Review: Highly Addictive
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2013
I was given this book for honest review.  'Betrayal' is the second novel in 'The Transformed' series.  Warning - if you haven't read the first book this review may be spoilerish!  Alexis is a teenage girl who had her life turned upside down with the revelation that not only was she a vampire of a royal line, but she also has a destiny that is already carved out for her.As with the first book, it took me a good few chapters to be pulled into the story but once that happened I could not put the book down.  'Betrayal' is quite a bit darker than 'Deception' and there's some brilliant humour brought out of the dark situations.  Alexis herself is definitely transforming - she is more confident even to the point of arrogant in a few places.  I liked that she wasn't perfect in her behaviour or her choices, it made the whole situation that much more believable.There is a love triangle that gets a little more complicated in this book.  I won't give away the choices she makes here, I will say that both Tanner and Cliff still have very strong feelings for her, and she still loves them both.  Personally I thought Tanner was a nice guy, I sympathised easily with him and thought the immature stuff he did was understandable.  Cliff on the other hand comes across moody, even a little bit creepy at points, and I'm still not sure what to really make of him.Alexis' cousin Clara seems to be supporting and even encouraging some of her bad decisions, she's kind of rebellious and I liked her a lot.  Brooke wasn't in this as much as she was the first book, but I didn't really miss her.'Deception' had a few shock twists I didn't see coming, but 'Betrayal' was even more unpredictable and shocking.  The twists have been really well plotted, there's no way to predict what they'll be.  Alexis is really being messed with and I can't help wondering how it's all going to end, though there's virtually no chance of me figuring it out so I'll just need to wait for book number 3.These books are highly addictive, recommended reading for fans of YA Fantasy/Paranormal.