Transformación

The Vampire Journals #1

by Morgan Rice

TRANSFORMACIÓN es el Bestseller # 1 de la saga DIARIO DE UN VAMPIRO (THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS), que incluye once libros (y siguen llegando).

En TRANSFORMACIÓN [Libro #1 de el Diario de un Vampiro, (The Vampire Journals)], Caitlin Paine, de 18 años, se encuentra a sí misma desarraigada de su lindo suburbio y es obligada a asistir a una peligrosa escuela secundaria en la ciudad de Nueva York, cuando su mamá se muda otra vez. El único rayo de luz que tiene en su nuevo entorno es Jonah, un nuevo compañero de clase, quien siente agrado por ella de inmediato.

Pero antes de que su romance pueda florecer, Caitlin se encuentra transformada repentinamente. Ella se encuentra doblegada por una fuerza sobrehumana, la sensibilidad a la luz, el deseo de alimentarse—sentimientos que no entiende. Ella busca respuestas a lo que le está sucediendo y sus deseos la llevan al lugar equivocado, en el momento equivocado. Sus ojos se abren ante un mundo oculto, debajo de sus pies, haciendo progresos subterráneos en la ciudad de Nueva York. Ella se encuentra atrapada entre dos aquelarres peligrosos, justo en medio de una guerra de vampiros.

Es en ese momento que Caitlin conoce a Caleb, un misterioso y poderoso vampiro que la rescata de las fuerzas de las tinieblas. Él la necesita para ayudarle a buscar el legendario artefacto perdido. Y ella lo necesita para buscar respuestas y para protegerla. Juntos tendrán que responder a una pregunta fundamental: ¿quién fue el verdadero padre de ella?

Pero Caitlin se encuentra atrapada entre dos hombres, cuando surge otra cosa entre ellos: un amor prohibido. Un amor entre razas que pondrá en riesgo sus vidas, y los obligará a decidir si deben arriesgarse uno por el otro.

"TRANSFORMACIÓN es una historia ideal para jóvenes lectores. Morgan Rice hizo un buen trabajo al dar un giro interesante a lo que pudo haber sido un típico cuento de vampiros.”
--The Romance Reviews

“TRANSFORMACIÓN (TURNED) llamó mi atención desde el inicio y no lo solté… Esta historia es una aventura sorprendente, de ritmo rápido y llena de acción desde el principio. No hay un solo momento aburrido. Morgan Rice hizo un trabajo sorprendente transportando al lector a la historia. También facilitó el apoyo a Caitlin y quiso desesperadamente que triunfara en su búsqueda de la verdad… Espero con interés el segundo libro de la saga”.
--Paranormal Romance Guild

“TRANSFORMACIÓN es un libro de las tinieblas agradable, de fácil lectura, que se puede leer entro otros libros, ya que es corto… ¡Le aseguro que se divertirá!“
--books-forlife.blogspot.com

"TRANSFORMACIÓN es un libro equiparable a TWILIGHT y DIARIO DE UN VAMPIRO, (VAMPIRE DIARIES), y ¡hará que lo quiera seguir leyendo hasta la última página! Si le gusta la aventura, el amor y los vampiros, ¡este libro es para usted!"
--Vampirebooksite.com

“Rice hace un gran trabajo en transportarlo a la historia desde el principio, utilizando una gran calidad descriptiva que trasciende a la narración del escenario… Está bien escrito y su lectura es extremadamente rápida, TRANSFORMACIÓN es un buen inicio para una nueva saga de vampiros que seguramente será un éxito entre los lectores que buscan una historia ligera, pero entretenida”.
--Black Lagoon Reviews

Los 10 libros de DIARIO DE UN VAMPIRO (VAMPIRE JOURNALS) también están disponibles para su venta.

