Book Review: The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

 

The Immortal Rules

By Julie Kagawa

Harlequin Teen

464 pg.

March 2013

 

 

Writting this review for me is not easy, so first I will start with what I loved about this book. First, I love Julie Kagawa and her work, I'm in love with The Iron Fey series, also of Julie Kagawa, so I expected a lot of this book. I read a comment that once Julie said that she didn't want to write a vampire book, because there were so many of them already, and I agree, although she manage to make a different story, it still remind me about some books previously read, including Black City of Elizabeth Richards, and  Morganville Vampires Series of Rachel Caine. This feeling was soon washed out when the action started, Allie is such an unexpected character, I mean she is rude and brave, someting different in a main character, and Kanin OMG, he is awesome, I like that he is not the cool guy with all the anwers he is just a vampire trying to get on with his life and fix some of his biggest mistakes, I loooved that fact that they two weren't and issue, that have been such a cliche.

This book tells us the story of Allie's journey, between being a human starving to death all time, and worrying of being eaten, to being a newborn vampire not wanting to turn into a monster but realizing this is maybe her only choice.

 

Discovering her alternatives, Allie decides to help a group of humans she met, and the adventures begin. Allie struggles between trying to keep them alive and not to eat them, and also with the feelings she is having for this sweet and noble guy Zeke, who will give his live for the other humans with him. The story between Zeke and Allie is not concluded, although it is obvious they like each other, we still need to see what will happen next. I'm excited about seeing them together, but will that  be possible in a post apocaliptic world, in which you are either food or starving?

 

In order not to spoil more this book, I will stop my review here, in the end it was a good book, I didn't love it, but really liked it, I must read tne next book in the series.

 

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The Immortal Rules

About the author...

Julie Kagawa

Julie Kagawa was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos, and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn't getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish, and the odd eel.

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Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine. Critique and Review.

Kiss of Death
Morganville Vampires #8
by Rachel Caine
Signet, Penguin Group
2010
256 p.


Welcome to Morganville. You’ll never want to leave.
And even if you do ... well, you can’t.
Sorry about that.

Morganville is a small town in Texas, nothing out of the normal, of course if we obviate that the vampires govern the city.

Clare Danvers went to live there to go to college and now she cannot leave. She is the protected one and maid of the principal vampire of Morganville, the oldest Amelie, and personal assistant of the scientist, vampire and madman Myrnin.

She lives in the Glass House with her friends, the gothic Eve, the most handsome, rock Star and vampire Michael, and certainly her adored boyfriend Shane.

The adventures and Clare's misfortunes in this city already have been to the top of danger and have worked out freed well, barely. This time they have the chance to go out of Morganville; Amelie has given permission in order that they are going to Dallas to record Michael's cd, is a round trip certainly, but even this way it is to go out of Morganville, to forget at least for a few days of the vampires, to breathe freely. What could possible go wrong?


To read Kiss of Death was wonderful and refreshing, Rachel Caine, take us of the daily life in Morganville, and leads us to a walk, invites us to know what would happen if they could go out of Morganville. And obviously the problems don’t wait.

These guys are magnets for trouble, specially the vampire trouble; action scenes are excellently well narrated and described by Caine, you can feel the tension and the stress to rise little by little, wishing it finishes soon and that finally they have a minute of peace. Minute of peace that really it is necessary for Clare and Shane who take their relation to a very sexy tension, and we all whom adore this couple wish that they at least could have some time for themselves.

Even we see how the problems appear among these friends, the personality of each one, make them get into problems with everything what they come across.

As always a great book, it is full of action and romance. Rachel Caine, has broken with the expected and takes us for a ride and it was charming. Two thumbs up.

Kiss of Death, de Rachel Caine. Reseña y Crítica.

Kiss of Death

de Rachel Caine

Signet, Penguin Group

2010

256 p.



Bienvenido a Morganville, no querrás irte.

Y aunque quisieras, no puedes, lo sentimos.


Morganville es un pequeño pueblo en Texas, nada fuera de lo normal, claro si obviamos que los vampiros rigen la ciudad.

Clare Danvers llego a vivir ahí para estudiar la universidad y ahora no puede marcharse. Es la protegida y sirvienta del vampiro principal de Morganville, la antiquísima Amelie, y asistente personal del científico, vampiro y loco Myrnin.

Vive en la Casa de Cristal con sus amigos, la gótica Eve , el guapísimo, rock Star y vampiro Michael, y por supuesto su adorado novio Shane.

Las aventuras y desventuras de Clare en esta ciudad ya han estado al tope de peligro y han salido bien librados. En esta ocasión se les presenta a Clare y sus tres compañeros de casa la oportunidad de salir de Morganville; Amelie ha dado permiso para que vayan a Dallas a grabar el disco de Michael, es un viaje de ida y vuelta por supuesto, pero aun así es salir de Morganville, escapar al menos unos días de los vampiros, respirar libremente. ¿Que podría salir mal?


Leer Kiss of Death fue maravilloso y refrescante, Rachel Caine, nos saca de la vida cotidiana en Morganville, y nos lleva a dar un paseo, nos invita a conocer el que pasaría si pudieran salir de Morganville. Y obvio los problemas no se hacen esperar.

Este grupo de chicos son imanes para los problemas, especialmente los problemas con los vampiros; las escenas de acción son excelentemente bien narradas y descritas por Caine, puedes sentir la tensión y el stress subir poco a poco, deseando que pronto acabe que por fin puedan tener un minuto de paz. Minuto de paz que realmente hace falta para Clare y Shane quienes llevan su relación a un estado de tensión muy sexy, y todos quienes adoramos esta pareja deseamos que al menos puedan tener un minuto de tranquilidad.

Incluso vemos como los problemas aparecen entre estos amigos, la personalidad de cada uno de ellos los hacen meterse en problemas con todo lo que se topan.

Como siempre un libro divertido, lleno de acción y romance. Rachel Caine, ha roto el molde, salio de lo esperado y nos llevo de viaje y fue encantador. Dos pulgares arriba.