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jsc55's review against another edition
1.0
this book was recommended to me as someone who loves the twilight series. basically, this book stinks. the idea is there, but the execution isnt. way too many teenage issues stuffed into one short book. it wasn't a natural flow for me.
dagje's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
strawberryerin's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this series. I liked this portrayal of vampires, but it's not my favorite.
georgi_'s review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
If you take out the slvtshaming and f4tshaming, this book would be perfect
michelle_chloe's review against another edition
3.0
3/5š
This was like my fourth reread of this book, but it was the first time Iāve read it as an āadultā (who am I kidding, Iām still a big child). I used to devour this series! I was so in love with the plot, the characters and the romances. And to be honest, I still kinda am, but not like I used to.
Now Iām older I can see the little faults and mistakes in the book. But my love for the characters (especially Damienā¤ļø) is still here. I am going to continue on with the series, Iāve never actually finished the whole thing! Iāve always stopped around the sixth book.š³
Trying to get past that one this time!
This was like my fourth reread of this book, but it was the first time Iāve read it as an āadultā (who am I kidding, Iām still a big child). I used to devour this series! I was so in love with the plot, the characters and the romances. And to be honest, I still kinda am, but not like I used to.
Now Iām older I can see the little faults and mistakes in the book. But my love for the characters (especially Damienā¤ļø) is still here. I am going to continue on with the series, Iāve never actually finished the whole thing! Iāve always stopped around the sixth book.š³
Trying to get past that one this time!
phoenix2's review against another edition
2.0
A nice vampire story, but the characters were weak and the lead one annoying. Actually, the writing wasn't that good as well. I liked the story, it had some thrill and interest, but the characters ruined the series for me.
tanu_jellyfish's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
erikajay's review against another edition
2.0
I picked this book up spur-of-the-moment at the library. I saw that it was part of a series and had vampires in it, so I checked it out. For me, it was a bit awkward. The writing wasn't great (although if I'm being honest, I didn't expect much from a YA vampire book) but there were quite a few references/lines that made it seem like the Casts were trying too hard to capture what teenagers sound like. There were also several places where the book moved rather slowly.
Things I did like:
- vampires in this society aren't hiding in the bushes - everyone knows about them and has seem them. That was a nice twist.
-the incorporation of Cherokee rituals and beliefs.
- the idea of a vampire school.
- the ending.
All in all, this was a fine book. I'm not jumping to read the other ones in the series, but if I need a quick fun read in the future, I may pick up the next one.
Things I did like:
- vampires in this society aren't hiding in the bushes - everyone knows about them and has seem them. That was a nice twist.
-the incorporation of Cherokee rituals and beliefs.
- the idea of a vampire school.
- the ending.
All in all, this was a fine book. I'm not jumping to read the other ones in the series, but if I need a quick fun read in the future, I may pick up the next one.
graecoltraine's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
1.0
Picked this up because I was gifted the entire series by a friend of a friend. I think I must have offended her or something. It wasn't the worst book I've ever read, by any means, but the main character is so overtly unpleasant and the book is written in first person, so you can't escape just how full of hatred she is for... everyone. Every single person who is not exactly what she wants them to be has something wrong with them. Zoey's voice is an avenue for judgement of basically everyone in existence, including people that, in-narration, she claims to love. Slur count nears the double-digits--I will give the authors the benefit of the doubt here in that this was published in 2007, but I really expected less slurs coming from a book that also uses the word "poopie" repeatedly and unapologetically.
The pacing is horrendous. The entire book takes place over the course of 4-5-ish days. In that time,Zoey, the main character, gets Pointed At, making her a vampire vampyre, runs away from home so she doesn't die of being a vampyre, has a mystic Cherokee vision of the Greek goddess Nyx who tells her she's the Specialest girl, settles in at school where she doesn't fit in because her cool Tattoo That Makes You Hot And/Or Just Straight Up Kills You, makes an entire friend group (but remember she doesn't fit in), gets invited to join the super exclusive Vampyre Sorority fulls of unpleasant people, joins the Vampyre Sorority, finds time to make out with a guy and get into relationship drama with a new guy who's totally hot and so glad she finally said yes to going out with him (they met the day before this), and gets named President of the Vampyre Sororityā¢ .
The characters are teenagers. This is interesting, because they are somehow both realistic to sixteen-year-olds while also being absolute caricatures of what out-of-touch adults think teenagers are like. I think this disconnect comes from the book being co-authored: one author more or less Getting teenagers and the other being Absolutely Certain she Gets teenagers.
I have a talent for turning off my brain and letting myself enjoy things that are objectively bad. There's bad and fun, good and fun, bad and not fun, and good and not fun. I am firmly placing this in the category of bad and not fun--compare Fourth Wing, a book I consider bad and fun. The difference, I think, comes from a main character who isn't a constant negative voice at war with the world--Fourth Wing's main character isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but at least every other word in her narration and out of her mouth isn't casting judgement on some group or another. Zoey hates jocks, nerds, goths (and worse, emos), people who wear jeans I think?, video games (to which she literally says ew, gross at the thought of someone playing them), women (not overtly, but her internal monologue is comprised of a decent percentage of just being misogynistic in some form or another), fat people, skinny people, people withboobs boobies, sluts, whores, and hos, and just about everything else you can think of EXCEPT gay people (which is a quieter, less overt sort of judgement), Black people (of which there are two in the book, both described exclusively as different types of coffee), and herself. Oddly, she also hates religious people (implying every religious person [possibly cult members, but it's difficult to tell with a narrator like Zoey] is fat [if a woman] or a pedophile [if a man]) while having the most overtly Christian voice I've run into in a while. I've heard just about every self-righteous lecture she gave to the poor misinformed side characters come out of the mouth of the same people who try to convince you to come to their church if you [checks notes] are a girl with short hair in their vicinity because they want to "save" you, down to the incredibly unfortunate vocabulary (see "poopie", "boobie", etc.).
If you are better at turning off your brain and letting this wash over you than I am, this is probably an alright read. I, for one, enjoyed the part where I closed the book most of all.
The pacing is horrendous. The entire book takes place over the course of 4-5-ish days. In that time,
The characters are teenagers. This is interesting, because they are somehow both realistic to sixteen-year-olds while also being absolute caricatures of what out-of-touch adults think teenagers are like. I think this disconnect comes from the book being co-authored: one author more or less Getting teenagers and the other being Absolutely Certain she Gets teenagers.
I have a talent for turning off my brain and letting myself enjoy things that are objectively bad. There's bad and fun, good and fun, bad and not fun, and good and not fun. I am firmly placing this in the category of bad and not fun--compare Fourth Wing, a book I consider bad and fun. The difference, I think, comes from a main character who isn't a constant negative voice at war with the world--Fourth Wing's main character isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but at least every other word in her narration and out of her mouth isn't casting judgement on some group or another. Zoey hates jocks, nerds, goths (and worse, emos), people who wear jeans I think?, video games (to which she literally says ew, gross at the thought of someone playing them), women (not overtly, but her internal monologue is comprised of a decent percentage of just being misogynistic in some form or another), fat people, skinny people, people with
If you are better at turning off your brain and letting this wash over you than I am, this is probably an alright read. I, for one, enjoyed the part where I closed the book most of all.