Review: Turned by Morgan Rice

Format: Ebook

Page Count: 129

Copyright: 2011

Summary:

(Given to me by author)

Eighteen year old Caitlin Paine finds herself uprooted from her nice suburb and forced to attend a dangerous New York City high school when her Mom moves again. The one ray of light in her new surroundings is Jonah, a new classmate who takes an instant liking to her.

But before their romance can blossom, Caitlin suddenly finds herself changing. She is overcome by a superhuman strength, a sensitivity to light, a desire to feed--by feelings she does not understand. She seeks answers to what’s happening to her, and her cravings lead her to the wrong place at the wrong time. Her eyes are opened to a hidden world, right beneath her feet, thriving underground in New York City. She finds herself caught between two dangerous covens, right in the middle of a vampire war.

It is at this moment that Caitlin meets Caleb, a mysterious and powerful vampire who rescues her from the dark forces. He needs her to help lead him to the legendary lost artifact. And she needs him for answers, and for protection. Together, they will need to answer one crucial question: who was her real father?

But Caitlin finds herself caught between two men as something else arises between them: a forbidden love. A love between the races that will risk both of their lives, and will force them to decide whether to risk it all for each other…

My Review:

First off, I love this cover.  The darkness and fierceness of it is pretty awesome in my opinion.  It's what made me decide to go ahead and start reading this book, even though I had prior commitments.  Sorry ya'll, but I was drawn to this.  =)

The title insinuates that someone in the story is going to be turned into a full-fledged vampire.  And, someone did, but not the someone I was expecting.  That sort of disappointed me, but there's always the sequel(s).  =)

As for the remainder of the story ... there were parts that were Twilight-esque ... Two boys having feelings for the same girl ... Said girl feeling awkward and unsure of herself and her feelings .... Sound familiar?  I figured they would, but I believe it sounds familiar because these are classic elements of many teen/YA novels (like this one is).  I think people only compare these types of situations with Twilight because Twilight skyrocketed into a phenomenon so fast.

Overall, this book really is an interesting and fast read.  I thought it a pretty good beginning to a new series of books.  There were quite a few story developments that weren't really completed in this book.  I'm sure this was done to draw the reader in and make them want more when the story ends.  Well, congratulations Ms. Rice, you have succeeded ... I want to read more.

Happy Reading! =)