Seems to be trying for a sort of Clueless-with vampires, but falls flat. Occasionally funny, mostly bloodless (ha), because of a complete lack of character development. ( )

Seems to be trying for a sort of Clueless-with vampires, but falls flat. Occasionally funny, mostly bloodless (ha), because of a complete lack of character development. ( )

This was a quick read full of fun. In fact, did you read "The Short Life of Bree Despain"? I did and was disappointed. Um, more correctly, unsatisfied. Well, Diver took a similar story--new vamps created to aid in a coup attempt by another vampire and did what I wanted Meyer to do. She gave the new vamps some intelligence, some personality, and some guts. Once properly motivated and informed they did not walk blindly to their deaths as pawns in someone elses game. They decided to take their future in their own hands.

And who doesn't like a vamp more worried about her fashion statement than the fact that she's dead? I'm looking forward to reading Revamped. ( )

This was a quick read full of fun. In fact, did you read "The Short Life of Bree Despain"? I did and was disappointed. Um, more correctly, unsatisfied. Well, Diver took a similar story--new vamps created to aid in a coup attempt by another vampire and did what I wanted Meyer to do. She gave the new vamps some intelligence, some personality, and some guts. Once properly motivated and informed they did not walk blindly to their deaths as pawns in someone elses game. They decided to take their future in their own hands.

And who doesn't like a vamp more worried about her fashion statement than the fact that she's dead? I'm looking forward to reading Revamped. ( )

In VAMPED, Gina woke up in her new vampire life. I loved her hilarious freak out moments about how she would be unable to see herself in a mirror. She definitely was not a mean girl but she had style, a bit of a 'tude, and she never let anyone put her down. And I loved the fact that the drama of the story wasn't created by a love triangle. There are so many books that use the romance as the main conflict, but this book was different. Bobby and Gina had a hot and heavy makeout session before she died and she woke up to her new life with a hottie boyfriend. They had legitimate feelings for each other, and explored them throughout the book.

Another different aspect of this book that I loved was that the main character, Gina, was not a focal point of the action. Bobby was the center of vampire prophecy and Gina started off just being another teenage vampire pawn in the grand scheme. I liked how Diver only revealed to the reader what Gina knew, which amped up the anticipation.

The end of the book was jammed packed with heart pumping action. Diver truly has talent for enabling the reading to fully visualize the action and at the end of this book I dug right in to Revamped. ( )