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The Devil's Bible
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The Vampire equivalent of Romeo and Juliet set In a haunting fiendish re-telling of the greatest love story of all time.
The Devil's Bible is a supernatural tale of one girl's desperate bid to have the boy of her dreams.
Sophie Fielding and her younger sister are forced to move in with their deadbeat father, after the death of their mother. But not everything in the dismal town of Wove is dull. After glimpsing the boy of her dreams, Sophie makes it her mission to have him, at any cost.
However she soon learns that the object of her affection and his family are hiding a dark secret. A secret that could endanger everything Sophie holds dear...
From the hit author of the Eternal War Series and the Ghost Files comes a tale of madness, love, desire and loss.
The Vampire equivalent of Romeo and Juliet set In a haunting fiendish re-telling of the greatest love story of all time.
The Devil's Bible is a supernatural tale of one girl's desperate bid to have the boy of her dreams.
Sophie Fielding and her younger sister are forced to move in with their deadbeat father, after the death of their mother. But not everything in the dismal town of Wove is dull. After glimpsing the boy of her dreams, Sophie makes it her mission to have him, at any cost.
However she soon learns that the object of her affection and his family are hiding a dark secret. A secret that could endanger everything Sophie holds dear...
From the hit author of the Eternal War Series and the Ghost Files comes a tale of madness, love, desire and loss.
- GenresVampires
90 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 18, 2014
About the author
Holly Vane
16 books12 followersFirst off hello and thanks for reading this :-)
I live in the north east of england with my family and army of pets, have loved Reading I can remember and have only started writing my own in the last few years.
If you young adult paranormal romances then please check out my books, they do contain adult material so please be advised that they are no suitable for young children.
Take a look at my blog and group and come and say hi :-)
Happy reading x
I live in the north east of england with my family and army of pets, have loved Reading I can remember and have only started writing my own in the last few years.
If you young adult paranormal romances then please check out my books, they do contain adult material so please be advised that they are no suitable for young children.
Take a look at my blog and group and come and say hi :-)
Happy reading x
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August 5, 2016
There's a good story in here, somewhere. Unfortunately, it's a story that needed two or three rounds of editing and rewrites to fully flesh it out. The text is riddled with numerous pronunciation errors, and sentences are frequently missing words or using incorrect ones. There's at least one conversation where the words father and mother somehow managed to mix themselves up, for example.
For what it's worth, the three main characters (Sophie, Angel, and Faith) are perfect for the type of modern tragedy that the author appears to be going for. The emphasis is on their flaws rather than their strengths, and it works surprisingly well. Sophie is perpetually short-sighted teenager who only cares about getting who she wants, Angel is consumed with possessiveness and anger, while Faith, despite her name, has difficultly being faithful in turn. The three combined fuel a cycle of self-destruction that hits the right notes without going completely overboard with awfulness. As such, the resulting melodrama in the second half of the book feels like a natural progression for these characters, which is not something that can be said often.
What brings the story down to a one star, however, is the conclusion, or lack thereof. After spending over half of this novella with Sophie and learning about her goals, motivations, and seeing her about to put her tragic plan inaction, we abruptly jump between the POVs of several over characters, and it completely ruins whatever tension or mystique that had been built up about the vampires and their book hunt. Instead of having Sophie discover it for herself and establishing important foreshadowing about her place in the plot, everything is explained to her (and the reader) during the eleventh hour as the story rushes through to the ending. The end result was extremely underwhelming. We don't even get to see Sophie's plan put into action, as the results are told second-hand well after the fact.
Remember, children: show, don't tell, and always, always always proofread your work.
For what it's worth, the three main characters (Sophie, Angel, and Faith) are perfect for the type of modern tragedy that the author appears to be going for. The emphasis is on their flaws rather than their strengths, and it works surprisingly well. Sophie is perpetually short-sighted teenager who only cares about getting who she wants, Angel is consumed with possessiveness and anger, while Faith, despite her name, has difficultly being faithful in turn. The three combined fuel a cycle of self-destruction that hits the right notes without going completely overboard with awfulness. As such, the resulting melodrama in the second half of the book feels like a natural progression for these characters, which is not something that can be said often.
What brings the story down to a one star, however, is the conclusion, or lack thereof. After spending over half of this novella with Sophie and learning about her goals, motivations, and seeing her about to put her tragic plan inaction, we abruptly jump between the POVs of several over characters, and it completely ruins whatever tension or mystique that had been built up about the vampires and their book hunt. Instead of having Sophie discover it for herself and establishing important foreshadowing about her place in the plot, everything is explained to her (and the reader) during the eleventh hour as the story rushes through to the ending. The end result was extremely underwhelming. We don't even get to see Sophie's plan put into action, as the results are told second-hand well after the fact.
Remember, children: show, don't tell, and always, always always proofread your work.
June 12, 2020
I just seen the first chapter and it caught my attention and I'd been in a bit of a book slump so I chose to read it. I'm not sure where to start, the author has a good storyline in the book but I feel like she didnt fully immerse herself in the concept. It could have been an amazing read but instead was just okay. I overlooked the mispronunciations and the spelling errors but what really got me was the abrupt end. And I wasn't really sure where she was leading me with the love interests or who I should be rooting for. She didnt really wrap much up, I'm not sure if there is supposed to be a part 2 but there are alot of things that could be done to make the book alot better. First is the editing and second is for her to sit down read through it and think of ways to tie up all the loose ends. I'm hoping there will be another so I can get a bit of closure. One of the main reasons I dont read off of apps other than kindle is because they are done very professionally. This book shows that shes still learning. (which is fine) Just my opinion tho. The author could do really well for herself if she didnt rush through it as much. That's my main comment the whole thing seemed rushed.
February 22, 2014
3 Stars for this paranormal Adult/New Adult tale. An interesting storyline that is ongoing with characters that are not likeable but will definitely bring an emotional response to you. A little more work required in the editing but even if I can't say that I enjoyed this story it was for the most part well written.
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