite book of all time, I've probably read it well over a hundred times, it never gets old. I first read this book in 8th grade, I was thirteen and nerdy. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was thirteen when she wrote this book. And at the time I thought the writing was the best thing since Shakespeare, of course, I've matured since then so I realise that its not the best writing in the world in fact, it's probably only a couple of levels above Stephenie Meyer, but...more

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Dec 02, 2009 BarkLessWagMore rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Read this one in a day (it's only 147 pages after all) and though it was interesting it wasn't all that memorable.

In the Forest of the Night contains only 147 pages and those pages are filled with big fonts and lots of white space.

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...more Read this one in a day (it's only 147 pages after all) and though it was interesting it wasn't all that memorable.

In the Forest of the Night contains only 147 pages and those pages are filled with big fonts and lots of white space.

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. 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 thirteen 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.(less)

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Nov 04, 2009 Genie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Once she was a young girl named Rachel, that was until she was turned by a vampire named Ather in the year 1701. Risika is now three-hundred-year-old vampire who doesn't look a day over 17. By day, Risika resides in Concord, Massachusetts. By night she roams the streets of New York City stalking potential victims. Over the years, Risika has discovered that most of the popular myths about vampires are false. While she has managed to avoid close relationships with humans and other vampires, she sh...more

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Mar 12, 2012 Alyssa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-2012

Plot Summary:
This book is the story of Rachel and her transformation into Risika, a powerful vampire shape-shifter. The story is told in present day when she is a vampire and in the 1700s when she was mortal. Rachel/Risika is riddled with internal conflict as she matures. She must build up courage to face her biggest conflict of her 300-year life.

Main Characters:
Rachel/Risika- hunts to survive, holds on to humanity, stands up for what she believes in
Alexander- Rachel’s brother, does what he can...more

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Jun 12, 2010 Jenny rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who likes vampire lore beyond Twilight

Recommended to Jenny by: found it at Costco!

Shelves: vampires, young-adult-teen, series

This book is in a set of four books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes called the Den of Shadows Quartet. Each book is just over a hundred pages, and all are vampire based.

This is the first book in the set. It is a story about Rasika, a three hundred year old vampire. She is very powerful, very beautiful, very strong, and eternally seventeen. We hear her story through flashbacks to 1701 as she remembers her human life, conversion, and development as a vampire. An enemy from the past, a vampire named Aubr...more

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Oct 21, 2009 Heather G Gentle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Can't get into the characters. Written a little strangely...but...

The premise is just interesting enough to have me want to see how the second book continues. If the second one isn't at least some improvement I'll probably skip the others..

And a very very quick read.

I don't do this often but I changed the stars on this one-- I just found out the author was 13 when she wrote this book-- that made me see it in a different light!

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Apr 18, 2011 Nick rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-fantasy, vampire-fiction

Really deserves an extra half star, but not quite a fourth full star. Very good, very short, amazing for how young the author was when it was written. There were problems with the development of the characters. The length of the book didn't really permit any. Also, the central character [Risika] seemed a little slow on the uptake, spending 300 years figuring out what the reader had no trouble figuring out, that one of the other characters was probably not more powerful than Risika.
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Nov 11, 2011 Ginnie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires

This book is indeed a really quick read. You basically go through it like water, but I must agree there are a lot of questions that go unanswered. This book is about Risika a 300 year old female shape-shifting vampire who is seeking revenge. She is still realizing who she is, even though it isn't hard to figure out that she is special. The setting goes back and forth from present to her past. I did like that at least it explained how she became a vampire and why she seeks revenge. Which I believ...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Samantha Cutler rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was extremely impressed by this book especialy given the age of the author when she wrote it.
I sat down and burned through it while my husband replaced the door handle on my truck. It was intriguing, intense. and gripping. When I had originally gone to the library I had gone to pick up Shatter Glass, but then found out it was the third book. So I just snagged the other two as well now that I finished all three in about two days I am stuck on a waiting list for books four and five: Midnight Pre...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Reading In Uraniborg rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, paranormal, young-adult

