The Vampire Stalker – Allison van Diepen

Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Date: June 01, 2011
ISBN13: 9780545283755
ISBN: 0545283752
BINC: 3267221
Age:12 and up

Available format: ebook, hardcover

 

The Vampire Stalker – Allison Van Diepen

What if the characters in a vampire novel left their world–and came into yours?

Amy is in love with someone who doesn't exist: Alexander Banks, the dashing hero in a popular series of vampire novels. Then one night, Amy meets a boy who bears an eerie resemblance to Alexander. In fact, he IS Alexander, who has escaped from the pages of the book and is in hot pursuit of a wicked vampire named Vigo. Together, Amy and Alexander set out to track Vigo and learn how and why Alexander crossed over. But when she and Alexander begin to fall for each other, Amy wonders if she even wants him to ever return to the realm of fiction.

 

If my favorite fictional character came to life.

 

I'll die? I'll faint? I'll shriek? No, it will be that altogether.

 

Amy was practically in love with Alexander Banks, a dark, mysterious vampire hunter from the Otherworld series written by the awesome author Elizabeth Banks. What were the odds that one day she would actually bumped into him? A million to one! When her favorite fictional character came to life, she doesn't know what to make of it. But one problem, with the characters coming to life, the vampire killings thereby arises too. How would they handle it all?

 

I thought the idea of this book will pull readers in, considering this book relates to readers of all age! Who wouldn't want to see their favorite book characters become alive? Therefore, I had really high hopes for this.

 

4/5

 

He's alive! – Why I loved it.

 

1. I actually love the story plot, and the Otherworld series certainly perked my interest to read it in the real world, now only if there is a real Elizabeth Banks, and I could actually search for Otherworld series in Goodreads. Wait maybe I should do that. Or maybe there is such series???

 

2. I love the story plot! It's fast paced and quite a quick read too. I finished it in a merely couple of hours and I didn't even put it down once. And I would say it wasn't really boring, I was pretty glad that it had a quick start!

 

3. I came to fall in love with the characters, when I was reading it, I was having glimpses of the book I once read – Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors (another worthy book). In sense of writing, they are quite similar, and I had fun reading both.

 

I wished…………-Why I don't rate it a 5.

 

1. Well, for one, although the writing was pretty good, I thought the characters were not sufficiently developed and properly elaborated. I couldn't really absorb the 'love connection' between Alexander and Amy, and I thought they were a bit rushed. I wish they had more…emotions in them though.

 

2. It was quite odd that the characters that originated from the classic time adapted to modern civilization so well in such a short period of time. Although they are curious in basically everything, and occasionally asks weird but funny questions, I do find it too unnatural that they would accept 'Our Chicago' with such open arms. I hope that they presented more of a challenge though.

 

Conclusion

 

This is a great book to curl up with for a light read, and I recommend it to all the readers out there who wished for their favorite book characters to come to life! I certainly did enjoy it and was secretly hoping that Damon(Vampire Diaries), Dimitri (Vampire Academy), Patch (Hush Hush)…..oh you wouldn't want to be bothered with my girl rambles. XD

 

Reviewed by

Natasha Anne