Ok, so this book was soooooooo good. For full details on the plot check out Gigi’s post, or you know, read the book. I really thought this book was great. It is at a higher level (so if you think Twilight was “deep” or “complicated” and ” took a lot to understand” please just ignore the rest of this and head to the kiddy section of your nearest library) but the occasionally concentration it took to fully comprehend and enjoy the book is completely worth it. Instead of your average vampire book where some hot guy falls in love with this exceedingly normal girl who we all love to think of ourselves as, it really attempts to give us a glimpse into the mind of a vampire. Think about it, you have been alive from hundreds of years. You know you’ve done horrible things, you’ve stolen, lied, murdered, and you have to deal with that weighing on you everyday. Because you feel the guilt of this you are totally different from the rest of your kind. (sound familiar, all you Twilighters who scoffed at my earlier warning, because it’s not the shallowness of Edward “Oh, poor me, my soul is gone forever! Now all I can do is wallow in self-pity then go makeout with some human girl, AND on top of that I’m rich beyond belief, poor me )=”) Louis, our main character, has loved (and hated) with such intensity that we cannot even begin to comprehend it, yeah twilighers this is again not like your man Eddy, we actually get to see into the mind of this vamp, so it’s a little more complex than “Omg he loves her so much! He’s soooo deep!” Have you ever tried to comprehend this truly or did that series ever try to make you fully understand. Didn’t think so. Overall I think this book is a great break from all the Twilight crap, so for all of you who want to read a REAL vampire book this is it, if not just keep reading Twilight as your brain slowly rots away.
-Halle
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