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The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)

Julie Kagawa

Start date: July 12, 2013

Finish date: July 31, 2013

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Nov 22, 2012 Erika rated it it was amazing

This book was so good that I could not put it down. I read it while my two year old watched Diego, which normally distracts me. I read it until I couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore. Of course all that reading meant it just ended sooner. And the amazing thing is that I don’t normally like vampire books. But this book was AMAZING.

The main character Allison is a fringer, growing up outside of a vampire city. She hates the vampires for everything they’ve done to her family and for enslaving the huma ...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Seahorse Library rated it liked it

Shelves: genre-ya, abandoned-series, genre-fantasy

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I almost feel like this book was written in the hopes of one day being turned into a movie. There was a heck of a lot of "fight" descriptions - pages upon pages - and even more detailed scenic description. I think there was too much "tell" and not enough "show", but as a whole, it was okay. I don't think I'll read the rest of the series, but it was an enjoyable enough read.

2.5 stars.

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May 11, 2012 Jamie ~ Bad Boy Inspector rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-young-adult, subject-pn-vampires, read-2012

LOVED IT!!

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Jun 24, 2014 Morgan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: vampires-and-immortals, young-adult, kindle-read, paranormal, fiction, zombies, post-apocalyptic-dystopic-utopia, five-star-reads

I wasn't a big fan of her faerie books, but this reads very differently. It's not like reading two books by the same author where you can tell it's them from their style or humor.

Interesting world, people, and issues.

I put this on my zombie shelf even though there aren't really zombies.

There was that walking dead feel and anxiety though for parts of it. ...more

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