Trapped.What could be a worse feeling than that?After 18-year-old Sam gets an invitation for a free vacation in the mail, she hops on the opportunity despite her mother’s pleas not to go. With the realization that her best friends have all been invited as well, she’s sure she made the right choice. Once they board the fancy cruise ship however, things aren’t as luxurious as they had seemed.… they had seemed.
Passengers start to disappear and once the ship lands on a deserted island, Sam and her friends are left on their own to figure out why. Faced with a deadly predicament, they have to learn to survive amid a mass of nightmare creatures all out for the taste of her blood. With the help of a handsome yet suspicious island native, Sam must figure out how to get back to the mainland before she’s trapped on the island forever.
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What is worse than having a nightmare? Waking up and finding you are living in one.
Sam, her cousin Craig and two of their friends, Rachel and Clyde and given free tickets to travel by ship to Luxury Island. Little do they know what really goes on there? They will have to learn how to fight for their lives if they want to survive and make it back home.
An interesting twist on a great storyline about vampires and werewolves. The author has enabled us to crawl into the head of her characters. We feel their pain and anguish and live each day in hope of escape.
I can’t wait to continue the story with book two – Acid Rain.
This is one of those books that initially had me screaming at the main character, “Don’t do it! Don’t go! Listen to your mother and tear up the free ticket for the cruise of your dreams!” because I knew something horrible was going to happen. It took me a few dozen pages to forgive Sam for not heeding my advice, and then, I only gave her a second chance because she was an inexperienced teenager who didn’t know any better. To be honest, I didn’t even feel sorry for her when things started going badly because all of her troubles could have been avoided if she’d just listened to her mother! But then, she lost her cousin, and her best friend, Clyde, disappeared, and she started being brave, and fending for herself, and she had me. When Lance came into the picture, and he and Sam started sharing secrets and listening to the call of the wild, I couldn’t stop reading. I had to find out what happened next, and I will read the sequel now to find out what Clyde is going to do to Sam and Lance, and if they will find the magic that eluded them on Paradise Island.
I enjoyed reading this book because I am into the supernatural stuff such as vampires and werewolves. This book is a different view of how vampires and werewolves began. Following Sam, Clyde, Rachel, and Craig on their adventure was a flurry of emotions. Thanks Kayla.
It took me a little bit to get into this book but once I did, I was fully along for the ride.
Ms Krantz builds the world where her characters are in rich detail, which is good, but sometimes slows down the story. It did have twists and turns, some easy to spot, others I didn’t see coming.
I’m definitely going to read the second book in the trilogy and will see you there in my next review.
This was a really good book and it sounded intriguing but its far more than the blurb leads on. Sam gets a strange invite for a cruise. She sneaks out like most any teen would do. When she gets there some of her friends are there too. The cruise staff is weird and strange events begin happening from the start. The weird gets weirder as the story takes off and many unexpected twists take hold of the plot veering it into an action packed supernatural story.
The narrator seems right for this story to me. Her voice matches what I expect for the character and her pacing is good. I always keep my device set to 2.5. I loved how the story starts out innocent enough with an invite to a cruise. I get those phone calls all the time so I chuckled a little at the idea.
The book is full of suspense and mystery. It kept me engaged and wanting more
Something about a teenager being normal at the beginning of a chapter always keeps me wanting to turn the pages. And right away, Samantha does what any seventeen year old would do when encountered with the unknown—plunge headfirst right into it!
Scared, but brave, she heads right into a mystery of terror and loss. The only thing keeping her sane is the fact that she is lucky enough to find her best friend, her cousin, and her cousin’s girlfriend along the way.
Although the tale touches on a small bit of romance, it is mostly about friendships and the sacrifices you will or will not, take to keep them.
The only thing that kept me confused from time to time was that I would get Clyde and Craig mixed up. Because I never understood why they both hated each other so much in the very beginning, I had a hard time connecting with them as characters. Also, there was something nagging at me about the timing with Sammi. She had dreams of premonition, yes, but something seemed out of order in the first third of the story.
Other than a few repeats of the same information, this first book in the series was intricate, but intriguing. Because of the vampire/werewolf relationships, I would highly recommend it to all ages over twelve.
Blood Moon is a suspenseful, intriguing YA horror story. It’s been awhile since I’ve read a book with vampires and werewolves in it and this one didn’t disappoint. It is an original story with realistic characters who embark on a cruise from hell. I found it be action packed and hard to put down.
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This is one for any teenager who likes to read about vampires and werewolves but without the extensive, gory details. Don’t mistake this story though. It has a huge amount of blood to go around and enough running to inspire a new fitness regime. Combined with an equally good number of creepy moments where the floorboards creak in the wrong way or the main characters really struggle to survive in the harsh, lonely environment they’ve been left to navigate, this could leave you hooked. Like all good horror stories, there are a few twists and a couple of neat, handsome phrases that really help set the scene. If you are new to horror, this is one to ease you into the genre. It give it 3 stars here because of the mild editing problems in the text and because I feel that I personally would like a bit more of a challenging read, however for a younger audience, it is undoubtedly perfect.
When Sam received an invitation to have a free Island get away, it was more than she could resist. Even after her mom specifically told her no she slipped out under the shroud of night and found her way to the peer. Her teenage act of rebellion was met when she noticed her best friend Clyde has slipped away as well, not to mention her cousin and his girlfriend would be joining in on her adventure as well.
What started out as an exciting unsupervised trip, soon becomes something right out of a nightmare. The crew, the ship and worst yet the hotel they were to stay in all play a part in a deadly secret that they would all find themselves surrounded by.
This fast paced, high impact and emotional ride takes you on a journey that you will never forget. Where things aren’t quite what they seem to be. The twists and turns will keep you guessing and make you feel like you are right there with the crew, running for their lives not to mention trying to figure out who you can trust and who is plotting your demise. Kayla Krantz does a fantastic job of pulling you into her world.