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In the Forests of the Night was something different from all the other vampire books I've read. We read about Risika, a 300something mind-controlling, shape-shifting vampire and how she was changed back in 1701. It takes you back and forth between the present and the past and we see how Risika (Rachel then- when she was human) was struggling with her nature as a vampire because of her strong belief of bad and good when she was changed. Now we see her as a very powerful vampire who no long...more

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Dec 26, 2009 Larissa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kinder, vampires, 2009, young-adult, fantastical

I picked up In the Forests of the Night at the same time that I found Vivian Vande Velde's Companions of the Night and read both books within weeks of each other. This title, however, did not stand up well to competition. But rather than launch into the dissection, I'd rather point out that the book was published when Atwater-Rhodes was 13 years old, and for a vampire novel written by a 13 year old, it's pretty damn good, or at the very least, peppered with a rather lot of small endearments. Atw...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Nidah (Sleep Dream Write) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Not Anne Rice, not Bram Stroker way before Stephenie Meyer. Amelia Atwater Rhodes was the one that got me into vampires and from then on I loved vampires ever since.

This is the story about a former human named Rachel gets turned into a vampire and is called Risika. Now told through the past and present, we see how it came to be and how she wants her revenge on the vampire that's responsible...Aubrey.

The book you could say is a little slow paced but has one of my favorite fictional characters A...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Owen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this. It was written when the author was thirteen, and it is impressive that it was published, but the writing was very amatuer. (Did I spell that right?) I'm hoping she will get better. As for the plot, it was pretty nonexistent. It felt more like a setup or first half of a novel, but it kind of is considering it's only 147 pages; a novella. I'd say Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is one of my reading guilty pleasures, since she isn't an amazing writer but her b...more

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Jul 20, 2009 Ashley Manzueta rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-books

In The Forests Of The Night is about a girl named Rachel who gets turned into a vammpire because she signed the devils book. Her blood mother, the person who made her a vampire, gave her a new name because shes a new person. Her new name is Risika. Risika wants to kill Aubrey, another vampire made by the same blood mother, because he killed her twin brother. Aubrey also hates Risika because she hunts in his territory.

While I read this book a made a text to text connection. Aubrey is a person who...more

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Jan 06, 2010 Linda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

Easily readable on bus ride to and from the city, this book is quite a pleasant retreat after seeing all the romantic vampire novels which have a tendency to romanticize the vampires a tad (or a lot) too much, eventually turning them into shining, immortal knights. This one deals with the not-always-so-noble inner world of one of the "good" vampires. As a mostly inner monologue it's written in quite a simple language, that can be read through without distractions and quickly. However this can be...more

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Oct 10, 2011 Kat Zantow rated it 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads just recommended to me a book by Atwater-Rhodes, and I had a flashback to how much I enjoyed this book when I was in middle school.

What I remember: a strong female protagonist, shapeshifting vampires, general incivility in the vampire populace, and good old fashioned revenge.

This was a story I encountered long before the trope of 'stuffy moralizing vampire falls in love with teenage girl' nonsense. At least, I don't remember any of that. But I do remember scenes and moments. The same...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Chrislives4books rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: family-curse-or-secrets, favorite-authors, hunter-of-anykind, vampire

I cant believe I've never shelved this book it is one of my all time favorites. I just Love Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and her novels.

The story of a vampire, turned at least three hundred years as of the time spoken in the book, who wanders the streets of Massachusetts. Believing her family long dead she keeps to herself as to not know the horror of loosing someone close. She relives her past as she has to confront one of the people who are responsible for her turning.

