Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Review: Vampire in Denial (Blood Ties #1) by Dale Mayer

Synopsis (Goodreads):
Like being a sixteen-year-old vampire isn't hard enough, Tessa's throwback human genes make her an outcast among her relatives. But try as she might, she can't get a handle on the vampire lifestyle and all the...blood.

Turning her back on the vamp world, she embraces the human teenage lifestyle—high school, peer pressure and finding a boyfriend. Jared manages to stir something in her blood. He's smart and fun and oh, so cute. But Tessa's dream of a having the perfect boyfriend turns into a nightmare when vampires attack the movie theatre and kidnaps her date.

Once again, Tessa finds herself torn between the human world and the vampire one. Will blood own out? Can she make peace with who she is as well as what?
My Thoughts:  Oh, book!  You were so FUN!  I was getting all tense and worried about how poor Tessa was going to prove herself and it was exciting and I desperately wanted her to realize that her tangled up feelings about a certain someone were not all brotherly. But, but...why did you leave me hanging on such a cliffhanger?!?!  I MUST KNOW what's going to happen to her!

In most ways, Tessa is an average teenage girl.  Her parents don't really understand her, she feels like she's caught between two worlds and she's not sure if the boy she likes likes her back.  The fact that she's a vampire who's literally caught between two worlds doesn't change any of that.  Her parents really don't have a clue how hard it is for her, a genetic throwback, and no one in her family understands that how the full-blood vampires treat her like a stupid little girl.

All in all, this was a fun, fast read with a girl who definitely came into her own as the story progressed.  I thought Cody and his slow revelations about Tessa were adorable.  I like how her mother rose up to defend Tessa once things were brought to her attention.  I like that Tessa wasn't willing to abandon a friend, even if he was "only human".

I can only guess as to where the next book in this story is heading but I'm DYING to read it now.  DYING, Dale Mayer.  DYING!

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Vampire in Denial was provided for review.

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