“Don’t worry these vampires are not sparkly.” ★★★★★
I’ve always been the prey. All Seventeen-year-old Mercy Brown wanted to do was finish her last year of high school without any glitches. Now, vampires are tearing apart the small town of Goodsprings. While teaming up with her friends, Sebastien Balaur the mysterious new boy and Amanda the book crazed bestie, Mercy will learn a secret about … teaming up with her friends, Sebastien Balaur the mysterious new boy and Amanda the book crazed bestie, Mercy will learn a secret about herself and that blood really is thicker than water.
To catch the predator, I must become the hunter.
Tiki Kos’s dark and monstrous story tells a tale of a girl who loses everything but finds her true calling in a town where she was the outcast but now is the savior.more
I totally loved this book. I loved the fact that it was a short book. But also the fact that it was a little of a different twist about vampires. Great job tiki
Well This was an interesting read a fascinating take on the old YA favourite Trope of vampires.
Set in a small backward town Local girl Mercy Brown is a misfit teen who along with her bookworm bestie Amanda is just trying to survive high school unscathed.
Enter misunderstood broody vampire Sebastien; the mysterious pale new boy in town; who genuinely seems to like Mercy for herself, which is actually quite a plus-point in his favour.
Sebastien and his vampire family have arrived in this backwater town with there own secret agenda at play one that Sebastien himself is not fully on board with.
It’s not long after they have settled here that events really start to escalate; soon spiralling out of all control and Mercy, Sebastien and Amanda are left fighting for there very existence.
So this was a short read with some mildly amusing Twilight references.
I did enjoy myself a lot but because this was so brief it was somewhat difficult at times to fully connect with what was going on.
Mercy as a character was fabulous; a real kick-butt feisty female.
Sebastien himself was harder to get a handle on I didn’t really feel we got to know that much about him here; mainly just unimportant surface stuff.
I’m hoping that we will get to connect and dig much deeper with him in part 2.
Some of the characters used here did come across as a tad one-dimensional as well and how this was eventually wrapped up was also a trifle rushed for My taste also and could have done in my opinion with a tad more fleshing out overall.
I just felt this was quite a slow burn story them BAM!!!
everything then just kind of happened at once; really snowballing.
If “Mercy Brown” had been a longer read I think it would have worked out much better in the long run; it just wasn’t lengthy enough to do it the actual justice it deserved.
Saying that I still enjoyed this like a lot and really can’t wait to see what happens in the next instalment.
This was a read that definitely kept me on my toes throughout.
Before I go just want to mention that transcript at the end of this book about “Mercy Brown” being an actual real person; so fascinating; such a nice touch indeed.
Also, the front cover here was so very eye-catching; really loved it.
Thank You to the Author for providing me with an ARC copy of “Mercy Brown (Mercy Brown, #1)” of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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Did you know that Mercy Brown was an actual person? Her family had lived in Rhode Island, and several members had died of Tuberculosis. Mercy was one of them. Friends and family believed that an undead was plaguing the family. She was exhumed, and her body did not have the level of decay that the other family members did. Read about it here.
I was excited to read this story as the book synopsis sounds fascinating. Mercy lives in a small rundown town in Nevada. She can’t wait until high school is over when her and her best friend, Amanda, can move to Seattle. Mercy’s mother is dead, and her father has classic depression symptoms and is almost always drunk. Life looks like it is going to be the same as always until Sebastien and his family move to town. He is smitten with Mercy and tells her about the vampires. Can she stop them in time to save her town and family? You will have to read it to find out.
I gave this book
Tiki Kos writes in an easy to read, breezy style. For being a novella, Mercy and Amanda’s characters are fleshed out well. I feel empathy for Mercy. She is made fun of at school and has a lousy home life. Yet, she is tough enough to try to save Amanda and her town.
Kos does make some cracks at the sparkling vampires in Twilight. Don’t worry these vampires are not sparkly. It was brilliantly slipped into the dialogue.
The action is suspenseful and it really drew me in. There were fighting scenes, blood, and explosives. Kos does not disappoint when trying to save the ones you love from the blood sucking vamps.