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Cora McNeil’s
world has been turned upside down. Vampires have effortlessly taken over the
world after meticulously placing themselves in positions of power over a
century’s time. They claim to have pure intentions: promising to lead mankind
to a better way of life using their wealth, wisdom, and immunity to the selfish
nature of humanity. However, many citizens are skeptical of their intentions,
including Cora’s father. His defiance leads him down a dangerous path and Cora
is left with no choice but to try to protect her father from himself. But for
Cora, the trouble is only just beginning as her life intertwines with those of
three incredibly powerful vampires whose machinations may determine the fate of
us all.
I liked this book. While I did have some problems with it, my overall
opinion is that it was very interesting and great.
The basic plot of the story is that the world is now being "taken
over" by vampires in an effort to have peace in the world and have
vampires and humans coexist together. The vampires have come out of hiding and
have decided that the humans are becoming too violent for their own good. The
vampires have formed what they call dominions all over the worlds with the
oldest vampires in charge of the dominions. The dominion that this book focuses
on is called North West Dominion and is led by 3 vampire brothers: Dominic,
Aries and Piper. Cora is a human whose father is against the vampires and is
the leader of a resistance. Cora is left having to pick between trying to save
her father from his destructive path or to side with the three vampire brothers
that she comes to know is trying to do good for the world.
I'm not sure how I feel about Cora. At times I like her while other
times I don't. I like how she is at times she can be a strong female character,
she is loyal, a free thinker, some one who sticks to her convictions/beliefs
and always tries to do what is right. However she can be extremely naive in
what is going on with the vampires and extremely naive when it comes to her father.
She buys the outright lies her father tells her and she is duped into spying
for him. I couldn't believe that she didn't see right through her father with
the things he says. I also didn't like how she treated her mother. She put her
father on a high pedestal and resented things her mother said about him
<spoiler>She continued to talk and try to reason with her er father who
basically told her his plan to mass murder the vampires but when her mother
sends Aries after her to lookout for her safety, she contemplates whether she
will ever speak to her mother again. Really? Come on. </spoiler> I did like how in the beginning of the story, Cora was skeptical about
the vampire take over as well, like her father, BUT she did her research about
them and met Aries and THEN decided to side with them. She didn't blindly side
with her father or her mother (who is pro-vampire) or the vampires. She took
the time to think and learn all she could before she came to a thought out
conclusion. I like how she tries to save her father at first and convince him
that the vampires are really good but I did get tired of it after awhile.
My favorite vampire brother is Piper. He is such a loose cannon and its
great. I love his humor, his sarcasm and his love for life. I also love his
dark and violent side as well. He is crazy but also loyal and protective of
those he cares about. He is also extremely intelligent which makes him
extremely dangerous. We don't see much of him until the end and when we
do...WOW. There is a lot of hinting around about Piper's past but not much is
said on it. I hope he is features more in the second book. I also love his
passion for animals and I love his pets!
I like both Dominic and Aries too. Dominic is the oldest vampire in the
North West Dominion. We don't get to know a lot about Dominic either. He is
known to be the vampire who deals with all the riots and rebellions. He is the
one everyone associated with the coming out of the vampires. He is quiet and is
always worried that something will go wrong with the vampires leading the
world. He is very close to Piper, feeling responsible and protective of him.
Aries is the charismatic brother who is running to become the prime minister of
the North West Dominion. Aries is a very good person who wants to bring peace
to the world. He is obsessed with doing good for others and always wants to
help people. He is considered to be the voice of the vampires in his dominion.
While he strives to do good things he does have a dark side that we very
briefly see and that I want to know more about. It seems as if he has done
things that he regrets and I wanna know what they are. Aries is very likable,
friendly and a true gentleman. And for me, while I do love Piper the best,
Aries is hottest :D.
Of course there is a bit of romance in the book between Cora at least
two of the vampires. However, one thing that got to me is the insta love at
least on Aries' side. It's completely ridiculous. He met Cora and spend a few
hours with her and already he tells her he love her. What? I'm sorry but no.
Cora has enough sense to tell him that he doesn't even know her and that she
doesn't know him. He however admits to seeing her and falling instantly in
love. I'm sorry but that is just not believable to me and it bothers me. There
is also hints of a love triangle, which I am also not a fan of. I also so
called it that Cora would be attracted to Piper and that he'd be another
potential love interest. So its two brothers who want the same girl. Kind of
reminiscent of the Ren, Kishan and Kelsey love triangle in [book:Tiger's
Curse|9284655] and the Stefan, Damon and Elena triangle in [book:The Vampire
Diaries|9606839]. However I get the feeling that Cora feels something for Piper
and just has friendly feelings for Aries. I could be wrong but I am rooting for
Piper and Cora to be together. Usually the girl picks the safe brother but I'd
like to see the girl go for the wild brother this time and actually end up with
him in the end. We'll see.
The book did have a lot of politics in it which is not something I
follow in the real world but it worked in the book. I found myself interested
in the inner workings of the vampire take over and how they planned on running
things to benefit both humans and vampires alike.
One thing that I noticed was that, my copy at least, had some typos and
were missing words. While I was able to know what the missing words were from
the sentence context, it kind of threw me off while reading. Also the point of
views change a lot in the book sometimes from paragraph to paragraph which made
it difficult for me to know who was thinking and saying what. One thing I found
quite funny and contradictory was the description of Piper's eyes. In chapter
four, they are "pale blue" and in chapter 20 or 21, they are a
"dazzling green". I would like to know which color his eyes really
are since he is easily my favorite character.
The last chapter was the awesome, gory and I completely loved it. It
sealed the deal in my decision to read the second book of the series. I would
recommend this book for vampire lovers, especially ones looking for a break
from the teenage vampire stories that are out there.
Rating:
A
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