Review: A good book!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2013
I enjoyed Girl Meets Underworld by Jess Watkins.Initially I felt the story was moving a bit too fast to be believable. **SPOILER ALERT** She's human, grieving over the loss of her Mam and brother who died as a result of an animal attack. She was suicidal and goes to the roof of her apartment to jump to her death where she's "saved" by Conner who she discovers is a Vampire. Then what feels like a matter of days later she's at Vampire HQ and discovers her long lost father, who's a vampire and also in charge of the local area's vampire society. **SPOILER END** She just seems too laid back and accepting of all of these massive changes.But, I was already "into" the book by that point and once I convinced myself to just go with it the story got more interesting in places.We discover werewolves also have a pack in the area too and that causes a number of problems throughout the book. Especially since our main character (Stella) is friends with, and later falls in love with one of the wolves... At the same time as being in love with one of the vampires.I enjoyed my time reading this, but I feel I must say, it has everything a typical vampire story does. The troubled girl, the love triangle, typical vampires and typical werewolves. At the first mention of Will's wolf tattoo it was obvious what he was going to turn out to be, Stella spent forever working it out though. Likewise I did feel the bomb explosion was predictable.If you like your typical vamp stories with love triangles like Vampire Diaries then you'll enjoy reading this book. I happen to like them but lately I feel I need more than "typical" to really wow me. I look for the reads where I can't predict the plot. That's just my own feelings though.I do look forward to reading book #2 in this series, so it has got under my skin which is always a good sign. And I read it in two sittings too. It's an easy read, the language used is very easily read. There are a few mistakes in the book but nothing major. I'd recommend this to friends who fancy something easy on the eyes, that you can relax and read with for a few hours, the plot is nice and easy going too. You can pick it up and put it down at will though, which can be both good and not so good. The plot just didn't have me in that "can't... stop...reading" state of mind.I've rated this 3 stars out of 5. I feel it was a good read but didn't quite have what it takes to have me on the edge of my seat and get a 4. If I could rate halves I'd have given it a 3.5.Worth a read. So pick up a copy and see what you think for yourself.Review by Sarah, Owner, Manager at Fae Books