Genres: Vampires, Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Ebooks, Paranormal Romance

157 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 24, 2011

About the author

Morgan Rice is the #1 bestselling and USA Today bestselling author of the epic fantasy series THE SORCERER’S RING, comprising seventeen books; of the #1 bestselling series THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS, comprising twelve books; of the #1 bestselling series THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY, a post-apocalyptic thriller comprising three books; of the epic fantasy series KINGS AND SORCERERS, comprising six books; of the epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, comprising 8 books; of the new epic fantasy series A THRONE FOR SISTERS, comprising eight books (and counting); and of the new science fiction series THE INVASION CHRONICLES. Morgan’s books are available in audio and print editions, and translations are available in over 25 languages.

TURNED (Book #1 in the Vampire Journals), ARENA ONE (Book #1 of the Survival Trilogy), A QUEST OF HEROES (Book #1 in the Sorcerer’s Ring) and RISE OF THE DRAGONS (Kings and Sorcerers—Book #1) are each available as free downloads!

Morgan loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.morganricebooks.com to join the email list, receive a free book, receive free giveaways, download the free app, get the latest exclusive news, connect on Facebook and Twitter, and stay in touch!

Reviews

[Danielle. · Rating 1 out of 5]

"A book to rival TWILIGHT and VAMPIRE DIARIES, and one that will have you wanting to keep reading until the very last page! If you are into adventure, love and vampires this book is the one for you!"



Twilight? No.

Vampire Diaries? The books? Hell no. The TV series? Absolutely not.

Speshul 18 year old Caitlin only wants to be an anonymity at her high school. Speshul Caitlin is too “weird” for people. Too boring. Too plain. Nothing speshul about speshul Caitlin.

“… she felt alone. Not because she was the only white girl – she actually preferred that. Some of her closest friends had been Black, Spanish, Asian, Indian – and some of her meanest frienemies had been white.”



PAUSE. I’m going to have to stop this passage right there. Is this author kidding me? Is she really pulling out the race card? Is she really making Blacks, Spanish, etc., out to be feral individuals? I mean, the author clearly stated everyone in her new high school were acting like wild animals: attacking each other, screaming and yelling, etc…. AND NONE OF THEM ARE WHITE. So she tries to pull out the “oh I had friends who were black” “Oh I had friends who were Spanish” “Oh I had friends who were Asian” shit to make us give her the OK to write offensive shit like this. Give me a break. I saw right through this horribly plotted, banal, and pathetic writing.

This was, by far, one of the most unrealistic and idiotic books I’ve ever read. Bob-wired gates at a high school? Dozens of policemen armed with weapons at the front entrance barking off orders? A FUCKING METAL DETECTOR? BARS AND FUCKING CAGES ON ALL THE WINDOWS? Really?!

“That’s right, Barack! Give the white girl your seat” One kid yelled.
“Your name is Barack?” I asked the boy.
“No, that’s just what they call me. They think I look like Obama”.

I dropped the fucking book right here. Fuck this dumb ass book. Fuck this dumb ass writing.
I can’t tell which is sad – the fact that the author wrote this or the fact that thousands of people love this book (I read this on wattpad, btw). I’m done with the world.

[Marcella · Rating 1 out of 5]

The one word that I will use to describe this book: what?

-First: She's in New York, her mom is crazy. no explanation why she is or why she left her old town.

-Second: She just meets this Jonah guy an is all in love. okay. I'm sure there was just a "connection"

-Third: Oh gee, she's craving blood and has supernatural abilities, but she has no clue what she is. You'd think wanting to drink the blood of a puppy might be a dead give away.

-Four: She gets all upset at the Caleb guy for not LOVING her when they just met, what, 4 hours earlier maybe? I'm pretty sure they couldn't have fallen in love after a walk in a sewer and time in front of a court, but that's just me.

-Five: HE KEEPS COMING BACK TO RESCUE HER. They literally just met. At this point it just seemed worse than Twilight to me. probably 10 times worse, not going to lie.

-Six: Those bite wounds on the murder victim. oh wow I wonder what it is two perfect circular holes in a vein and the blood is missing! :o so complicated!


