A Vial of Life

I was so anxious for this book to be released after that insane cliff hanger Bella left us with in Book 20. But I was COMPLETELY unprepared for Book 21. Bella went above and beyond her normal wild ride of a story line and amped it up a notch. There were so many great moments! This book attempted to explain the reason behind the ignorance and betrayal of one character, although I still despise her enough to want to reach through the book and wring her neck. Watching (I know, its READING, but with Bellas book I feel like Im watching . . . ) Ben deal with the choices he made in Book 20 was intense! New characters are introduced that kind of made me scream, gag, and hold my breath all at once. And to top it off, Bella messed with my head by offering up an option for one character that I had only been dreaming about since the first few books! (I was excited I was bouncing up and down while I read.) And then BAM! She totally slammed the door on my heart!! (Geez, I think she is trying to kill me sometimes.) This book was full of intensity, longing, terror . . . it was totally intriguing. And it left me wondering if love really can conquer death . . . but of course, Bella is making us wait for the answer to that question (she calls it building the suspense . . . I call it evil).

I don’t know, it looks like it’s just me, but I could not keep reading this book. The plot is bad, the style/way the author writes is bad, the characters are bad in the sense that I could not like any of them. The character Sofia looks like she doesn’t have brain. She feels more than acts, and her reasoning lacks logic. I cannot stand a book that shows weak female characters. I really felt wrong emotions, and I think it is a bad book.

I didn’t really care for this particular story as much as the other stories in the Shade of a Vampire series. I thought this one was a little boring in some parts and kind of dragged on. I like how the author is creative in her writing but the fact that she keeps adding on all these new supernatural characters is getting a bit extreme and hard to keep track of. Also, as I have mentioned in past reviews I really wish she’d spend more time writing her stories. By this I mean I’d rather wait three months for a long book that takes me days to read and not hours. While I love the series and plan on reading it as long as it interests me, I don’t think it will ever be made into a show or movie(s) as I believe the Author has mentioned she was hoping for. Just based on what I’ve seen the book series that movies and TV shows are based on usually don’t exceed 10 book in the series, but who knows maybe it will happen.

Bella Forrest is doing a great job of continuing these series! I am amazed that she is able to continue keeping the readers excited and full of anticipation. There are some moments where I feel she has to much detail or over explains a character’s thoughts or feelings or drags out a situation, but overall I am still captivated and turn the pages swiftly to continue the journey with the Shade family!

She is a very talented writer of fantasy. Bella Forrest makes me wish I could live at the Shade. Her stories are easy to get lost in and hard to stop reading!

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