Review: If you like vampires without sparkle read this!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2012
First things first, I received a copy of Blood Heavy from the Read it and Reap program on Goodreads, so thanks to the mods and the author for giving book junkies like me their fix.  Secondly, this book was awesome!!!!  I don't review a lot of YA books because...well....*looks to see who is listening*...I hate YA.  Yup you heard me I hate YA, teenage angst gets on my last nerve and YA romance bores me stupid and don't even get me started on the characters...ugh.  YA teenagers never drink, smoke have inappropriate sex or have any decent flaws making them interesting, angst aside.  So when I read the blurb on this book I thought  hmmmm maybe this one will be different.  It was, it pushed all the happy buttons I have when reading urban fantasy.The hero, Daniel (Jerry) Jericho is an orphan living with his uncle Joe aside from that he is pretty much your typical teen guy, into muscle cars and electronics, full of raging hormones and trying to make it through school without getting kicked out.  After leaving a party with some friends Jerry is  attacked by vampires.  He learns of a whole supernatural world he had never believed in before.  The action never stopped after this, both the good and bad vampires are after Jerry for his unique blood for their own ends.  Jerry has no intention of being a bystander in the battle that follows.I loved Jerry, he is snarky, sarcastic and loyal to the point of being suicidal.  He is also surrounded by a great cast of supporting characters and enough weapons to invade a small country.  He has a great group of friends from school that stick with him til the end and two beautiful vampire sisters tasked with protecting him, when they stop trying to kill each other.  The vampires were what vamps are supposed to be scary, ruthless and vicious in reaching their goals, the bad ones that is.  There was not sparkling to be found and the author managed to discretely throw in a couple of Twilight digs  .The author has said that he has been influenced by the TV show Supernatural, Joss Whedon from Buffy and Angel and the movie the Avengers.  I can definitely see the Joss Whedon influences.  It reminded me of both Buffy and Angel by the way Jerry and his friends interacted together, bith the TV shows and the book have a strong central character who relies heavily on his group of friends to help beat the bad guys.  If you're a fan of Joss Whedon and the vampire genre without the sparkles definitely give this book  a go it was great.  I will be grabbing book two asap!