Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

I was born to the name of Rachel Weatere in the year 1684, more than three hundred years ago. The one who changed me named me Risika, and Risika I became, though I never asked what it meant. I continue to call myself Risika, even though I was transformed into what I am against my will. By day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. She is used to being alone. But now someone is following Risika. Someone has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate three hundred years ago. Three hundred years ago Risika had a family -- a brother and a sister who loved her. Three hundred years ago she was human. Now she is a vampire, a powerful one. And her past has come back to torment her. This atmospheric, haunting tale marks the stunning debut of a promising fourteen-year-old novelist.

In the Forests of the Night

Nichole Bogard

I am rounding up to 3.5 stars. 

13 year old me and adult me love this book for different reasons. I read this book first when I was in middle school. I absolutely loved it then for all the reasons most 13 year olds did because they were obsessed with vampires. Also too the author was 13 when she wrote it and it was liking reading a piece of yourself. 

Adult me loves it for the nostalgia that it gives me. Obviously I can tell that it was written by a 13 year old but I love all the feelings it invokes. 

It is a great vampire story for young adults.

Emma

The first time I read this book was years ago at the recommendation of a good friend. Luckily, it's been long enough that it was only vaguely familiar to me and I didn't remember exactly how it went. I loved it back then and I find I do still enjoy the story, though I found myself constantly distracted by the repetitiveness of the writing and the first-person narrative style. It's a quick read and a decent story.

In the Forests of the Night

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