Review: This is one big spoiler, just so you know...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
I really wanted to like this story but I had to struggle through every page...first off the author describes what her character is doing down to the brand of makeup she uses...cover girl mascara Maybelline eye shadow... seriously we don't need to know that.Second this story was so slow that I had to keep looking back at the title to make sure that I was reading the correct book, I mean seriously the last two pages (okay last few chapters, but you get the point...)the vampire finally shows up...First Rachel has to move to a new town and she is going into the 10th grade which can be a nightmare...then she actually takes three days to make a friend...TRAGIC?? WHAT??? Then all of a sudden Rob likes her (the jock) But her new friend Emily says look out he is a player but Rachel doesn't care she is already seeing them married...huh?? And there is this random chick (that is obviously Rob's ex that pops in and out and threatens Rachel...ummm K??)Rachel then gets major grounded for a whole 36 hours for being home late for her curfew by two and a half hours but sneaks out the next night to have her first date with Rob which should have been disastrous since her parents made it home early but they believed her story of being in the other bathroom...seriously?And the side story of peer pressure...laughable, sorry but it just didn't fit at all.Then enters Benji...seriously that's the sexy vampire's name ehhh okay why not?! It is crazy love at first sight with some hints to twilight "What are you" crap...THENNNNN it is a whirl wind-->she can't stop thinking of him- he wont tell her what is going on- she is already falling in love with him...he seems to feel the same way- then they fight and then switch gears to the homecoming dance and Rob wants to dance with her but she is magically drawn to Benji the second he texts her and Rob follows her and a fight starts because Rob's friends say (when did they show up again??)that Rachel is Rob's girl after Benji says that he is her BF...YIKES!It was just not my cup of tea. I don't like to down anyone for being brave enough to publish so I hope that Emma continues to pursue her dream of writing I feel the story under the surface and they have the stuff to be great but they are just not at that point yet...I have the next two books but I am thinking that I probably will not read them...but who knows, like I said I feel the story just under the surface and believe this could be really great but I don't think it will get to that point right now.I read the summary to book two and I am afraid to read it so idk.