Title:
The Immortal Rules
SubTitle:
Book of Eden: Book I
Pub:
Harlequin
Imprint:
HarlequinTeen
PubDate:
April 24, 2012
ISBN:
9780373210510
Author:
Julie Kagawa
“Immortality is a lonely road,” he murmured,
“and it will only be made worse if you don’t release your attachments to your
old life. To that boy, you are the enemy now, the unseen monster that haunts
his nightmares. You are the creature he fears the most. And nothing in your
previous life, not friendship or loyalty or love, will ever change that.” Pg
149
Allison Sekemoto
survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire 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 the vampires who keep humans as blood
cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate
choice. Die…or become one of the monsters. Faced with her own mortality, Allie
becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being
immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and
you will go mad.
Then Allie is
forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a
ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease
that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless
creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike. But it isn’t easy to pass for
human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her.
And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa brings everything that a
reader loves to the YA table. The
characters range from vampires who use and abuse humans, to crazed rabids who crave
human flesh, to human beings desperate to find refuge from the chaotic world
they live in. The main character, Allie,
chooses the bite of immortality instead of physical death, even though her
choice changes her into a monster. Allie is a passionate, complicated teen that
struggles desperately with the vampire she has become. Despite her immortal status, she commits
herself to her former humanity, vowing to protect a small band of humans
searching for Eden, a paradise free of rabids and vampires. Zeke is the unsuspecting boy who welcomes
Allie into his band of humans as they search for Eden. Allie does not
compromise herself, and as she struggles with her fascination and growing attraction
for Zeke, she fights her thirst for blood. Zeke has been taught all his life to
hate creatures like Allie, and when she protects his family from harm, he
questions his faith and his upbringing.
“What are you doing to me? He whispered, as his hand
moved down to my neck, tracing my collarbone. I couldn’t answer even if I
wanted to. “You make me question everything I’ve learned, everything I know.
Truths I’ve believed since I was a kid, gone.”
He sighed, and I felt a shiver go through him, but he didn’t pull his
hand back. “What’s wrong with me?” he groaned, low and anguished. “I shouldn’t
be feeling any of this…” pg 409
I absolutely loved
this book; I was glued to the pages from start to finish. I love a love story with bite, and when Allie
and Zeke are faced with breaking the Immortal Rules in order to be together, I
found myself hoping for the impossible.
Twilight’s Edward and Bella, along with Cassandra Clare’s Jace and Clary,
need to move over and be ready to share the YA spotlight with Julie Kagawa’s
Allie and Zeke. The Immortal Rules is a winner!
I give this book
my highest rating: A+ for its forbidden love story and action-packed plot.
