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One moment can change your life forever. . . .
A chance encounter on a darkened street draws Violet Lee into a world beyond her wildest imaginings—a timeless place of vast elegance and immeasurable wealth, of beautiful mansions and lavish parties, where a decadent group of vampires lives for pleasure alone. A place from which there is no escape . . . no matter how hard Violet tries.
Because all the riches in the world can't mask the darkness that lies beneath the gilded surface, embodied in the charismatic but dangerous Kaspar Varn.
Violet and Kaspar surrender to a passion that transcends their separate worlds—but it's a passion that comes at a price.
Anonymous
Posted January 8, 2013
I was introduced to this story on Wattpad, and unless the author altered the story fully, it was nothing more than a story of some girl who thinks she's normal and then gets sucked into a world of fantasy and finds out shes supper important. The boom started out great; my attention was fully there. But, as the main character became a broken down girl who cried constantly, i lost interest. Also, it seemed the orignal story line had not been what is found out later. It felt like it was an abrut change in directions of the story. The characters started to lag and become way less than what the were at the start; in all honesty, i found the hatred all the characters but Kasper had for Violet was far to extreme, especially the guy that had been obsessed with her until she pickwd Kasper. Then, he just violently hates her?
Summary: it started off good with good characters then turned into something with a poorly constructed depressed teen girl who cried about everything and thought everything was her fault and a bunch of overkh hateful other characters. The plot also tooj a violent twist that did not play well with the start in my own opinion. There is a difference in a twist and what happened in this story.
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 20, 2012
Read on wattpad. Amazing story by an amazing writer! So glad that this was published! Way better then Twilight!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 18, 2012
thank you for a great read!! and i cant wait for more from you!! i first read this on wattpad well as much as i could, i fell in love with this book and im very happy with it!!
if your looking for a book that will keep you up till 3 am then this is it!! Abigail spins a story so well it will leave you wanting more!! but still satisfied :) all i can say is that you have to read this!! its good stuff! and money well spent!! so what are you waiting for get it!! lol ~Erica~ a.k.a ~crazycowlover~
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 15, 2013
This woman should stick to doing something, anything, besides writing. Laughably terrible. I want a refund. Who are all these people claiming "dark heroine" is good? Family? Friends? I read like a fiend and I have not often encounteted such childish and well, clumsy, writing, except when looking over old writing samples from 9th grade English I have stored as childhood momentos. I only got through half a chapter of this "novel" and it's far too painful to finish..... and I finish everything usually.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted April 2, 2013
I have LOVED this book ever since i found it while browsing around on Wattpad a few years back. though she
took a long break I never stopped waiting for more. I can't wait for the sequel!!
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Posted March 20, 2013
First of all, I must give credit to anyone brave enough to write and publish a book. But, even so, I cannot happily recommend this book to anyone picking it up thinking it will rank up there with Twilight, Vampire Academy or The House of Night novels. Sadly, Abigail's first book misses the mark in all of the things I enjoy most in novels. The character development in this story is very poor. While trying to write complicated, conflicted protagonists, all the author manages to do is create wishy-washy, confusing characters whose minds and dialogue all start to sound the same. I found the story line itself to be at times confusing, conflicting and then painfully slow. I spent a good 300 pages wondering when the story was going to come to a point and finally be over. I only kept reading in hopes that the novel would redeem itself, but sadly, I was disappointed. If you are looking for another good vampire book, do yourself a favor and pick up a different novel. I can respect Gibbs for trying, but it seems to me she needs another few years of school before her writing may truly interest me.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 21, 2012
I read a lot of this on wattpad a while back...then I saw the book and I had to buy it :)
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 26, 2012
We are so proud of you! This story rocked on Wattpad and the published version is even better. Cheers to your continued success and more books to come. We love you lady and, thanks to your creative writing, we love Violet and Kaspar too! PS...please continue to write more of their story too ;-)
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 26, 2012
loved this book...kept me interested all the way until the end...amazing Abigail is so young to have written this...
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 25, 2012
Loved iy on wattpad and love it now still. Congrats Abs.
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Posted October 9, 2012
So glad u got publishes go abbs u rock
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 5, 2012
I'm soo glad i bought this. I think this migjt just be the next best thing!
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 1, 2012
I loved this book on Wattpad, and love it even more now! I can't wait for the second book!
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 29, 2012
I read most of it when it was posted on Wattpad. It was good then, but even better now. There are a few intense scenes, but it only adds to the story. The author is 18, in case you've read the other reviews. It's nothing like any other vampire stories I've read. It mixes politics with peasure and adds a bit of suspense and horror. It's definitely one of the best novels I've ever had the pleasure to read.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 25, 2012
Read on wattpad and loved! As soon as I saw it was published I purchased. This is is definetly a really good read. It was a tingling breath of fresh air on the vampire genre. Although I was bit lost with the king hating her, I feel like it was all of a sudden.. but other than that awesome!! So glad you got published "girly" (lol) you certainly deserve it.
<3 ONE OF YOUR MANY WATTPAD FANS
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 25, 2012
Boring... no real connection for these people! So so bored
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 21, 2012
As a whole, I loved this book and anticipate any that may follow, but there were some points were I was a bit uncomfortable and I don't really consider myself a prude. Some of the scenes between the main characters were very intense. I read a review on Amazon that said it normalized rape culture and while I dont necessarily agree completely with the reviewer, I understood where they were coming from. I also think this is ultimately a YA novel (main character is 17/18), I would definitely lean more towards the "adult". Also, I read that the author is 17 and I'm not sure what to make of that in terms of content as well. All that said, I really did enjoy it.
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Posted May 19, 2013
I love this book, I love the author. I have one question for the author: Is there going to be a second book? There better be a second book, cause I am totally love the story and the characters, this book should be in motion picture.
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Posted May 2, 2013
First off I want to thank Librarything give-away program for choosing me as a winner of this book in return for a review. I really enjoyed it. It's a gothic, dark, and sexy romance. Im surprised to read some saying it is like Twilight because it was nothing like it! It was much more grown up feeling to me with an edgier darkness to it. I really enjoyed bad boy Kaspar not being this perfect vampire boyfriend. He is obviously roughly flawed but does still have that heart of goal underneath it all. The ending leaves it hanging just a little to let you know that there is more coming in this story and I am definitely interested in reading on what more is in store for Violet and Kaspar! I will be buying the second one for sure! Thanks again for giving me a free book. Free books are always nice but it's really great when it's a book you really enjoy and plan to keep!
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Posted May 1, 2013
I actually started reading this back when it was posted on wattpad and could not be more pleased when I saw that it was available on my nook. Read the entire thing that day. Can't wait to read more!
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Overview
One moment can change your life forever. . . .
A chance encounter on a darkened street draws Violet Lee into a world beyond her wildest imaginings—a timeless place of vast elegance and immeasurable wealth, of beautiful mansions and lavish parties, where a decadent group of vampires lives for pleasure alone. A place from which there is no escape . . . no matter how hard Violet tries.
Because all the riches in ...