Review: Something different!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
The Third is a Young Adult Paranormal Romance with a complete Eastern feel.Mun Oh is a bloodsucker who has had to make contact with his estranged older sister Ji Sun so that she can complete the Ritual of Renunciation, and allow Mun Oh to become the rightful heir of the Lee Clan.But Ji Sun is actually married with a 16 year old step daughter, Hyeon Jin, who is the same age as Mun Oh; She is, to put it plainly, a spoilt bullying brat, who can't stand the sight of their house guest. Hyeon Jin soon discovers the siblings bloodsucker secret and tries to rat Mun Oh out to anyone who will listen. Mun Oh has to bite and feed off her to remove her memory, but he finds he can't bring himself to do so.As the days slip by, and Mun Oh is running out of time to get his sister to do the ritual before his parents step in, as well as clear Hyeon Jin's memory, Mun Oh is finding himself disturbingly attracted to this human, and she to him....The Third is definitely for a young audience (14-16), it has a certain innocence to it. I'm not sure whether it was originally written in Korean, but I think some words and phrases aren't quite appropriate, in that they aren't used in the modern Western world. What I really liked was that from the first chapter, you are given a total rundown of these Korean bloodsuckers; their rules of living, their rituals and behaviour. It gives you as a reader a great data base of information to call on as you go along.