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A review by april_does_feral_sometimes
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
5.0
This is excellently plotted and exciting to read! There is gore, but not too much, there are sword fights, very quick, there are vampires, good and bad, and there is a biological apocalypse!
I can't believe this is a Harlequin. I can't believe I read a Harlequin. Truly, a world changing event has occurred.
Ok, if you are ancient like me, finding plots that are new under the sun is a rare event. This is not a new plot to me. Many current modern stories were new in the 1970's before many many GR folks were born, and for me that is when I was a teen. But while I can't rave about originality, I can certainly rave about Allison Sekemoto, a thoroughly kick-ass heroine, the interesting dystopia that used to be America before viruses changed everything (literally), and the quest Allison decides to assist.
As awful as the loneliness Allson is haunted with, so it is as wonderful her meeting with Zeke. But can a human and a vampire hook up without fanged death? But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Allison lives in a wretched world. Vampires are in charge of the cities because humans have been decimated by accidentally released experimental creatures called Rabids, which are caused by a mutated virus, passed through bites. Her real family dead, Allison struggles to stay alive in the Fringe. She has refused to Register and become a vampire pet, so she and her new family, a gang of starving teens, are living in abandoned buildings and eat when they can. It is a hard life for a 17 year old, and the chances are low that she will live to see her 18th birthday. The vampires have passed decrees that reading is forbidden, as well. Allison loves to read, but she must hide her stash of foraged books because it means death by hanging if she is found with them. Between the Vampire-controlled sectors of New Covington and beyond the Outer Wall where the Rabids eat whoever they find alive, Allison struggles to find canned food with her small gang of orphaned teens. There is no time for romance, although she is drawn to handsome Lucas, leader to their gang. She has become adept at survival, traveling though the underground sewers of her city, but even there she runs the risk of meeting vampires. During the day, she takes the risk because it is a way out of the city and into the destroyed sections beyond the Wall, where canned food troves still exist. She must find food so she takes the risk, hurrying to find cans before the sun sets and the Rabids rise to hunt. She has never made a mistake - until now.
Very enjoyable read.
I can't believe this is a Harlequin. I can't believe I read a Harlequin. Truly, a world changing event has occurred.
Ok, if you are ancient like me, finding plots that are new under the sun is a rare event. This is not a new plot to me. Many current modern stories were new in the 1970's before many many GR folks were born, and for me that is when I was a teen. But while I can't rave about originality, I can certainly rave about Allison Sekemoto, a thoroughly kick-ass heroine, the interesting dystopia that used to be America before viruses changed everything (literally), and the quest Allison decides to assist.
As awful as the loneliness Allson is haunted with, so it is as wonderful her meeting with Zeke. But can a human and a vampire hook up without fanged death? But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Allison lives in a wretched world. Vampires are in charge of the cities because humans have been decimated by accidentally released experimental creatures called Rabids, which are caused by a mutated virus, passed through bites. Her real family dead, Allison struggles to stay alive in the Fringe. She has refused to Register and become a vampire pet, so she and her new family, a gang of starving teens, are living in abandoned buildings and eat when they can. It is a hard life for a 17 year old, and the chances are low that she will live to see her 18th birthday. The vampires have passed decrees that reading is forbidden, as well. Allison loves to read, but she must hide her stash of foraged books because it means death by hanging if she is found with them. Between the Vampire-controlled sectors of New Covington and beyond the Outer Wall where the Rabids eat whoever they find alive, Allison struggles to find canned food with her small gang of orphaned teens. There is no time for romance, although she is drawn to handsome Lucas, leader to their gang. She has become adept at survival, traveling though the underground sewers of her city, but even there she runs the risk of meeting vampires. During the day, she takes the risk because it is a way out of the city and into the destroyed sections beyond the Wall, where canned food troves still exist. She must find food so she takes the risk, hurrying to find cans before the sun sets and the Rabids rise to hunt. She has never made a mistake - until now.
Very enjoyable read.