Published:
September 6th 2011 by NAL Trade
Source:
Purchased
Grade Rate: C+
When Annelise meets
dark and seductive Ronan, he promises her a new life-if she has the courage to
chance the unknown. Now, she's whisked away to a mysterious island and pitted
against other female recruits to become a Watcher-girls who are partnered with
vampires and assist them in their missions. To survive and become a Watcher,
Annelise has to beat out every other girl, but she's determined to do so,
because to fail doesn't mean dishonor-it means death.
My Review
Isle of Night had been patiently waiting for me in my
“Billy” bookshelf for a while and I decided to read it after finishing school
for Christmas vacation. Overall I
enjoyed the book.
Annelise Drew is a very strong character and Isle of
Night is narrated in the first person, which makes it all the more about her
and only her. I felt that other
characters, the setting, even relationships took a back seat to Drew. For all her claims and belief that she is a
genius, she made some awful mistakes.
How many times have you heard from your parents: “don’t talk to
strangers, don’t get in a stranger’s care” and so on, and so forth. I know there is a paranormal explanation for
the “why”, but I’m telling you that I would NEVER get into a stranger’s car,
not matter what! Maybe be drugging the
girls would be more believable to me.
Other characters that I enjoyed are Ronan (of course!),
but he is still a complete mystery and I hope I get to see more of him in the
next book. I really liked Drew’s friends Emma and Yasuo and I am glad that she finally had some true friends to rely on. The vampire Alcántara is so creepy that I hope
he loses interest in Drew quickly.
The plot was original up to a point. It seemed a weird cross between The Huger Games, Vampire Academy and the Southern
Vampire series (these vampires are definitely not good). The writing was
easy to read and straightforward and the book was not too long either. There are a lot of questions left unanswered
yet. For instance, what on earth does a Watcher do? What happens to the girls
that loose (I can imagine!)? Are allowed to date or do anything else that is
not creepy, cruel, and hard?
If you are looking for a quick paranormal read and you
love vampires, the Isle of Night is for you.
I will still read the sequel Vampire’s Kiss next March.
About the Cover:
Gorgeous people in the cover, right?
It is mysterious and very appropriate for the book.
i do lov vamps
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