If I write anything else I'll g...more

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Oct 22, 2009 Roger Hannagan rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Nov 24, 2012 Nareh rated it 3 of 5 stars

I chose the novel,” In the Forest of Nights” because looking at the cover photo of the girl that is half human and half animal got me interested. The story takes place in the late 1600’s, early 1700’s, and what is now the current time. The location is at Concord Massachusetts. Rachel is a seventeen year old girl who lives with her father, younger sister, and twin brother. The whole family fears the devil and which craft but unfortunately the brother is giving some weird witch like powers. One ni...more I chose the novel,” In the Forest of Nights” because looking at the cover photo of the girl that is half human and half animal got me interested. The story takes place in the late 1600’s, early 1700’s, and what is now the current time. The location is at Concord Massachusetts. Rachel is a seventeen year old girl who lives with her father, younger sister, and twin brother. The whole family fears the devil and which craft but unfortunately the brother is giving some weird witch like powers. One night two vampires named Aubrey and Anther come and turn Rachel into a vampire and takes her twin brother away making it seemed as if they killed him. Rachel turns into a vampire and is newly named Risika. It took some time but she is now finally used to the ways of a vampire. Though seeing her old normal life and family still gives her some pain. She now plots revenge on Aubrey for doing this to her and after a lot of trying she finally gets her revenge and takes all his power away from him. It’s then when she finally finds out that her brother has been a vampire all this time but he never thought about telling her and that’s when Risika realizes that she does not need her brother. My favorite quote in this novel was “I could have killed Aubrey. I could have used my strength to be like him. But I remember my humanity.” This quote showed me that even though Risika has been a vampire for a long time she still believes that she can be enjoyable and be immortal at the same time; and she does not have to kill people to enjoy life. I love how the authors writing style showed flashbacks that Risika had in the life before she became a vampire and also the most current time of what was going through her life right then and there. The story is written in a first person point of view because it is Risika who is telling the story through her eyes. I would recommend this book to any young adult reader who likes paranormal stories about vampires. Although at the beginning this book seemed boring once I understood who and what everything is, I could not put the book down. Overall it is a fantastic book that I really enjoyed reading.(less)

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Aug 18, 2012 Sinaminviv rated it 5 of 5 stars

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is an extraordinary author. This book is very interesting and very good. The characters are great and her writing style is very captivating and her verbs are well-chosen. It seems like a weird thing to say, but I really like the way she pieces her sentences together. It keeps the writing active and she writes in present-tense.

I liked this book very much because it was one of the first books I had written where someone was changing into something other than a vampire or a we...more

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May 09, 2013 Kelly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, publishing her first book at 16, was what made me want to become a writer. Not because she was so fabulous and I wanted to be just like her, but in middle school, I read her books and said, yes I enjoy these vampires, this universe, the plots, the flirtation, but I could write this so much better. So I went to college and now I'm a poet I guess. Not what I expected. But anyway, she's got a special place in my heart. Re-reading these now, I can breeze through them in an hou...more

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May 17, 2013 Noelle Kain added it

Recommended to Noelle by: A Friend

This is teen/young adult a novella, which a friend recommended and brought me her copies of this series to read. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up, since I don't really care for young adult works.

I’ll start by saying that it was an incredible achievement for a 13 year-old writer. I couldn’t have written anything half as good at that age. That said, it was a good book, and I liked it, but it isn’t something I’d put on a favorites list.

I wasn’t really pulled in by the voice. It wa...more

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May 02, 2012 Stephanie Jobe rated it 4 of 5 stars

Atwater-Rhodes wrote this book at the age of 13. She is only 3 years older than me and I was enchanted when I stumbled upon this book so much like the things I myself was trying to write. The vampire Risika was born the human Rachel. She struggled to retain her humanity and to be free of the control of others. She was free of her father but instead she was ruled by her fear of Aubrey and her desire to have her vengeance on him for the murder of her twin brother Alexander. The pacing is a little...more

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I grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, where I matriculated through the public Concord-Carlisle school district from kindergarten until my graduation in 2001. The best part of school, from fifth grade until the year I graduated, was definitely chorus. I love music, and I love to sing, and though I never had the courage or the talent to participate in any of the high school plays as a performer, I en...more

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“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. ” — 453 people liked it

“Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.” — 47 people liked it

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