I couldn't stand anything in this book. now Caleb and the chick, I can't even remember her name, katelyn, are on some magic quest together? Sounds great.

what happened to her brother anyway?

[✨faith✨trust✨pixiedust✨ Dead Account; Not Coming Back · Rating 2 out of 5]

Re-read notes:

Did this re-read with Nana

Lol this book is just wonderfully terrible, I love it

Original review

So, for starters, this wasn't actually always really bad, but when it was bad, it was one of the worst things I've ever read. But in a good way.

Here's a list of some stuff (there are some unmarked spoilers, so if you do want to read this for some reason, be warned):

1) She's somehow the only white girl in an inner city NYC high school. She doesn't mind this because she's ~not racist~ since she has had diverse friends in the past, and "some of her meanest frenemies had been white." Make of that what you will.

2) She had insta love with not only one, but two guys! One of them is a human person of color (and an actually genuinely great guy!) and the other is a soulmate-ish ~protector~ sort with brown hair and lovely eyes. He's also 3,000 years old and has a vampire ex-wife named Sera who is needlessly antagonistic. He declares his love for her after knowing her for like 2 hours max.

3) There are several lines that imply Caitlin is possibly bisexual or pansexual, except when it comes to her two beaus. Rice specifies that "it was unlike her to be smitten by a guy" and it was "unlike her to feel any strong feelings for any boy". Every time it is stated how unusual it is she is attracted to someone, it is specified that the person of her attention is male.

4) There is an Obama reference.

5) Caitlin repeatedly defies physics by jump-kicking people with both feet at once.
In fact, every single action scene in this was comically overdone. Think Daredevil movie levels of terrible.

6)

Not understanding what was happening to her, she tossed her head back and let out an unearthly shriek, echoing off the buildings and down the block. It was a primal shriek of victory, and of unfulfilled rage.

A big mood.

7) Hunger and thirst are used interchangeably.

8) She runs away from home and throws away the only casual clothes she had, deciding to live life wearing only a dress shirt, a skirt, and some high heels. Her dead phone is retconned several times.

9)

She looked down and to her surprise, there was Jonah's hand. He placed it on the armrest between them, palm up, inviting hers.

It's the awkward movie theater hand holding scene from New Moon. (I looked for gifs but couldn't find any)

10)

He hated most things, actually.

Another big mood.

11)

She was up against a wall. Chained to a wall.

12) When presented with the word "coven", our very smart MC's immediate thought is vampire instead of witch like everyone else on planet earth.

13) The vampires have wings that are only mentioned when they are flying.



14) Caleb, the sexy vampire, says "Hold on tight" and proceeds to run.



15) She thinks about the brutal murder of her mother at most twice, her mind otherwise occupied on the conundrum of Caleb's astounding sexiness.

16) The bad guy (who's name is Kyle) has a fluctating age that flips between 3,000 and 4,000.

17) The vampire society has a ridiculous amount of bureaucracy.

18) The themes were non-existent.

I was smiling the entire time. It's gloriously awful and I loved it.

[Cory · Rating 1 out of 5]

I expected better after reading some of the reviews.
First, they really should have had it proofread. The book (nook edition) was riddled with errors (missing words, some words double, or words in the wrong order).

Second, did she not return home to pick up her cell phone, where she was interrupted by events as she entered the apartment? where did she get her phone from at the end of the book? Or am I missing something?

Third, the story just didn't feel fulfilling. It felt like it was lacking a climax, like it was the first half or third of a full book.

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all...

Nope. Not taking that advice. This sucked worse than I expected, and I expected it to be aweful. I have never read anything good from this author, but this is maybe the worst yet! Even worse than that poor excuse of a graphic novel she put out.

Yes, this was free, but come on. Free doesn't have to suck.

[Anna Kuhl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't you just love some insta-love? Not even insta-attraction or insta-lust, but straight up insta-love, spouting the l-word when you've only known each other for a couple of chapters? Lucky one's a vampire and the other's a half-breed so we can blame it on the supernatural weirdness!

