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Despite its many issues, I enjoyed the twilight books. So when I saw reviews that claimed this story was even better, I ordered a copy right away, wanting to emerse myself in a great story. Only to be severely disappointed. First off, it looks like it was written for 11 or 12 year olds (although I wouldn't let my 11 of 12 year old read it). The book is 286 pages, but each page is typed in large font, double spaced, within huge margins. It would probably condense to only 30 or 40 pages if printed like a normal book. Most chapters are only a few pages, or a few short paragraphs. Very limited storytelling.
There is no substance to this book. Very little scene or plot development. The characters are bland and not very likeable, and even contradict themselves. Sofia at the beginning of the book is an entirely different person from the Sofia in The Shade, and for no special reason at all. She went from being plain and of little consequence, with deep anxiety issues, to being a stunning beauty with great strength and empathy? Really?
The writing itself is grammatically poor, one dimensional, and difficult to read. It looks like the book was self published, so lacks professional editing, which is painfully noticeable.
And please explain how a vampire who was asleep for the past 400 years isn't experiencing some sort of culture shock, and is able to easily communicate in modern dialogue, and knows how to dress himself in modern clothes?
I gave it two stars because I read the whole thing (in a very short amount of time) because I did want to find out what happens. The story had potential, if you can get past the Stockholm's Syndrome issue, but it was poorly executed. Unfortunately, when you get to the end of the 286 "pages" there is no ending to the story in this book. It doesn't even end at a good stopping point.
I was left thinking, "That's it? I spent money for a full book and got only a portion of a full book. And now I have to spend more money to buy who knows how many more books to possibly get to any conclusion?"
Nope. I'm not going down that path. The story didn't hook me enough, and I can't read more of the bland characters and poor dialogue. I need substance.


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A Shade Of Vampire Bella Forrest Books Reviews

*Warning* here there be spoilers.
(note I read about 85% according to my kindle and just couldn't go any further, so this review wont spoil the end because I didn't get to it).

This book is horrible. I bought it because one of the very first five star reviews said something about the main character not being Bella Swan, but being a strong 17 year old. That...is absolute rubbish. Sofia is just as boring, bland and two-dimensional as Bella Swan, and Derek is a Cullen clone.

Firstly... Sofia gets kidnapped on her birthday from her family. She is naturally upset about it, but a few days in Derek's company and the fact that she is a prisoner is all but forgotten except a few off-hand mentions of being a captive. She tries to escape once, and then barely thinks about escaping again except once or twice in a "oh there is no way to escape so lets stop focusing on it" way.

Secondly...when coming into The Shade she passes through tunnels literally lined with holding cells filled with emaciated people. She is barely shocked at this, and they aren't mentioned again. A few girls are taken with Sofia to be part of Derek's harem, and Sofia shows some concern for them, but they are just there to make Sofia look caring in Derek's eyes and serve no other purpose to the story. When one of them dies Sofia is shaken up but is more concerned about how it will effect Derek then her friend and doesn't tell her captor who killed the girl.

Derek is exactly like Edward Cullen. He's a vampire who hates himself and loves a human woman for no real, concrete, deep emotional reason but that she is a fragile human and she showed sympathy/empathy for one of the other girls. While standing before Derek, all scared, Sofia takes one of the other girls hands to comfort her and that for some unknown reason is some great symbol of Sofia's compassion and humanity. There is even an almost exact scene from twilight where Edward plays the piano for Bella in this book where Derek plays the piano for Sofia because apparently an interest in classical music is supposed to make him seem cultured and noble.

