Review: Cliched, sloppy, and kind of boring
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2011
If you enjoyed "Twilight" and are looking for books that are a lot like it, this may be something that you will enjoy.  However, I did not enjoy this book.The plot was drawn out unnecessarily due to characters not sharing necessary information with the main character.  Her mother leaves her alone for weeks in situations that she has to know will be dangerous (she knows others are watching over her, but she still doesn't seem to care about what is going on in her daughter's mind).  She asks questions and characters who are supposed to be on her side respond with things like "If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you."  The main character doesn't ask questions about things that are clearly out of the ordinary.  At one point, she reveals that she doesn't go to the bathroom normally.  Not only does that not make sense (I mean, not that I want to know, but what is she talking about?), but why is she not concerned about it?  How is she going through life with superhuman strength, speed, and unspecified bathroom issues and not in the least bit worried or concerned about it?The story was full of the wish fulfillment that is too typical of the genre.  Zillael is much more beautiful than her classmates (something you hear about in great detail throughout the book), but she hates all of them.  Why?  Absolutely no reason.  But then she gets involved in a hot love triangle just out of the blue.  She hates the town she lives in, so she never makes an effort to do anything more than sit around, eat salad, and mope.  I got so sick of her within the first few chapters.The writing is in desperate need of some good editing.  Punctuation was slipshod.  "McDonald's," the most widespread and successful restaurant on earth, was misspelled ("Mac Donalds").  How does that even happen?The style was confusing.  The item description clearly states that this is adult, not YA.  Unfortunately, the only remotely adult content is the book is a brief and not terribly explicit scene towards the end of the book.  The tone and style of the book was clearly YA.  I can't imagine too many adults being interested in Zillael and her silly problems or being able to maintain interest in the unnecessarily drawn out and sketchy plot (just making up different names for vampires is not the same thing as coming up with a story).  Adding an adult scene to a YA book doesn't make it an adult book.  It just makes it a confused YA book.