Turned (The Vampire Journals #1)



Turned (The Vampire Journals #1)

by Morgan Rice

'Eighteen year old Caitlin Paine finds herself uprooted from her nice suburb and forced to attend a dangerous New York City high school when her Mom moves again. The one ray of light in her new surroundings is Jonah, a new classmate who takes an instant liking to her.

But before their romance can blossom, Caitlin suddenly finds herself changing. She is overcome by a superhuman strength, a sensitivity to light, a desire to feed--by feelings she does not understand. She seeks answers to what’s happening to her, and her cravings lead her to the wrong place at the wrong time. Her eyes are opened to a hidden world, right beneath her feet, thriving underground in New York City. She finds herself caught between two dangerous covens, right in the middle of a vampire war.

It is at this moment that Caitlin meets Caleb, a mysterious and powerful vampire who rescues her from the dark forces. He needs her to help lead him to the legendary lost artifact. And she needs him for answers, and for protection. Together, they will need to answer one crucial question: who was her real father?

But Caitlin finds herself caught between two men as something else arises between them: a forbidden love. A love between the races that will risk both of their lives, and will force them to decide whether to risk it all for each other...'

A very generous 3, I got Turned because it was free (and I couldn't very well turn down a free book, I mean come on) it wasn't the worst book ever because I did finish but with some work it could be a lot better. It had grammar issues that were pretty obvious that I wonder how they were missed. A blind person could have seen those mistakes. It was fast paced but the story itself needed work also. I mean the main character falls for two different guys in a few pages. I also was reading one part of the story that wasn't making sense to me, Caitlin had forgotten her cell at home so she goes back to get it, while there she is interrupted by the death of her mother and the vampires that killed her mother. Now she gets away but I could not for the life of me remember reading that she managed grabbing her cell on the way out. When reading on threw I got to a part where she does end up having her phone. So I don't know if I somehow missed this part or what but it had me thinking for quite a while. Another thing that I noticed was that everyone is snappy. It seemed that everyone that came in contact with Caitlin used harsh manners...he snapped, she snapped, really not every snaps comments every time they speak. Caitlin annoyed me a little also, she never got her questions out and if she did she would choose the most pointless one that wouldn't give her answers to anything. I don't know if I will continue to read the series or not. From some other comments I've read from other books in the series it doesn't seem like the books are getting any better. If I find them for free in the library then yeah I might take a crack at them but for now ill remain undecided...
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