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Die for You by Lauren Jackson
4.0
Die For You by Lauren Jackson
I picked up this book because I had heard fantastic things about it, and being an Australian myself, I also love to read from other Australian authors. Plus, a vampire romance novel? Did I need to be convinced anymore?
This book took me forever to read and had nothing to do with the book itself. As I am coming to the end of my first pregnancy, concentrating on reading has been extremely difficult. But finally, after a month of picking up this book, loving it, but inevitably putting it back down for some reason or another. I finally smashed out 90% of the book today alone and finished it wanting more.
I have found a few main points within this book; while I haven't read this exact storyline before, it is slightly different with the added vampire aspect. It felt very predictable for the majority of the story. Especially in the book's second half, it felt like everything was being recounted and rushed, which I will get into in a moment.
I was at first confused by the third perspective. This is a dual perspective where you get the perspective of both Raya, a human female, trying to hunt down her sister's location, and Hunter, a vampire who hates who he is and life itself. But then a third perspective is brought in, "The Predator", and from the get-go, it's like he's a stalker. I love how these chapters are written; they are engaging and just enough information to make you go "who you are and what's your purpose". However, even after finishing the book, I don't understand the purpose of this person. The book would be the same if these chapters did not exist, and his one, kind of two appearances in the book didn't add anything to the storyline. Being that this is the only book I have read, I am not sure if maybe it's tied to another book, but I didn't understand what the point of this character was.
Now, Raya and Hunter's relationship. I loved it. At the start.
I loved the longing and temptation but the fear and insecurity of what would happen because of this bond. The restraint, but the yearning. What I wasn't sold on was the switches that flipped and all of a sudden screw everything we've been saying for the past 100 pages. I would have preferred to see what is giving in in the heat of the moment, but where is the potential regret after? The fear disappears, and it's like, we kissed once, hell didn't freeze over, let's keep going.
Their relationship wasn't the only part where I felt this flip switch, and suddenly, emotions changed within a span of a couple of sentences. The same was true with Alex towards Hunter and Cora's whole personality. This isn't to say I didn't love the book, because I honestly did, but I felt there was so much build-up in the start that the storyline between conflict and resolution was too simple, quick, and accessible.
With all that said, I would 100% recommend this book, which I already have multiple times. It was so easy to read, quick to follow, and had some beautiful spice throughout the whole thing, like the cherry on top.
I picked up this book because I had heard fantastic things about it, and being an Australian myself, I also love to read from other Australian authors. Plus, a vampire romance novel? Did I need to be convinced anymore?
This book took me forever to read and had nothing to do with the book itself. As I am coming to the end of my first pregnancy, concentrating on reading has been extremely difficult. But finally, after a month of picking up this book, loving it, but inevitably putting it back down for some reason or another. I finally smashed out 90% of the book today alone and finished it wanting more.
I have found a few main points within this book; while I haven't read this exact storyline before, it is slightly different with the added vampire aspect. It felt very predictable for the majority of the story. Especially in the book's second half, it felt like everything was being recounted and rushed, which I will get into in a moment.
I was at first confused by the third perspective. This is a dual perspective where you get the perspective of both Raya, a human female, trying to hunt down her sister's location, and Hunter, a vampire who hates who he is and life itself. But then a third perspective is brought in, "The Predator", and from the get-go, it's like he's a stalker. I love how these chapters are written; they are engaging and just enough information to make you go "who you are and what's your purpose". However, even after finishing the book, I don't understand the purpose of this person. The book would be the same if these chapters did not exist, and his one, kind of two appearances in the book didn't add anything to the storyline. Being that this is the only book I have read, I am not sure if maybe it's tied to another book, but I didn't understand what the point of this character was.
Now, Raya and Hunter's relationship. I loved it. At the start.
I loved the longing and temptation but the fear and insecurity of what would happen because of this bond. The restraint, but the yearning. What I wasn't sold on was the switches that flipped and all of a sudden screw everything we've been saying for the past 100 pages. I would have preferred to see what is giving in in the heat of the moment, but where is the potential regret after? The fear disappears, and it's like, we kissed once, hell didn't freeze over, let's keep going.
Their relationship wasn't the only part where I felt this flip switch, and suddenly, emotions changed within a span of a couple of sentences. The same was true with Alex towards Hunter and Cora's whole personality. This isn't to say I didn't love the book, because I honestly did, but I felt there was so much build-up in the start that the storyline between conflict and resolution was too simple, quick, and accessible.
With all that said, I would 100% recommend this book, which I already have multiple times. It was so easy to read, quick to follow, and had some beautiful spice throughout the whole thing, like the cherry on top.