Hellooo lovelies!
If you read my blog post that went up
donkeys years ago then you would know that I wanted to do book reviews every
month because.. Well I love to read! Now that it is October it’s okay to write
about a thriller. This book is my idea of hell. I’d hate to have to go through
what Amber Lamont did.
Amber is your average sixteen year
old girl. She is incredible smart however is extremely insecure…. A bit like me
but without the smart! I can also relate to Amber in a way because she is
constantly online, writing fan fiction (Fan fiction is when a fan takes
something/someone they respect and turns it into a fictional story. They are
mainly based around bands/actresses/celebrities.). This makes Amber your
average teen.
One evening Amber is working when two
young men come into the diner. They are disrespectful and don’t care about
Amber. When amber walks back over to them she trips spilling their milkshakes.
This makes the men mad and they attempt to grab Amber until her co-worker comes
over and intervenes. Leaving work early Amber starts her walk home, making the
wrong decision of taking the short cut through the alley ways. Of course
because Amber is having such an amazing day, she comes across the boys. What
she does next even I wasn’t expecting.
Amber punches one in the face causing
it all to break and he starts bleeding staggering to the floor. Amber takes
this chance to run home, where she finds her parents. Racing up to her room
she’s tries to cover up the blood stains in which are all over her clothes.
Before she can do anything the police
are knocking at Amber’s door asking to speak to her. He parents cover for her
by laughing and saying their daughter is innocent before they snapped. They
changed. Demons. Amber’s parents turned into demons before punching their way
through the police officers chests. Clearly the police officers die! The
next day Amber’s parents act as though nothing has happened and invite all
their friends over. When they arrived everyone made sure to hug Amber, which
didn't normally happen. Everyone was happy and smiles were all around. This is
when they enlighten Amber into the fact she is a demon, just like them. Amber
refused to believe it and said that what happened to the boys wasn't just
her it was her inner demon.
Amber now knows the family
secret but is yet to learn more. As Amber learns more she confides herself to
her room more than normal. Then one evening she decided she's had enough and
wants out. Amber climbs out the window of her bedroom, falls and of course
injures herself. As she starts to crawl away from the house she hears high
heels clipping the floor, before she sees Imelda, one of her parent’s demon
friends, in front of her.
Imelda takes Amber home with her and
allows her to stay for a while. Due to Imelda being a demon Amber doesn't feel
safe here and tries to escape. However on her way out she is met with a man
whom is blocking her exit. He won’t let her go, consequently Amber shoots him. Imelda
explains to Amber that she needs to go into hiding. Amber doesn't understand
until she realises that it’s her parents. Amber was only conceived so that
when she turned 16 her parents could feed off her blood making them last
longer. They were told to do so by the shining demon, the god of
Demons.
Imelda’s friend Milo takes Amber to see a man who has 'magic powder' allowing her to see the shining demon. Amber comes face to face with the demon that creates her a promise, if she will find a man that he is after and return him in 2 weeks’ time then he will prevent her parents from ever seeing her. However if she doesn't succeed then the shining demon will help her parents.
Milo and Amber embark on their
journey to find the man who never returned to the Shining demon. With the
hours that Amber had remaining carved into her wrist by the Demon, dropping fast,
they set off. With her parents hot on their tail, Amber and Milo must find
the man, before it’s too late.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading
this book especially because it is the lead up to Halloween now! I would
recommend this book to anyone in their teens or even older because it is such
an amazing read! On the evening of Halloween, Book Tuber Benjamin of
Tomes will be reading live and I recommend you tune in and watch! You can watch it here!
- Abigail x
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