Finals are over, and twenty-year-old Claire Matthews can hardly wait to begin summer break until…she arrives home to an army of police swarming her parents’ front lawn. Detective Reynolds delivers the dreadful news that the man and woman inside the home are dead, and Claire is forced to identify their mummified bloodless bodies. Her world comes to a grinding halt when she learns that it is her … learns that it is her mother and father who are the deceased, and her younger brother, JJ, is nowhere to be found. The predator accused…a vampire.
Claire is no stranger to vampires; in fact, these days’ vamps are a dime a dozen. One-hundred-thirty years ago a vow was made, combining the two worlds. A vampire’s survival no longer required a human sacrifice. Vampire Centers were created, offering human blood through transfusion; yet, why were her parents bled dry? Why now? What changed? Could a rogue vampire be responsible? Was it possible vampires, Nate and Parker, JJ’s best friends, suddenly hungered for human blood?
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The Vow by Laura Daleo was extraordinary! I could not put this book down. In the 1800s, it was decided that instead of a war no one could win, there would be peace among the humans and vampires. Now, present day, Claire comes home from college and is not greeted by her parents and brother at the airport. She hails a cab and returns to her childhood home to find her parents dead and her brother missing. The lead detective on the scene seems to be doing everything he can to solve the crime but Claire can’t just sit around doing nothing. She starts to investigate on her own but her days are filled with trouble while trying to find someone who will lead her to her parents killer. I enjoyed this book immensely. It is filled with mystery, intrigue and suspense. I was hooked from the very beginning and recommend this book to all lovers of the paranormal.
The Vow was quite the enjoyable read as i’m not normally a YA reader, but once I started reading this book I was hooked. The story is very drama filled with Claire Matthews on a quest to find her missing brother JJ and the murderer of both of her parents. Claire is a strong headed girl that gets herself in to a lot trouble, having been warned by Detective Reynolds who is leading the case investigation to stop meddling. She comes close to loosing her own life a few times through not listening to others but she always seems to manage to keep on doing what she does best, and that is not let herself give up and fall apart. I really liked the fast pace of the story and even though it becomes clear, (well it did to me) what has happened and who is behind it all from about halfway into the story it was still a riveting read. A great adventure into a world of where humans and vampires co-exist.
Wow what a read that takes you on a ride of vampires that have the human looking for the ones that took their parents. This is a amazing read that will take you on a amazing read.
Claire Matthews returns home from college to discover her parents murdered and her brother missing, With the police investigation seemingly going nowhere, she begins to look into their deaths herself in the hope she will find the killer and find out what happened to her younger brother.
This sounds like the beginning of a straightforward whodunnit but it is so much more than that. Because Claire lives in a world where vampires not only exist, but they co-exist with humans.
Claire is determined to get to the bottom of who/what killed her parents and, more importantly, find her missing brother – the only family she has left.
But it is her very dogged determination that could lead to her downfall. She is more naive than stupid and crashes headlong into a world that is full of danger. She blindly allows herself to be led by the hand into contact with various vampires who promise a lot but deliver very little. She puts her life at risk and it is only when it is almost too late that she realises she cannot do this alone.
The Vow, in some ways, is a cross between True Blood and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Claire even discovers she has an ancestor who was a vampire hunter.
But my comparison isn’t a criticism. There are many takes on the vampire/slayer story all the way from the original Dracula to the present-day TV shows and movies. The author has taken this old story of good and evil and the many grey areas in between and she has woven her own version of the age-old story. And she has done it exceptionally well.
The twist in this story (around the halfway mark in the novel) is a real gem. There are a few subtle clues along the way so you do realise where this comes from but it is amazing, brilliant and very well delivered.
The author’s style is perfect. She mixes description with dialogue and action in the right measures and there were no instances where I became bored or found my interest lagging. This is a novel that will keep you engrossed and entertained. There is little or no horror or gore in it which makes it suitable for the young adult readers it is geared towards.