Name: The Immortal Rules
Rating: 3.897849462365591 (93 reviews)
ISBN: 0373210515

The Immortal Rules

Charlotte 

Marissa Luzio 

This is a post-apocalyptic vampire series. I have no idea what enticed me to read this book but damn am I glad that I did. The beginning is a little slow but that's just us getting introduced to the characters and the world that this story is set in. I mean, there are so many vampire books out there, I think the collective thought that everyone had when this came out was, "Another one!?" You can't really blame us though, the amount of cheesy vampire love stories there are out is ridiculous. But not this one! This was a refreshing post-apocalyptic novel about a girl trying to survive and preserve humanity against the vampires that now rule the land. Allison lives in a vampire city where she scavenges for food and survives against the vampires and the rabids, humans and creatures that have been turned and go crazy with bloodlust instead. Long story short, one night on a dangerous supply run she had to fight for her life saving her friends. After dying and accepting the choice to become the one thing she hates, she has to pass as human to survive on the outside and try to save humanity from the rabid disease that is threatening humans and vampires lives together. 

The characters in this book are just amazing! I really found myself loving the amount of detail in their personalities, it made it very believable. Kanin, even after reading all the books, is still my favourite. For his strength, willpower, wiseness, and the list can go on. Allison respected him and I found myself respecting him as well. Kanin is the perfect leader; ruthless, gruesome, hard, and tough. She definitely had to work her butt off just to keep up with him training her. Kanin is a huge character in general for this world, he also is a huge player when it comes to the pre-apocalyptic and post- apocalyptic world. Allison, being new to vampirism, needed Kanin's help to adjust but quickly showed her strength and independence on how she handled herself and the ability to make smart decisions. A theme with Kagawa's writing is that she is not afraid to be explicitly detailed about violence and death, which I thank her for. I welcomed it with open arms because it really added to the 'realness' of the story and made me believe I was there living beside Allison in this horrible world. Also, can we just talk about Allison's katana, like damn! Fierce katana wielding vampire alert! 

The romance in this novel, however, is not fierce nor alert worthy lol sorry. Kagawa KNOWS how to do romance, its pretty evident in her Iron Fey series, which were amazing btw. The romance for some people were great and yeah I guess it could be but I was so not focused on that aspect. I loved the gory, death parts and I didn't want this to be a YA paranormal love story, you know? Which btw, it wasn't! Again, there was romance but it wasn't overpowering, thank god! Zeke was the main love interest, he is, as expected, human and hates vampires. He is the only one that does accept her, even under her false pretence of being human, when everyone doesn't trust the new outsider (Allison). He really is the innocent type that had his view points about vampires turned to hatred because of his 'adopted' (?) father, Jeb. Ugh. Lets not talk about how wrong Jeb is about his perception of vampires and the world in general. Lets just say that he implements his ideas into Zeke and not in a nice way. One thing I did like about the romance aspect was that Allison wasn't whiny or consumed by her love for Zeke. Lets be honest, whiny protagonists in love are the worst! Im glad she wasn't that at all, she always had her mission at the front of her priorities, THANK YOU KAGAWA.

This is definitely a must-read and many can attest to that! Go out and buy it, please!!! 5 Stars!!!

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Amy Grieve

First of all I never expected this to be so good. I love dystopia and vampires, so when I heard that Julie Kagawa had combined the two I was intrigued to see it. In the past Julie Kagawa somehow managed to make me truly love her Iron Fey series. Which is a big step for me considering I'm not a very big fan of very the fey. And now she seems to have re-invented the vampire for me. 

On the surface she seems to have used all of the same old vampire myths but has made them seem so much more complex. 

I adored Allison because she felt like a real person, even when she was a vampire. All of the other characters were also very real. That's what made this book for me. Also Kanin because he was just awesome.

The world Kagawa built was brutal, honest and really brought out the worst in people. Yet Allison managed to make the best of herself even being the one thing she hated the most.

Elad Schulman

Although the beginning was slow, I ended up really enjoying this. To be honest, I'm getting a little sick with vampires. But Allison was such a kick-ass character, that it was enjoyable to read. Zeke was super adorable, and although he wasn't a main character (yet) it was super cool to see his character grow. It's a good thing that the whole series is out though, because I need the next one now!

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