The Shattered Ones Vol. 1: Take on Me, Cruel Summer & Running Down a Dream

by Minerva Zimmerman

Turning someone you don’t know into a vampire probably violates the Hippocratic oath. But Alex wasn’t really thinking about that when he found a girl bleeding out in his shower. Being turned into a vampire isn’t as awesome as it sounds. Especially when all Hannah wanted to be was dead. She thought she had finally escaped her brother. Until she woke up. Alive? Undead? Whatever. And now Hannah is stuck with the uncoolest vampire in existence. The Shattered Ones, Volume One collects three Take On Me, Cruel Summer, and Running Down a Dream, the complete fist arc of the series.

566 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 9, 2016

About the author

Minerva Zimmerman enjoys writing tragically funny fiction. She is statistically chaotic neutral, but all her good deeds are done in secret. She had an evil career all picked out, but accidentally became a respectable museum professional. She's touched 5000 year old fingerprints, fallen on her head, chipped frozen squid off the floor, and been mistaken by druids for the avatar of a fiery goddess. She thinks bears should not wear pants and spiders make great minions. She grew up thinking that scary things are there to protect you and pretty, helpless looking things are a trap. She's been unable to shake this theory as an adult. Someday she hopes to swim with platypus.

Reviews

[Stacey Ronczy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Snarky and funny

I enjoyed this book. It was fun to uncover pieces of characters history rather than an entire backstory in one gulp.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

UF book set in the eighties with an interesting take on vampires it also had a couple of interesting mysteries that the author was not in a hurry to reveal and I got surprisingly hooked into the slow burn of the romance bit and was glad that it did unfold that way for reasons involving things like the characters relative ages and a power and knowledge imbalance at the beginning of the series.

I'm hoping that eventually there will be more but if not at least all the major plot bits have been resolved and our protagonists are in a decent place.

[S.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three and a half stars, I think. The books got progressively better and I was quite moved by the end of the third. (It took me less and less time to read each book as I got sucked deeper into the story--10 days for the first, two and a half days for the second, and barely two for the third.)

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed these books. The story pulled me in right away and I couldn't put it down. I found some of the character reveals confusing. They were introduced in a way that made me feel I missed something from a previous chapter. I look forward to reading more books in this series.