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A review by audreychamaine
Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
4.0
After 500 years of terrorizing humans and being evil incarnate, Lenah Beaudonte has had enough. Lenah wants nothing more than to be human again, to be able to feel anything at all other than the constant want of vampire life, to have a second chance at not being a monster. Fortunately for her, her vampire lover/sire Rhode has found a way to undo the sacred magic and give her back the life he took from her. It isn’t that easy, though. Lenah is tied to her vampire coven, a ruthless group of men that she hand-selected to guard her. Now, she must hide from them, because if they found out she is human again it would mean certain death.
To that end, Rhode sets Lenah up at a ritzy boarding school in Massachusetts. While there, she struggles to assimilate to the modern world, and to rediscover her humanity. However, her coven is still after her, and to raise the stakes (get it!?), Lenah has also fallen in love with a very edible human boy.
Infinite Days has an interesting premise. What if you could undo your vampire nature? It looks at the possibilities of actually getting that second chance, the one that you should never be able to have. Lenah was a fairly likable character, although I did prefer her evil vampire character (shown in flashbacks) to her human character. I had a bit of a problem with her romance with the human Justin. It seemed a bit too easy, and a bit too much like she just fell for him for his hot bod and good looks. I’d have liked to have seen a bit more substance there. After all, one meets so many people in 500 years that you’d think you’d have higher standards than to fall for the first somewhat attractive male you see.
As I alluded to earlier, the flashbacks were my favorite parts of the book. Together with Lenah’s vampire conscience and angsty sense of loss of innocence, parts of this book reminded me of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Of course, most of the story takes place in modern day, with a fully human protagonist, but the rest of the series promises to feature more vampires and more flashbacks.
To that end, Rhode sets Lenah up at a ritzy boarding school in Massachusetts. While there, she struggles to assimilate to the modern world, and to rediscover her humanity. However, her coven is still after her, and to raise the stakes (get it!?), Lenah has also fallen in love with a very edible human boy.
Infinite Days has an interesting premise. What if you could undo your vampire nature? It looks at the possibilities of actually getting that second chance, the one that you should never be able to have. Lenah was a fairly likable character, although I did prefer her evil vampire character (shown in flashbacks) to her human character. I had a bit of a problem with her romance with the human Justin. It seemed a bit too easy, and a bit too much like she just fell for him for his hot bod and good looks. I’d have liked to have seen a bit more substance there. After all, one meets so many people in 500 years that you’d think you’d have higher standards than to fall for the first somewhat attractive male you see.
As I alluded to earlier, the flashbacks were my favorite parts of the book. Together with Lenah’s vampire conscience and angsty sense of loss of innocence, parts of this book reminded me of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Of course, most of the story takes place in modern day, with a fully human protagonist, but the rest of the series promises to feature more vampires and more flashbacks.