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Bloody Little Secrets Book 1 of the Bloody Little Secrets Series eBook Karly Kirkpatrick

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Bloody Little Secrets Book 1 of the Bloody Little Secrets Series eBook Karly Kirkpatrick

The cover for this one is decent. It's plain and reminds me of the Vampire Academy series with the color choices. Overall, not too flashy, not too plain.

I picked this up on Amazon when it was free, and at the time this review is published it still is. Get it here for kindle for free. *Note, I'm not responsible for price changes, if it's no longer free when you check out the link, I'm sorry, but that's not up to me.*

I had a few minor problems with this. I think that Vicky accepted the fact that she's a vampire a little too easily for it to be convincing. If the blood lust was as bad as it was made out to seem I doubt that she would've been able to think coherently and figure out a plan so fast. I think things fell into line a little too easily for her for most of the book and only towards the end to things get sticky for her, but even so the problems are mostly resolved a little too nicely for my tastes.

I'm also not a huge fan of characters falling in love in a week, or a little over a week. I find it to be highly played out, but the way Vicky and Drake connect so quickly and the way she can control herself is a little odd for me. Again, things fall into place so nicely for her. If she couldn't do the mind compulsion thing then everything would have fallen apart.

Either way, it's a decent read, a little bit cliche, but not too terrible. I don't think I'm going to go on and read book two, but if you do let me know what you think!


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Bloody Little Secrets Book 1 of the Bloody Little Secrets Series eBook Karly Kirkpatrick Reviews

** spoiler alert ** Let me start by saying I enjoyed this book even though I had issues with it. I loved the snarkiness of the heroine, the way she interacted with others, and how she handled being a vampire. I also loved the hero in this story. From the moment he was introduced, I felt the connection between him and Vicky.

The opening of the story really starts off strong, and I was really giving my a workout by flipping the pages. I wanted to know what happened next, and I loved following Vicky's story. That said, as I mentioned, I did have some issues.

WARNING SPOILER ALERT

While I loved the additional characters Vicky found when she moved to the new town for the sake of her family, I did have an issue with the way Drake so willingly accepted that Vicky was a vampire. When the others responded in pretty much the same way, it made me think everyone had been watching Buffy, the Vampire Slayer too much. It almost seemed as though vampires were commonplace.

I also had issues with the plot as some things just didn't make sense to me.

I didn't really understand how Steve made Vicky such a different type of vampire, and it wasn't explained. How did he create a vampire that could withstand the sun? And why do it on Vicky instead of one of the other vampires in his clan?

Also, why wouldn't Steve risk one of his other vampires to test Vicky's blood instead of his own? The story gave the impression that Steve was the lead vampire. So I wondered why he wouldn't demand one of his followers (so to speak) to be the test subject.

I did have a lot of issues with the climatic scene with Steve as it was actually kind of anti-climatic. He was smart enough to create this super vamp but not smart enough to realize she could take them all out? Shouldn't he have figured that out when all his minions kept getting offed by Vicky throughout the book? It just looks like he could have done some better planning.

The ending scene really bothered me in that I was expected more shock and horror from Vicky's parents. They saw her in the coffin, no doubt, so to see her standing in the same room with them just days later should have caused some type of hysteria or fear. My first thought would have been zombies. Instead, Vicky's father hugs her, and the story ends abruptly.

Overall, I would give this book 3 and 3/4 stars because Karly Kirkpatrick is a strong writer. She has a way with characterization and dialogue that really connected with me. I'll definitely read more from her because the questions I had didn't detract from the evidence of a good story-teller.
Bloody Little Secrets is one of those novels that is intentionally and unintentionally funny. Sure some of the dialogue and little jokes where genuinely good. However the attempts at portraying half-way believable vampire relationships in a high-school setting where the real joke.

Of course maybe I've got it wrong, when 'Monty' one of the main character's friends becomes a vampire towards the end he hilariously grows enormous muscles and a protruding six-pack. There is about 50/50 chance this is intended as some sort of vampire ripoff humor, and yet at the same the characters mewl about like they really are serious about their fictional lives, so frankly I can't tell what this book wants to be.

In the end, with a genre hyper-saturated with teen vampire novels, Bloody secrets stands out only as a funny shortish novel with characters I can barely remember even a few moments after reading it (aside from buff Monty...)
Vicki wakes up in a coffin and has no idea why. Thinking that this must be some kind of prank, she quickly learns this was not a joke. She has been in a coffin for 5 days and her family thinks she's dead. Vicki has been turned into a vampire. With no one to help guide her and teach her about her abilities, Vicki runs to Chicago to keep her family safe from her. Vicki meets Drake, a human boy that immediately catches her eye and her heart. Vicki tries to blend in as a normal teen by compelling everyone that she is a normal girl. When vampires start showing up at night trying to take her, Vicki starts killing. Vicki will need the help of Drake and his friends if she was to stay alive, alive as a vampire, and stay with Drake. This book is a true YA, vampire story. Vicki may be strong but she is needy and immature. It was tough to believe she was supposed to be a senior in High School. She shows that she cares for her family by moving away from them, but shows herself to be selfish when she tells herself she doesn't want to be alone and puts everyone around her in danger because she wants to go back to high school and have a human life again. Ultimately the one she loves pays the most. There are small fighting scenes that are very quick and all of the action/drama happens right at the end and you don't really get to know much about the villain/other vampires. Although I believe that many young adults will like this story, it was just to YA for me.
The cover for this one is decent. It's plain and reminds me of the Vampire Academy series with the color choices. Overall, not too flashy, not too plain.

I picked this up on when it was free, and at the time this review is published it still is. Get it here for kindle for free. *Note, I'm not responsible for price changes, if it's no longer free when you check out the link, I'm sorry, but that's not up to me.*

I had a few minor problems with this. I think that Vicky accepted the fact that she's a vampire a little too easily for it to be convincing. If the blood lust was as bad as it was made out to seem I doubt that she would've been able to think coherently and figure out a plan so fast. I think things fell into line a little too easily for her for most of the book and only towards the end to things get sticky for her, but even so the problems are mostly resolved a little too nicely for my tastes.

I'm also not a huge fan of characters falling in love in a week, or a little over a week. I find it to be highly played out, but the way Vicky and Drake connect so quickly and the way she can control herself is a little odd for me. Again, things fall into place so nicely for her. If she couldn't do the mind compulsion thing then everything would have fallen apart.

Either way, it's a decent read, a little bit cliche, but not too terrible. I don't think I'm going to go on and read book two, but if you do let me know what you think!