[ReviewerLarissa]

Review for: Bloddeuedd

I’ll be honest, when B. sent me this book and I saw the title, my thoughts were: “Gawd, not another Vampire Diaries, Twilight rip-off!” ‘Cause there seems to be no end of those. It’s like the DaVinci Code all over again! While Turned is in no way original or refreshing – at least to me (let’s face it, there’s not much I haven’t seen and that includes lizard vampires!) – it was a nice read and I was glad B. sent it over. Let me tell you why.

Caitlin’s mum has the moving bug, so being the new gal at school is nothing new for her. She’s seen it all. Only this time there’s something different. This time when she stands up to a pack of bully’s outside school Caitlin herself changes. Suddenly she is faster and stronger but also sensitive to light and she has a desire to feed. Sound familiar? Yeah. Enter the dark, mysterious and brooding Caleb aaaaaaand start the romance! Well insta love and jealousy for Caleb is not a single man!

For Caitlin nothing’s as it seems anymore and she needs answers, but Caleb need Caitlin just as much. No, not what you think. Alright, maybe a bit! He also needs her to find a certain mysterious artifact.

The story is short. In my opinion too short to tell the story accurately, but it works. It’s an easy read with not a lot of world building and stock characters. Yet somehow the author makes it work. Caitlin and Caleb could be any pair of characters in the many vamp books out there. There’s nothing unique there, but still the story is entertaining and I found myself hoping there would be more.

What I did like about Caitlin is that she doesn’t give up. She fights back. She doesn’t just lie down and die. A girl’s gotta appreciate that!

There are also a few things that didn’t work for me. One was the relationship with her brother Sam. They are supposed to be very close, yet he suddenly ups and leaves. Then there is the instant love between Caitlin and Caleb. While instant love is nothing new, things move very very fast and I expected more from a vamp as old as Caleb. He’s what 800-something? Yet he behaves like a teenager. This is a personal peeve of mine. 800 years is a long long long time. You’d think he’d be some kind of Zen master or something. Sometimes I find that authors don’t treat the subject of age very well. What would it do to a person to live as long as a 1000 years?

In any case Turned was a likable, easy, dark read that you can read in between other books as it is short. Don’t look for depth, but you’re sure to be entertained!

[Sonia · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wish I could give this book less than one star!

This was a quick read, less than a hour, but I'll never get that hour back. Our "heroine" does nothing but complain and fall instantly in love. She is so dull her brother runs away before the book is half done!

Morgan Rice seems to have borrowed her favourite bits from every vampire legend or book ever. Her vampires come in good and evil flavour, but all drink blood, live forever, (but half-breeds are mortal and live normal length lives!)and have big, black bat wings.

I understand where the Twilight references are coming from, with the 3,000 year old vampire instantly falling in love with the annoying whiny teen angst girl.

The only character who seemed remotely interesting was Jonah, the viola playing teen boy trying to become a great musician to rise above his childhood and become great.

Everyone else was a cardboard cutout (missing dad, abusive mum, supportive brother, revolting teenage students, disinterested teachers, evil vampires who want to boil our "heroine" in holy water ... ho hum.

Not to mention the misuse of spelling and grammar (the bell "rung" so many times my head spun!)

[Michele Reise · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was recommended by a friend, I am now questioning her intelligence. The book was full of grammatical errors and inconsistencies. The story seemed rushed and under-developed and I had to force myself to finish it. That is time I will never get back. I just hope the author's fantasy series is better otherwise I will feel cheated for purchasing the books (free on amazon).

[Kayleigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's three things which in my mind make up a book:
-Decent story Line
-Writing Quality
-Decent character's
This book seems to lack all three of these things, though I will say that the story line had a lot of potential just the writing quality nor the character's were good.

A 150 page book is not recommended for a YA book, as it's not enough time to have a well paced book. This book began with a quite standard beginning, which was the only reason I made it through the book, but near enough straight away we were pulled into this so called 'action', which was where the book went dramatically down hill. It was confusing, completely unbelievable (even though a vampire book)and too book happened for a 150 page book.

