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Book Series: A Shade of Vampire #1



Rating: 3/5



Diversity: n/a



Publication Date: December 17, 2012



Genre: YA Fantasy



Recommended Age: 15+ (blood, gore, violence, vampires, biting)



Publisher: Self



Pages: 296



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Synopsis: On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.

A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.

She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine.
An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.

Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.

Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night.

Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?



Review: Overall, I thought this was a good book. It was definitely written for fans of Twilight and it oozes all sorts of vampire goodness! We got a kidnapped teen and she’s special somehow to this hot vampire dude. We’ve got mystery and intrigue in the Shade and we got a love triangle! The writing was pretty good and the plot was interesting.



However, I do feel that the character development was sorely lacking in this book and I feel that this book was just a tad bit too predictable to me.



Verdict: If you want vampires, this is your series!