Published by Flame Tree Press Genres: coming of age, Fiction, Horror, vampire
Format: eBook
It’s summer in the beachside town of Old Orchard Beach! The tourists have arrived to have fun in the sun; unfortunately, they are not the only new arrivals for the summer! After reading When the Night Falls and loving it, I wanted to go back and read where it all began for Rocky and November.
Rocky is fifteen years old and preparing to take for his driver’s license the summer he met November. She isn’t like the other girls. She is fun, exciting, daring and has a deadly secret. Rocky can’t help but fall for her. November also enjoys spending time with Rocky. He lets her escape her home life, her legacy, and get time away from her domineering, deadly, and controlling older brother, Gabriel.
Young love is in the air as if the overpowering stench of danger! People have been disappearing at alarming rates. Something or someone dangerous, vicious, and hungry for blood has been hunting them!
This proved to be a fast paced, thrilling, gripping and bloody good book! I loved the nostalgic feel of this book as well as the atmosphere. The beach setting, the summer food, the smell of ocean and sunscreen as well as the impending doom set the mood for this coming-of-age vampire book. This book does have “The Lost Boys” vibes which I totally dug.
The death scenes are not too graphic so most readers will not be grossed out by them. I thought Glenn Rolfe excelled at creating the perfect blend of youth, yearning, summer, and bloodlust. The characters in this book range from likeable and sympathetic to despicable and deadly.
I enjoyed the mounting suspense and danger in this book. Once I started this book, I could not put it down and read it in one day.
Entertaining, gripping, nostalgic, and bloody good.