The character's I couldn't get along with.
Caitlin, the main character, had barely any introduction, only the fact that her family were dysfunctional. There wasn't much to her and she just seemed rather bland and quite gormless.
Her brother just seemed to basically disappear and no one seemed to care, almost like the author was attempting to give this impression of a normal family you would find in America.
Character's walked in and out, and it got stupid in the end.

I would not recommend this book at all, I couldn't get along with it. I don't even have anything good to say about this.

[Sabrina Bay · Rating 1 out of 5]

[Sassy Sarah Reads · Rating 1 out of 5]

NOT INTERESTED
Read to page 17/192 (10%)
"Looking out at the sea of new faces, she felt alone. Not because she was the only white girl—she actually preferred that. Some of her closest friends at other schools had been black, Spanish, Asian, Indian—and some of her meanest frenemies had been white."

WHAT THE FUCK? This came out in 2011 and I get that these kinds of things were probably said by a lot of these Mary Sue losers that trotted around on every available book masquerading around as a protagonist, but these type of comments are just so offensive. Every Mary Sue wants to surround themselves in diversity, but none of them actually show any signs of befriending someone with a diverse background. If she wasn't so worried about color, then why is the first chapter filled with a lot of subtle shaming toward low-income areas with minorities? Not only is this offensive and an obnoxious character trait, but she also is the type of girl who isn't "beautiful in comparison to other girls... but there was something about her that made people look twice... she knew she was different". I wish that was me making fun of a cliched over-used trope, but these lines are literally in the first chapter.

Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but these little comments aren't okay and have never been okay. When I was younger I probably would've overlooked these comments, but I'm not who I was when I was younger and this is not okay. At least not for me. I won't be reading this novel. But this is free on Amazon, so you decide if it's for you!


Side Note: I went and read the synopsis for every book in this series and a few reviews. It is literally the same regurgitated story about the Mary Sue and her lover boy going back in time to find her father. Guess who her father is: JESUS. Y'all, I can't stop laughing and I'm also offended because I'm a Christian, but this is just so funny. Her mom is Mary Magdalene and her father is Jesus... I CAN'T. Why did she think this was a good idea or a good plot? OMG someone get this woman a sense of writing, editing, and plotting.

[Hawkeye · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far, I've read up to book 6 on this series. I really like the series and as you read into the next books, the characters start to evolve more and you get more background on them. I do like the story line, and it moves at a pretty good pace.

However, there are a lot of technical errors in these books. There was obviously no editor that worked on this book, and I have to assume that the author herself did not go back and do a lot of re-reading on her script. There are a LOT of typo's and words that aren't even a typo, but simply the wrong word. For example, I came across "teller" for "tell her" in a sentence. And if you are wondering if that was supposed to be the vernacular for the speech being used; NO, it was not! It was a narrative sentence that simply was describing a scene and this really was a bad error. I also came across where the author simply wrote the wrong name for someone she was discussing. For example, she had a paragraph where she was talking about Caitlin, and suddenly, she inserted "Sera" (another character later in the first book that is introduced) in lieu of Caitlin. At first I was a little confused but when I read on, I realized the author did in fact mean to continue to talk about Caitlin and instead, accidentally (?)inserted another character's name! So there were many, many, many technical errors like this. Very annoying, but if you are a reader that puts things together quickly, some of this you might just read over and not even realize the error.

