The Immortal Rules
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)
by Julie Kagawa
Don't miss the Blood of Eden trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey and The Talon Saga! This darkly thrilling series, set in a destroyed, near-future world, will captivate fans of the Divergent, Hunger Games and Maze Runner series.
WHAT IF HAVING A CHANCE TO SAVE HUMANITY MEANT BECOMING WHAT YOU HATE AND FEAR MOST?
Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them—the vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself dies…and becomes one of the monsters.
Forced to flee her city, Allie must pass for human as she joins a ragged group of pilgrims seeking a legend—Eden, a place that might have a cure for the disease that killed off most of civilization and created the rabids, bloodthirsty creatures who threaten human and vampire alike. But hiding her identity is nearly impossible as she comes to know and admire her companions…and starts to fall for a human. Soon Allie will have to decide what—and who—is worth dying for…again.
NERDY THOUGHTS
The Immortal Rules is a roller coaster of action and drama, with a little bit of romance thrown in. At times, I found the narrative to be a little slow paced (sometimes there was just too much attention to detail that made just a few pages drag a little), when really I wanted to get to the dialogue and the character action and interactions.
It also took me a while to warm up to the main character, Allison; although in retrospect, I imagine this is because of her experiences. In her brief few teenage years on Earth, she's had it pretty hard—what with the plague, the vampires, and the rabids. This makes her a pretty tough, and at times, hard-faced character; I think it's this that I struggled with. While I understood why she is the way she is, it didn't make me “bond" or even relate to her quickly.
Bearing that in mind, the way her character was written, in relation to her complexities, her inner voice and her reactions, the writing was pretty amazing. What Kagawa does very successfully is create a believable character with a beautiful level of depth. I believed in her character; even though I didn't "bond" as I mentioned before, I did successfully visualise her throughout.
I really liked Zeke's character. He had such integrity; there was something so likeable and believable about his character. I felt that Kagawa really captured his personality, values, and ideals so perfectly. I was happy to discover more about him, and was more than encouraged by the potential romance in the novel surrounding his character.
The overall development continued to push me and captured my attention so that I was wanting more. The ending especially was impressive; the build up to the ending was filled with tension and drama, most definitely leaving the reader wanting answers and eager more.
I really look forward to the next installment of the Blood of Eden series.