Hearts At Stake

Honestly, this book rocked!! I cannot WAIT for the sequel, and I LOVED how (and I know everyone says this!!) this book had some major differences from all the rest of the vampire novels out there. This time, all the vampires who are born are human until they are sixteen. Thats when their body either dies, or is given vampire blood and it survives for the rest of it's life as a full blown vampire. In this book Lucy's best friend Solange, she's not only about to be a vampire, but is also the only female born vamp living currently. So of course, there is a prophecy, and it talks about how a female born vapire to the Drake clan will take over and unite all the clans. Well, Lady Natasha (who is kind of leading the clans) is PISSED!!!!! She wants revenge of the worst sort, she wants Solange DEAD and wants to...eat her heart?????? Well, Lucy isn't having any of that!! Lucy however, cannot stop thinking and wanting Solange's older brother Nicholas!! Solange has seven brothers and she had to go after the one who she fights with constantly?? Well, now that Lucy has a crush, Solange does too, on one Kieran Black, who just so happens to be a vampire slayer who is looking for revenge of his murdered father. Then, he starts to fall for Solange as well, but not before drugging Lucy with Hypnos to let him free. This is a wild tale about love, anger, more love, fighting, and a heck of a lot more!! Overall grade...b+!!!

After

I literally just finished this book a few hours ago, and all I can say is that I loved it. Plain and simple, it was AMAZING, yet it was also terrifying, hard-hitting, and so much more. The main character, Devon Davenport, leaves her baby in a trash bag outside in Tacoma Washington, to die. It follows Devon through her beginning stint in a juvenile rehab facility of sorts, through her court trial, and so much more. You may not learn to the T why Devon did what she did, but eventually you do find out a lot more about how it all happened, and what went on while she was denying that she was pregnant to everyone, even herself. I really loved this book, even though it was disturbing and kind of creepy at parts, I loved the descriptiveness the author brought out, even when it was about the birth or Karma's freak out. The words I'd usually use to decribe this book, just don't do it justice. So I have to just say, overall grade...A+!!!!