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310 pp.
| St. Martin's Griffin
| November, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-250-00512-0$18.99
(4)
YA
Gene (The Hunt; The Prey), Sissy, and Ashley June are still struggling with humanity, vampirism, and destiny in a ravaged world. This mostly well-crafted finale is slowed by an awkward love triangle that serves only to show how teenage boys are driven foremost by lust. Tense storytelling ensures readers will be as certain as Gene is that survival doesn't seem possible.
(4)
YA
A world where humans are nearly extinct and everything is built around vampires is what Gene, disguising his humanity, is used to. His efforts at evading attention are undone when he's drafted to hunt the few remaining people. Significant plot holes and convenient forgotten elements mar what is otherwise a creative and clever look at what vamps would do if they ran the world.