Wednesday, March 2, 2011

SLAYED

            The book i read was Slayed, by Amanda Marrone. I have read another book by her called Devoured. On a scale from one to ten Devoured was about a five, so i didn't have that high of an expectation. But as it turns out it was a okay book. I would rate it about a seven point five.
           The book is about a girl named, get this, Daphne Van Helsing. I know. That was a SUPER lame movie by the way. i wouldn't recomend it. Anyways, Daphne travels around the country slaying vamps with her mother and father. She has never gone to school and was home schooled. She has never had a real friend. Just imagined ones that she draws in her binder. If she could she would just get up and walk away from all the vampire killing. When her family gets a job in Main, and it's seems like the usual. But then another family shows up. The Harkers. The two families are competing for a job. Then one night when Daphne goes to scope out a bar for possible vamps she meets Kiki. A former child star who got kicked of the show by her own parents. She see's Daphne drive a stake into a vampires heart and she wants to be a slayer too. Daphne agrees to train her in all things vampire and they become instant friends. Kiki keeps trying to get Daphne to go out on a date with Tyler Harker, Mr. Harkers son. Daphne's parents don't want her even talking with him since they are competing against each other for slays.
           After some mysterious events, like baby's getting sick and Daphne, Tyler and Kiki witnessing demons called the lamia fly through the air, They decide that its best to stick together. They delve deeper into the demon mystery and find out that the demon Lilith is trying to escape from hell. Conveniently, the cave that holds the entrance to hell is just across the river from Kiki's house. They travel across the river to the cave and call some angles to come and help them banish Lilith back to hell. Lilith is banished back and they escape the cave. Later in the epilogue, Kiki convinces Daphne's parents to let Daphne come move to new york with her since she is loaded from all the money her parents make. They reluctantly agree and they all live happily ever after.
           The book, in truth, was not bad. It was a little girly for my taste. And i am still sick of vampires. At least there was only romance between humans and not humans and vampires. That would be a little to much.

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