Karpov Kinrade

The princes of Hell are coming for you. ... Are you ready? You think it's safe to walk alone at night. It's not. You think the only threat is other humans. It's not. Monsters are real. Demons are real. Vampires are real. And I'm about to become one of them

Vampire Girl

Briar's Reviews

Vampire Girl is another smash hit by Karpov and Kinrade that will not disappoint!

There are seven men and they are the seven sins of hell, and man does it get hot! 

But what's different from other books about hell and sins, you might ask? This isn't your typical burning inferno, the residents are different fantastical/mythological creatures - vampires, fae, the likes.

Our main character Arianna is a determined, strong willed girl. But, (there's always a but) she has to marry one of the demons from hell. Despite this novel being in a fantasy setting, Karpov and Kinrade wrote it in a way you could believe it would happen. Arianna seems so real, and you get attached to her pretty quickly - you feel for what's going to happen to her.

Overall, Karpov Kinrade does a fantastic job. I can't wait for the next book - I'm desperate to get my hands on it! 

*****This isn't a YA novel, so keep that in mind when reading fellow bookworms!*****

From USA TODAY bestselling author, Karpov Kinrade, comes a new series that will suck you in and leave you wanting more. For fans of Twilight, A Shade of Vampire, and Outlander comes a fantasy romance with an original twist on an old tale.***You think it's safe to walk alone at night. It's not.You think the only threat is other humans. It's not.Monsters are real. Demons are real. Vampires are real. And I'm about to become one of them.My name is Arianna Spero. I was an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life, until my mother lapsed into a coma. Now, I am her only hope. She made a deal with the devil, and on my 18th birthday he came to collect. But there's a way to save her. There's something the princes of hell want more than my mother.Me.So I signed my soul away and promised to pick a prince to marry. I would take the blood oath, become one of them, and give them an heir. I would become a princess of hell, and my mother would live.I expected fire and brimstone. I expected pain and misery. I didn't expect beauty. I didn't expect magic.I didn't expect love.But the princes are keeping secrets from me.Secrets that could shatter everything.

Nicole Cusmano

I usually do not like leaving poor reviews, but this book was overly predictable, and extremely cliche.

NaTasna Jiggetts

This book will leave you with more questions...

This book will leave you with more questions than you started out with everyone has their own agenda and the ending is SHOCKING

Tae Thompson

I loved this book and I don't know what I am to do until I can get the second one I have never been as shocked as I have reading this book or loved a book of this type in a long time and that makes me both happy and sad we need more books like this.

Siobhán

Title: Vampire Girl (Vampire Girl #1)
Format: Kindle Ebook
Pages: 278
Published: 2nd April 2016
Publisher: Daring Books
Source: Bought
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Shelfability: Borrow

About The Book
From USA TODAY bestselling author, Karpov Kinrade, comes a new series that will suck you in and leave you wanting more. For fans of Twilight, A Shade of Vampire, and Outlander comes a fantasy romance with an original twist on an old tale.

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You think it's safe to walk alone at night. It's not.

You think the only threat is other humans. It's not.

Monsters are real. Demons are real. Vampires are real. 

And I'm about to become one of them.

My name is Arianna Spero. I was an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life, until my mother lapsed into a coma. Now, I am her only hope. She made a deal with the devil, and on my 18th birthday he came to collect. But there's a way to save her. There's something the princes of hell want more than my mother.

Me.

So I signed my soul away and promised to pick a prince to marry. I would take the blood oath, become one of them, and give them an heir. I would become a princess of hell, and my mother would live.

I expected fire and brimstone. I expected pain and misery. I didn't expect beauty. I didn't expect magic.

I didn't expect love.

But the princes are keeping secrets from me.

Secrets that could shatter everything.

My Thoughts
I'm struggling with this one. I bought it on a whim because of an advert of Facebook that said it was "Twilight Meets Outlander". So I thought it sounded really good. And it was an OK read. However, it isn't even in the same league is Twilight or Outlander and is seriously nothing like them at all. 

The story focuses on Ari. Her mums lapses into a coma and in order to save her mum she basically sells her souls to the Princes of Hell for all eternity and must choose one of the princes to marry and become Queen of Hell. 

Now the start of this book started out great. I got the sample and was really exciting to read the rest so I bought it. Sadly, after the first few chapters things just didn't go well. I ended up finding Ari to be such an annoying characters. I wanted to slap her silly. She is going through so much crap and yet it doesn't even seem to bother her at all which is rather strange. Most of the characters are just as annoying. With the exception of Fen and E! Fen and his trusty wolf, Baron. Lordy. I would sell my soul to be with him!! He is strong and scary. He is loyal and I wouldn't want to get on his bad side. Baron the wolf. Awwww I want one. He hates everyone apart from Fen until Ari arrives and the wolf just loves her (God knows why though). And the there was E. I just loved her. She was full of sass and I was disappointed she wasn't in the story more. 

The plot itself is intriguing and at the beginning it does draws you in. I think it does have potential to be a good YA fantasy series. However, the story telling is so choppy that it was confusing! I found myself having to go back and forth reading certain passages because it seemed to me like it all over the place. It just didn't flow right. I want my story to flow almost like magical. I want to be engrossed by the story that I forget everything around. And unfortunately Vampire Girl just doesn't have that draw for me. 

And let's not get started on the title and cover! I know they say don't judge a book by its cover. But it just not original at all. I want be wowed by a cover and this just doesn't do it for me. The title is just so boring. It could have been something so much better 

I feel like I'm just telling you everything I didn't like and while I wasn't really a big fan as it does come across to be a bit immature for me. I will say that is concept is interesting. Demons/vampires not original but the author throws in their own twist on it. I love the Hell aspect of story. I wanted to spend more time in the realms. Hopefully we get to explore those in future books. For me the start of book and the end of book are the best bits. The start draws you in. And it is very quick read even if it's a choppy. The middle was a bit of bore feast I'm not going to lie but it picks up near the end and we get some kickass action. I will read the next one because it ends on a cliffhanger and I want to see if the story gets any better. 

Do I recommend Vampire Girl? I wouldn't say "go rush out and buy it" but as this is the first book in a few series that has the potential to be a good series I would say pick it up and give it a try. My opinion is just one of many and there are so many people who adore this book. It just sadly wasn't a favourite for me personally. 


  Note: I've lost my laptop charger so using goodreads to put my reviews onto my blog. As soon as I have a new charger I will format all my reviews again. 

Wee Shubba xoxox