Review: Tragedy, action, hate, romance and humor, all rolled into one book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2011
Fans of YA titles by Richelle Mead, Jennifer L. Armentrout, P. C. Cast, Rachel Caine, just to name a few, will be elated to read The Scarlet Dagger.Tragedy, action, hate, romance and humor, all rolled into one book.  Start to finished, I enjoyed The Scarlet Dagger.Teaser: "I couldn't imagine a worse fate than being turned, and suddenly this talking, seemingly sensible man before me became incredibly tragic. He would never age, a beauty queen's wet dream. I couldn't imagine being a teenager forever. There were too many things I wanted out of life. Then I remembered he was a vampire, and any pity I felt vanished."Immediately, I took a liking to Sloane McAllister.  Her character is young, naive in ways to be expected, noble, passionate, resilient, determined, and a self-thinker.  The Scarlet Dagger kicks-off with Sloane deciding to defy her Mother in hopes of finding her twin brother in vamp infested territory.  Perhaps, she is jumps the gun but when faced with choice Sloane makes hers and she does not back down.  Sloane is a person of action.Ever felt the rug be pulled out from under you?  Well, Sloane is thrust into an underground world and not only threatens but breaks down all that she has been taught about vampires.  After a fit or two, she begins to play the game and starts gathering all the info she can.  Of course, for the sake of plot of conflict, the info she finds has her second guessing the truth she knows and is now wondering what's what.  To make matters worse she is falling for the one boy who changed her life and she finds the brother she so desperately wants to see safe.All in all, one heck of a YA read.  I would recommend this title to all YA readers.