**Spoiler**
While the characters continue to evolve in the series, there are still a lot of questions left that have not been addressed that have nothing to do with the plot unfolding. These details have simply been left out and so in which case, I'd say that these characters have simply not been thought out well, or this is an oversight that the author was purposeful about. But I doubt it. Highly. I think the author simply did not think to put these details in. For example, a question I still have is Caitlin's background. The first book is really the only book to address who raised her, which is her mother. However, no where further in the series is it discussed about where Caitlin and her brother were born, and how they came into the possession of their mother and how long they lived with her. Later in book one, it is mentioned that their mother reveals that they have not lived with her their whole lives. I find it frustrating to not know much at all about a character I am following for 6 books so far, and even now has not been cleared up (at book 6). Other than the fact that Caitlin is very impulsive and it annoys me to no end the terrible choices she continues to make, there is just no back history to relate to Caitlin. And her brother Sam is no different. I don't know if this reflects the age or maturity of the author or if this is another purposeful trait that the author designed for them. The other characters have been presented in similar ways; there have been no back history on them either, no mention on when and where they have been born and any real history on them. You take them at face value, which speaks for under developed characters the farther you get into the series.

So obviously I like the story line enough to continue to read the series and I do plan on reading to the last book until this story is wrapped up. I am sure hoping that I won't be let down for the ending as so far, there are so many faults with the books, it's been an annoyance through the entire series. I just want to go back and edit these books! But other than that, I do think the books have good pace, interest, and a very interesting story. I would recommend them to someone who is very interested in these type of stories with the warning that they might be mildly frustrated with all the technical and character development problems. That sounds like a really big turn off, but honestly, the story is really not bad at all, despite those set backs.

[Jess · Rating 1 out of 5]

I stumbled across this book on my kindle, so I guess the price of nothing sums up why this book costs nothing. It is badly written, I felt like a child had attempted to mash vampire diaries and twilight together. seriously, Why?

The series title ' vampire journals' (oh where have I heard that before? Oh yeah ' the vampire diaries') anyway a journal has nothing to do with the book, she mentions that she has one but she looses it. so you'd think it would at least be written from the character point of view, but no. Maybe the next books explain a bit about it. To be honest the picture on the book made me think oh, this looks like it would be good. I guess the saying don't judge a book by its cover is strongly applied here. However I managed to feel connect to Caitlin when she started school, but then I just wished she'd get lost. In the end I didn't care if someone just chopped her head off- Guess it would of been a better ending ;)

another silly thing is that when weird things start to happen to her like wanting to drink blood... she is still totally oblivious to the fact that she is a vampire. What the fudge? dude you got a serious case of denial.

Oh dear I almost forgot to mention her 'love life', which is ridiculous. do you remember them 13 year olds that get in a relationship at school and they say I love you when they really don't? Yeah, well she's one of them annoying children. she meets two boys; one is human and she automatically loves him and then the other is some vampire that sort of says that he doesn't like her when he really does... mushy nonsense. however she's sooo upset that he doesn't love her back. bearing in mind that she only met him like a day ago in the story. I kind of tuned out towards the ending but I think the vampire saved her sorry ass from some person that's been hunting her. so they fly into the sunset living happily ever after... I wish there's still another book yet.

[Ronda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Turned has the potential to be far better than what it is. The storyline could be really good if the writing was just a little more detailed and not so fast.

Caitlin's character is mysterious, it is obvious that we will find out more as the books go on and I like that... I can't say that I really bonded with the other characters, I'm hoping that I get to know them all a little better in future books...

A quick read, a little disappointing but I'm hoping that the writing does pick up, like I said, the storyline has real potential.

[Nana Spark · Rating 1 out of 5]

(Source)

Buddy read with Faith !

Thoughts 💭
Morgan Rice strikes again with a shitty 2010s vampire book! Nothing much else to say really.

Audiobook notes 🎧
The narrator puts enough effort into this to get paid, but it's obvious she's not getting paid very much.

★☆☆☆☆

[Dianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

TURNED has set the stage, the chaos and leaves us with tons of questions to be answered in additional books to the series. Morgan Rice has added some pretty interesting twists that feel like landmines waiting to explode.

Caitlin is a normal teen, until her eighteenth birthday when her life becomes a story out of the things nightmares are made of. She suddenly craves blood, has gained supernatural strength, speed and she is both exhilarated and terrified. Caitlin went from a teen in a dysfunctional family always on the move to a creature now alone and sought after by opposing vampire covens and the law, alike. She has committed murder and now she is on the run from the world with only one mysterious vampire by her side.

