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A review by rachelhelps
First Kill by Z Brewer
3.0
I reviewed this book about a reluctant teenage vampire for Deseret Connect, and I think that a certain audience will really, really love it (teenagers and certain YA vampire enthusiasts). For me, I am happy that I liked it--it ended on two satisfying twists. Prose was pretty boring, honestly, and Joss's thoughts are full of cliches like "he would never know how much I needed mentoring" (not an actual quote). I'll link my full review later. Some things I wanted to mention but were to persnickety for the news:
-weird preoccupation with food. Every single eating sensation described in full detail. Maybe carried over from the vampire books, where hiding blood in regular food was interesting? If you're going to make a big deal out of eating, might as well include excretion, right? Sadly, there were no peeing scenes.
-Inaccurate survival information. Seriously, even a running stream is not safe to drink from.
-Martial arts training that would be ineffective in real life. The sink-or-swim method is completely unnecessary. Brewer has a good knack for pacing and plot structure, so I wish she would do a little more research for the things in her novel that mimic our world.
-weird preoccupation with food. Every single eating sensation described in full detail. Maybe carried over from the vampire books, where hiding blood in regular food was interesting? If you're going to make a big deal out of eating, might as well include excretion, right? Sadly, there were no peeing scenes.
-Inaccurate survival information. Seriously, even a running stream is not safe to drink from.
-Martial arts training that would be ineffective in real life. The sink-or-swim method is completely unnecessary. Brewer has a good knack for pacing and plot structure, so I wish she would do a little more research for the things in her novel that mimic our world.