Sofia and Derek are bland characters with no personality traits besides their one defining trait. Derek is brooding and hates being a vampire and wants to hang on to his humanity, and Sofia is the symbol of that humanity. End story. That's it. There is no character depth, no character development. And even the side characters are bland and boring. We're supposed to like Derek's sister because Sofia doesn't hate her, but with no explanation why. We're supposed to hate Derek's brother because he objectifies Sofia and leers at her and makes it known he wants to do naughty things to her then suck her dry—yet Derek goes off and feeds on people and Sofia doesn't bat an eye, in fact she COMFORTS him after he gets upset about it the first time (doesn't stop him from doing it again). We're told the people he drinks are "hunters" who want to kill vampires so they deserve it, but considering the vampires keep human sex slaves and prisoners makes them kind of deserving of being hunted and I'd be apt to side with the Hunters we know nothing about. But Sofia doesn't know he fed on a hunter, for all she knows he fed on one of her fellow pets and she doesn't care, she holds his hand. So much for her being a symbol of humanity—Sofia is just as heartless as her 'captors.'

Sofia's tale, like Bella's, starts with showing us that Sofia is a special snowflake with a "debilitating weakness" that is just a strength masked as a weakness because she survives despite it. Bella was clumsy and ungraceful, and Sofia has anxiety issues. Bella couldn't get her mind read, Sofia has special abilities to hear/feel more than other people (mentioned a few times and forgotten because it's not actually important). I didn't finish the book but I am willing to bet that at some point Sofia's "gift" becomes an important and coveted thing. After being told that Sofia is a special snowflake because she has anxiety issues, they never plague her again, just like Bella's clumsiness. It is only there when needed and conveniently forgotten when it isn't. It is a strength masquerading as a weakness in a poor attempt to give a character depth. It doesn't work.

Like Mayer, this author suffers from the same method of Telling us everything rather then Showing us. We're led around by the hand and told Sofia is this, Derek is this, and because of that they are some Romeo + Juliet couple, when in truth they have zero depth, zero personality, and the story is bland, boring, predictable and simply awful. WHY do these women never care that they are captive? Why do they loose themselves to the handsome vampire. Just once, just ONCE I want to see one of these supposedly strong female leads knee a vampire in the junk and run, rather then stand there looking deeply into their perfect eyes.

This book is horrible, 2-dimensional, and boring. If you disliked Twilight you will dislike this just as much, maybe even more. If you actually liked Twilight then you will probably like this. If I could give it zero stars, I would.
I too bought because of the good reviews. This story reads so much like a bad fanfiction, that I wonder how all those reviews could be genuine.

It has bland characters and hardly any plot. It's one of the worst books I've ever read.
Despite its many issues, I enjoyed the twilight books. So when I saw reviews that claimed this story was even better, I ordered a copy right away, wanting to emerse myself in a great story. Only to be severely disappointed. First off, it looks like it was written for 11 or 12 year olds (although I wouldn't let my 11 of 12 year old read it). The book is 286 pages, but each page is typed in large font, double spaced, within huge margins. It would probably condense to only 30 or 40 pages if printed like a normal book. Most chapters are only a few pages, or a few short paragraphs. Very limited storytelling.
There is no substance to this book. Very little scene or plot development. The characters are bland and not very likeable, and even contradict themselves. Sofia at the beginning of the book is an entirely different person from the Sofia in The Shade, and for no special reason at all. She went from being plain and of little consequence, with deep anxiety issues, to being a stunning beauty with great strength and empathy? Really?
The writing itself is grammatically poor, one dimensional, and difficult to read. It looks like the book was self published, so lacks professional editing, which is painfully noticeable.
And please explain how a vampire who was asleep for the past 400 years isn't experiencing some sort of culture shock, and is able to easily communicate in modern dialogue, and knows how to dress himself in modern clothes?
I gave it two stars because I read the whole thing (in a very short amount of time) because I did want to find out what happens. The story had potential, if you can get past the Stockholm's Syndrome issue, but it was poorly executed. Unfortunately, when you get to the end of the 286 "pages" there is no ending to the story in this book. It doesn't even end at a good stopping point.
I was left thinking, "That's it? I spent money for a full book and got only a portion of a full book. And now I have to spend more money to buy who knows how many more books to possibly get to any conclusion?"
Nope. I'm not going down that path. The story didn't hook me enough, and I can't read more of the bland characters and poor dialogue. I need substance.