Caleb believes she is the key to fulfilling a long-held belief among vampires. A key that could destroy the world completely or finally bring peace among the vampire nations? Is she?
Where have her powers come from? Her mother was human and she doesn’t know her father, is he the reason she has changed?

A quick read that doesn’t dig too deep into all of the action or backgrounds of its characters, there appears to be lots to room to grow in further volumes. Definitely worth checking out knowing this only scrapes the top of the barrel, because there is a story here, beneath the surface.


MY RATING: 3.5 STARS
Series: The Vampire Journals - Book 1
Publication Date: November 14, 2013
Publisher: Morgan Rice
Genre: YA Paranormal
Print Length: 120 pages
Available from: Amazon
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[Meg Cox · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book when I was younger and loved it. Decided I’d do a reread to see if it lived up to the hype of when I was a young vampire obsessed preteen. Can confirm it’s a massive pile of dog shit and that young me was delusional

[Krissy · Rating 1 out of 5]

The best part of this book is the cover. First off, the series is called the "Vampire Journals" because of the two scenes where the main character carries a journal with her? I fail to see the significance, other than the hope that it will be confused with the "Vampire Diaries" series.

The story itself just doesn't track. For instance, Caitlin and her brother Sam have this horrible mother and no father, so they're supposed to be incredibly close:

"He was the only constant in her life...He seemed to retain his one soft spot left in the world for her."

Yet inexplicably, he leaves her and runs away to the last town they lived in, and all she gets is a note. That's the last time he enters the story at all. So much for constant. More likely the author needed to get him out of the way so he doesn't get slaughtered by the vampire hitmen that come looking for her soon after. Seems lame.

Don't be fooled by the supposed "forbidden love" plot, either. You'll find no great love here. The vamp Caleb is barely introduced into the story and the two confess their love for each other. Who the heck is this guy?

Come on. Are we really that easy? Authors don't even bother to make it believable anymore; just say it is so and it is. Too bad; underneath the crap was a decent premise.

[Anastasia · Rating 1 out of 5]

At first, I would have given this three stars, due to my overall indifference towards it. However, a few things ruined it for me.

I will break my review into two sections describing what made me rate this what I did.

The "romance:"


Um, can I SCREAM insta-love? This "romance" was laughably underdeveloped and rushed. I understand the idea of instant attraction, but there is no way Caleb would reciprocate those feelings that quickly.


The lazy cliffhanger:

Don't tell me that wasn't lazy. That cliffhanger was ridiculous. And cliche. As in, ride-off-into-the-sunset-with-my-one-twu-loff cliche.

Also, if you're going to write a story, you had better be able to answer at least the main questions brought up in the story. Don't save it for the next book. That, unfortunately, is what this author did. None of the questions raised in this book are ever answered by its end, instead likely ignored in order to elongate this story into a series.

You had a great idea here, Ms. Rice. Why did you have to go and spoil it?

[Eldarwen · Rating 1 out of 5]

This does deserve the one star for the entertainment factor in some of the very odd liberties the author took. It provided a few moments of laughter. Otherwise... this was rather terrible to read. I got serious whiplash from the way the characters' actions and feelings were changing all over the place. There were holes everywhere and semi-explanations that barely made any sense... there was a lot of confusion on a whole and I'm not actually sure what is going on?!

[Tiffany]

Lol. No. DNF at page eight. Life is too short to waste on absolutely dull, special snowflake characters. Judging by the reviews, I'm not really missing out.

Free on Amazon.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rated 3.5 stars

[Louie the Mustache Matos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Turned is the first of the Vampire Journals series of books written by Morgan Rice. There are horror elements throughout, but the elements are so intertwined with paranormal romance to almost get lost in the bellybutton lint gathering of the main character, Caitlin Paine. She is 18 years old, a senior in high school, the unwanted child of her mother, but swears that the best thing to ever happen to her is her brother.

