Hardcover: 464 pages
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers (January 25, 2011)
Book Description:
R.A. Nelson takes us on a supernatural thrill ride, a modern day vampire story set on a NASA base and filled with space-and-science intrigue. Seventeen-year-old Emma feels cursed by her epilepsy-until the lost night. She's shocked to wake up in the hospital one morning, weak from blood loss. When her memories begin to return, she pieces together that it was a man-a monster-who attacked her: a vampire named Wirtz. And it was her very condition that saved her: a grand mal seizure interrupted Wirtz and left Emma with all the amazing powers of a vampire-heightened senses, rapid speed-but no need to drink blood. Is Emma now a half-vampire girl? One thing soon becomes clear: the vampire Wirtz is fierce and merciless, feared even by his own kind, and won't leave a job undone.
I, unfortunately, didn't finish this book. I only read about 212 pages and had to stop. I was bored by the lack of intrigue and thought the storyline was cheesy. After having read many other vampire books, this one, although different, was not as good as it could have been. I really wanted to like it, too. It started out good, but then dragged on and on. Her love story with Sagan was dumb and made me feel like she was just using him. She would blow off his comments about work and science saying how stupid and boring she found them. Boyfriend material this does not make. Also, how can a seventeen-year-old girl just suddenly leave home and know how to take care of herself without any help? She suddenly had vast knowledge overnight? These kinds of things made the book cheesy. Oh, well. On to the next book.
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