Review: 4.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
**Originally written for Book Bliss book blog**Review: 4.5 starsGeneral: The Red Sun Rises is honestly like nothing I've ever read. It is extremely refreshing to have found something so entirely different while fitting into the "mainstream" of book desires in today's society. I found the book to be a heavy read - but in a good way. The issues within this book both poked fun at the vampire craze teens and adults alike love but also touched on some very deep, important and even darker issues in society in a way that readers of any teen age and up could read and enjoy even if they couldn't identify with 100%. I loved the paranormal addition but think this novel would have been just as successful without, perhaps more so because there were moments that the paranormal took me out of the issues that made this book such a fantastic read.The main thing about this book that sets it apart from any other teen book I've read is it is a m/m relationship. I loved that there was no fear to go to this side of things. (Please note as with all YA there is nothing graphic in this novel and the relationship really was a great addition to the story). I hope this launches a positive trend in teen lgbta romance or perhaps I've just missed them all along, not sure. Eren was a character that while I couldn't come close to identifying with, I connected with easily and on almost every level. I felt what he was going through.