She seems to grab the interest of Jonah, a studly young man from school who plays the viola and is subjected to the same type of bullying most teen viola players may be accustomed to. During an altercation, Jonah is injured and Caitlin summons an inner ferocity where she finds a superstrength and speed to get away. The following day, Jonah invites her on a date to a concert at Carnegie Hall. Things are going well until she feels uncomfortable, pain attacks her, and she feels insurmountable hunger.

Compelled to attack, she initiates a vampire war. A mysterious vampire named Caleb helps her flee and begins her education as to who and what she has become. Truly Caitlin has turned. Fast-paced, character-driven plot. I like.

[Cassidy (Kenji Kishimoto’s Version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75⭐️

[Jackie · Rating 2 out of 5]

hmmp .. Let see ..

This is definitely an easy read novel .. I finished it in about 3 hrs .. It has some good points in it such as how the author choose to use simple words which is definitely a good one since I'm having a hard time reading other novels and keep on glancing my dictionary and keep wondering if its meant to be literally or if its meant to be figurative ..

But anyway, I hate to say that the negative ones, outnumbered the positive. So here are some of them :

I hate how Caitlin keeps on putting some meaning if a guy is being nice to her. I mean, GET REAL! Just because they're nice and keeps on protecting you, it doesn't mean that they're totally in love with you...

LOVE is not an easy word. I hate how they speak so simply of it. Caleb said he doesn't understand what he felt for Caitlin, and he hastily conclude it to be LOVE!. It could be as simple as attraction or something... But love?? and to be able to speak it straightforwardly without thinking?? COME ON!

The plot said something about being caught between two men and there's a "FORBIDDEN LOVE" between them. There's a problem... I can't seemed to feel or READ this forbidden thingy. Yeah, Caleb said that it is a taboo for a half-breed and a full-vampire to have a romantic relationship, but how about Jonah?? And besides, the moment she laid her eyes on Calib, she instantly forget about Jonah! She seemed to be an easy girl.. VERY EASY..

Its too' fast.. There's no proper development of the story and the relation of the characters with each other.


Sadly, I therefore conclude that I wouldn't be reading the sequel .. I had enough with this one ..

[Molly · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is really familiar.

And not just because there are thousands of others out there like it (because let's be honest, there are), but because it reads pretty much exactly like something I wrote when I was 14.

I mean exactly.

The pacing, the characters, the story line; it got too the point where I was genuinely starting to hope this hadn't been written by an adult. It just pained me too much to think that someone mature and educated (presumably) could write something like this.

In saying that I feel terrible. After all, what else was I expecting from a free e-book? And it's not like I could do any better, but then I'm not publishing my work and putting it out there for people to consume.

So honestly? Don't bother. It's immature and terribly written, with no pacing and dull and flat characters to boot. And yet I have finished it in less than two days, even with work to fit around it. So if you want quick mind-mush, then yeah, enjoy, but otherwise save yourself a few hours and brain cells and pass.

[FoodxHugs · Rating 1 out of 5]

TURNED is free on Kindle (you're welcome) and for good reason. If I bought the first book in rather unimaginatively named THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS series, I would be kicking myself.

Caitlin, the boring 18 year old heroine, starts her first day at a tough inner-city New York high school. As the new girl and one of the white kids, she finds it difficult to fit in. She befriends a latino kid, whose name escapes me, and saves him from being beat up by school bullies, who destroy his viola. Caitlin ends up going on a killing spree as she's going through the vampire turning process. An evil New York vamp coven and the police are after her. The book is has instalove and it's hard to take the book seriously as a result. Everything was so rushed and the story was really basic.

I noticed a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, but I assume the book was independently published?

I won't be reading the other eleven books in the series. It doesn't offer anything new to the vampire genre.

[Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really think it could have been better, but then there were lots of incoherent things like her love or whatever that was for Caleb... Anyway, it was a free read on Amazon so I'm not going to complain too much :).

[Senem Elmas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ana fikir güzel olsa da işleyiş çok kötü. Hiç bu kadar salak vampiri bir arada görmedim