In the Forest of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Three-hundred-year-old Risika looks darn good for her age. Thanks to her "blood mother," a vampire named Ather who turned Risika (nee Rachel) into one of the undead back in 1684, she will always look as fresh as a 17-year-old. Now Risika is a world weary night stalker who sleeps in Concord, Massachusetts, by day and prowls New York City by night, in search of fresh blood to slake her inhuman thirst. One of the benefits of living such a long life has been discovering that most of the popular myths about vampires are not true: "Holy water and crosses do not bother me... and silver does not burn me. If someone hammered a stake through my heart, I suppose I would die, but I do not play with humans, stakes or mallets." In fact, there is little in the mortal world that surprises Risika anymore, until she returns from a hunt one night to find a black rose on her pillow--the same flower she was given on the eve of her mortal death. Knowing that the rose is a taunt from Aubrey, a vampire she believes murdered her human brother, Risika decides to confront her nemesis. In a bloody battle with Aubrey, Risika finally unearths her brother's true fate.

First I would like to say that this book was not the book I expected because for 1 I thought it was going to be about shape shifters, as you can see on the cover it shows you how she can transform into a hawk. 2, I thought it was going to be about living in the forest and such, but it turns out its based in Concord, Mass and New York.

OK so the book itself was so great, I couldn't stop reading it from the very beginning!
It tells you how she became a Vampire from the year 1701 and it goes from 'Then' and 'Now'

I give this book a 4.5 just because It was a very short read, theres only 147 pages, I wanted it to be a bit longer and see what happeneds with her and the someone at the end of the book.


If you want to get this book I think you should look for it at your Local Library.


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