Honestly, I was really really excited for this book, but I’m not too sure how to process it. 

For me, this book took ages to get through. Despite how short it was, despite how little words were on the page, it just didn’t seem to drag me in. I was waiting ages for that hook, but it never came. Even the fact that it was a short book and written in verse novel didn’t stop me taking ages to finish it. I couldn’t get into it at all. With the one word lines, on every line, I felt that it really interrupted the flow of the story, which was one of the main issues. Now, if there’s an artistic reason for this, I’ll take it all back. I normally really like verse novels, and they flow really well, but this one didn’t at all. 

It took me until the end of the book to realise she’s a vampire, and it wasn’t just a blood f*tish. To continue on with that, there were a load of things I didn’t understand. For instance, what is the relationship between her, Freddie and Henry? I thought they were brothers, but then one of them disappeared for a while, and I had no clue what was going on. The whole story is very ambiguous, which is a very interesting way to write a story. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. For me, it doesn’t. 

 

We follow Immy as she goes through her life. She has all these voices in her head, telling her that she needs to have blood, to taste it. 

When Claudia offers her a yellow rose, she takes it. Claudia is very cute, and they start hanging out. Immy’s desires get too strong for her to resist, and Claudia lets her taste her blood. Immy feels guilty, as she watches Claudia become weaker and weaker, but she cannot fight the urge. 

Immy lives with her brothers (?) Henry and Freddie. Sometimes Freddie will run away for a bit, come back bruised, and they aren’t allowed to ask questions. Henry is quite moody sometimes, also. 

Claudia sees Freddie run away, and wonder why they can’t do it. So, they run away together. But Immy is immortal, and Claudia is not. Immy missed the city when she’s there, and misses the silence when she leaves. She know it will not work with her and Claudia, but she still loves her.