Chapter by Chapter

Loved it! Before I even say anything else I have to say that I loved this novel. I loved it for a number of reasons, the main one being that Vaempires: Revolution is Crusade meets X-men with all of the violence and gore from Mortal Kombat… the perfect mixture. Seriously, being the comic book nerd that I am—I loved that every Vaempire ability managed to remind me of some X-men character. Anyhow, I feel that I should just say right now that there is some mature content that may not be suitable for all YA readers and that content would be the single attempted sexual assault scene in the novel. Just a forewarning of what you will find should you choose to read Vaempires (which I highly recommend).The novel started off with a fast paced action scene with the main character, Daniel. Now, you might be wondering “does this have dystopia? The answer is yes. Yes it does. Not only does the beginning chapter introduce us to the main aspects of this new vampire ruled world, but it also gives us a highly detailed version of what happened in history and what lead our world to be run by vampires, with only few humans left. Personally, I loved that there is a monarch family that rules over this new world and that with this new and unexpected war taking place right before the reader’s eyes—you were able to feel the complete and utter shock when we learn that not only were the King and Queen killed, but that you got to read about the detailed slaughter.That being said, author Thomas Winship gave us chapters with the character Cassie (otherwise known as Princess Cassandra) as the chapter protagonist. Have I forgotten to mention that Cassie and Daniel are also dating? Well, now you know that too. Something that I worried about personally, was if the romance genre in the novel would ruin the action story and turn the killing machine Daniel—into some wimpy vampire who writes poetry (not that there’s anything wrong with those types of vampires or anything *cough* yes there is *cough). Luckily for us, the romance aspect of the novel only made every single killing that Daniel commit while under the influence of bloodlust all the more vicious and seriously addicting.What with the great and detailed writing style, I found this novel to be above and beyond. I would recommend this to fans of vampire novels as well as horror and readers who want a seriously vivid and gory dystopia. Fans of dark and beautiful things are bound to be impressed!