{Blog Tour Review} The Outside by Laura Bickle

Series: The Hallow Ones #2

Publication date: September 3, 2013

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

ISBN-13: 9780544000131

Synopsis

The world has ended, yet we survived.

Now we are forced to leave the holy land that helped us stay alive when most of the English men couldn’t, now I am banned from my community for helping a man in need, now I have no choice but to move forward.

No choice but to try and stay alive.

Review

Where do you start with a book that ended up being nothing like you expected? I guess I should start by not freaking you out and saying that this book may not have been what I expected but that is not a bad thing.

The Hallow Ones seems to be a two part series that marches at its out beat. From the first book we see that this is a different take on the end of the world. One that plays with notions deeper than the “will I live to see tomorrow?”

For those of you that like their books clerical-free, this may not be the book for you. Big emphasis in the may, you see it doesn’t feel like this book is trying to sell you a particular religion. No, this book is exploring the end of the world from the eyes of an Amish girl, or we could just call her a girl that as the end of the world comes she starts to question what she has been told about goodness and the right thing to do, while the leaders of her community tell her to do otherwise.

Laura Bickle plays yo-yo with your emotions making you doubt grow weary of the happy moments and bringing up equal amounts of hope and fear that it all will come crashing down.

 I am happy and grateful for having had the opportunity to read this duology, because it I thought it was the book I was looking for yet it turned out to be something different yet intriguing enough that I just couldn’t stay away. I can’t wait for this story to ran a little cold in my memory so that we it can surprise me again.

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If you didn't like Twilight, then read The Hallowed Ones or Morganvill Vampires

Ok twilight fans no offense but there is no such thing as something universally liked and Twilight is now exception, I do not intend to offend any of you so please don’t take it that way.

We all have different tastes and reasons why we like or dislike something, so I will be diving this one into 3 parts where you can find a couple of recommendations based on reasons why people didn’t like it, this 3 parts will be found in three different posts (if it all goes well).

Vampires where too good, they should not sparkle

If you think this is true then maybe you are looking for more evil? If you are looking for vampires that are evil to the core with no real sense other than to kill with a dash of mystery and some horror maybe you should look at “The Hollow Ones” by Laura Bickle.

Series: The Hallowed Ones #1

Publication Date: September 25, 2012

Publisher: HMH Graphia (Harper Collins)

ISBN-13: 9780547859262

Synospsis

Her dreams of Rumspringa where now gone, the outside world was no more, gone with it where her dreams of long afternoons enjoying a Coke and going to the movies. 

Katie has always been a rebel among the Amish, the elders pay her extra attention. You would think that when the world outside turn deadly that she would obey the elders and not question their decision, but when a life is at stake she will risk everything and everyone to do what is right.

After rescuing Alex a 24 year old Canadian she discovers more about what happened in the outside, if Alex is to be believed the outside world is falling in the hands of vampires and not the shiny ones, no this ruthless creatures have a blood lust and an evil inside of them that the destruction they havoc comes from beyond your gory imagination. 

 Full Review

If you are looking for vampires that aren’t always good but know they are powerful enough to run an unknown town in Texas where humans live in fear and college students are the daily special you might want to take a look into the Morganville Vampire series by Rachel Caine.

Series: Morganville Vampires #1

Publication Date: October 03, 2006

Publisher: NAL Jam (Penguin)

ISBN-13: 9780451219947

Synospsis

Claire wanted to take her college experience as far away from her parents as possible, which is part of the Morganville university appeal.

Once she arrives to Morganville, Texas she discovers that college can be more about surviving then studying. Her eyes are wide open when she decides to run from the college dorms to escape an awful schoolmate that borderlines pshyco, only to see that she is the least of her problems.

Full review soon to come, 

I must ask for the first 2 books in the series back.

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{Blog Tour Review} The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle

Series: The Hallowed Ones #1

Publication Date: September 25, 2012

Publisher: HMH Graphia
ISBN-13: 9780547859262

Synospsis

Her dreams of Rumspringa where now gone, the outside world was no more, gone with it where her dreams of long afternoons enjoying a Coke and going to the movies. 

Katie has always been a rebel among the Amish, the elders pay her extra attention. You would think that when the world outside turn deadly that she would obey the elders and not question their decision, but when a life is at stake she will risk everything and everyone to do what is right.

After rescuing Alex a 24 year old Canadian she discovers more about what happened in the outside, if Alex is to be believed the outside world is falling in the hands of vampires and not the shiny ones, no this ruthless creatures have a blood lust and an evil inside of them that the destruction they havoc comes from beyond your gory imagination. 

Review

When I heard about this book all I heard was Amish + End of the world + Evil Vampires, it all screamed to me READ ME LIL BERRY READ ME NOW. And how right it was, this book is dark, gory and not something I would call Young Adult, it can fall under that category but I feel that readers that enjoy adult books will enjoy it too, it's one of those book that has a little something for everyone.

I laughed, almost cried and bite my nails with this book, honestly, Laura Bickle is such a tease and an excellent writer. She got me all jumpy, all excited, kinda stressed out (the good kind) for something to happened  yes she toyed with me and my feelings but I liked it, it made me feel more a part of the story, more of a secret accomplice to Katie and Alex then an spectator. 

Highly recommend this book, and for those fans of this book, it is official this is now a series and we can expect the second book "The Outside" sometime in 2013.
If you would like to know more about the book please let me know, I could talk about this book for hours.

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