Release Date: December 2013Genre: Paranormal
Protagonist: Rachel Compton, aged 16
The Story: Rachel Compton is a Chaser. All her life she has trained to hunt and kill vampires, but when a shocking turn of events causes Rachel to go down in battle and rise as a vampire, Rachel's life is turned upside down. Half a world away from her family and anyone who can help her, Rachel reluctantly puts her trust in Alex, a vampire who is a bad boy with an agenda of his own. Being close to Alex puts Rachel in close proximity to her enemies, and Rachel intends to use her new status as a vampire to help the Chaser cause. Rachel is completely unprepared for how the change to vampire impacts her, however, and she is even less prepared for how her feelings for Alex influence her.
Reaction: A word of warning: if you have not read the first book in the Unholy Alliance series, please do so, as Shadow Allegiance does not stand alone. Stories with vampire plots are pretty common these days, so it's hard to find books that fit within this genre that are unique; one way author Lacey Yager sets her series apart is by the use of multiple perspectives to tell the story; readers will like the "he said, she said" feel to the tale, though at times I struggled to find the characters' voices to be truly distinct from each other. I also found the language used by the vampires to be quite modern, which is in contrast to other vampire tales in which vampires who are 70+ years old speak in less modern language patterns. Shadow Allegiance has action sequences that are sure to please action fans and enough romance to appeal to a variety of readers.
If You Liked... The Vampire Diaries, then Shadow Allegiance will appeal to you, as the novel touches on vampires and other supernatural beings.
Rating: 3
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