Teaser Tuesdays & The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa Review

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser

"I was down here, alone, with a vampire. And there was no one who could help me."

Pg. 45, The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1) by Julie Kagawa

More Quotes to Share

"This just isn't my night. Deer, rabids, and now freaking mole men in the tunnels. No one is going to believe this. I shook my head and huddled lower, clutching the handle of my knife. Now all I need is a vampire to come sauntering through and it'll be perfect." -Pg. 44

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"I gazed around at the pale, foaming rabids, not ten yards from me in any direction and for just a moment I felt calm. So this was the knowledge that you were about to die, that no one could help you, that it would all be over in a few short seconds."  -Pg. 73  

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa Review

From Goodreads

IN A FUTURE WORLD, VAMPIRES REIGN. HUMANS ARE BLOOD CATTLE. AND ONE GIRL WILL SEARCH FOR THE KEY TO SAVE HUMANITY. 

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.

Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters.

Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.

Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for. 

My Take

As a HUGE fan of Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey Series, I couldn't wait to get my hands on The Immortal Rules so I could consume every single page! Now that I finally got it (Thank you Harlequin and NetGalley!) I think I did more than consume this book, I'm pretty sure I inhaled it in one captivated sitting and loved every minute of it! I'm going to try and hold back my fan girl excitement in my love for this one so that I can express thing clearly, but no promises! The Immortal Rules starts with meeting Allie, a Fringer street rat who survives living in a vampire city by being unregistered and taking care of herself on a daily basis scrounging for food. In her life are three very different boys and together they form a sort of gang/family, but food is scarce so this leads Allie out of the "protection" of the city and into the ruins filled with rabids beyond it in search of sustenance. Hitting the jackpot, she leads her friends into a situation that will change her life forever. A change that makes her the thing she vowed to despise forever - a vampire. 

I know I say this all the time after reading something new, but Allison Sekemoto is seriously my new favorite heroine! She's pretty kick-ass, even in the beginning while she is still human, and even more so as a vampire. Her determination and attitude is definitely something to live by in a world ruined by vicious and devious monsters. Being a vampire isn't easy for her and she refuses to let her humanity go, so it's not all that surprising that she'd end up traveling with a band of humans. But that doesn't mean she has it so easy. To survive, she needs blood, and only human blood can sustain the Hunger - so that complicates things for her in the trust department. I love the way her character expresses her feelings about resisting and temptation, it is done in a way that is very believable and understood so that you feel the struggle. Plus, she wields a Katana like it's an extension on herself - so that means she rocks in my opinion!

But, like every good journey, she doesn't do it alone or without running into numerous complications. Allie's mentor is one of the many characters that I loved at first meeting - his cool demeanor and disinterest in everything is captivating enough that you can't help but to like him. Then of course there are the humans that she runs into. When we first meet Zeke, I knew right away that he was going be very interesting. Traveling with his congregation and a few stragglers, they are in search of a place called Eden, an entire city filled with humans and vampire free. This sparks an interest with Allie and she finds herself curious of the possibility, and leads not only herself but the humans she now travels with on a mission they never thought possible. I truly loved every single moment that Allie and Zeke interacted, the two of them are hilariously sweet and addictive!

The Immortal Rules is filled with an amazing pace of adventure and discoveries that I couldn't help being enamored with from page one. The world that Julie Kagawa has created is both terrifying and incredible in a way that I want to jump into the pages and at the same time run away screaming in fear of the rabids. Every scene is so beautifully written that even the action parts feel just as emotional and gut wrenching as the ones that will have you grabbing for tissues. All in all, if you love a great story filled with fast paced action, terrifying and realistic vampires, and a girl that isn't afraid to kick-ass and ask questions later - then The Immortal Rules is a must read! I definitely recommend making tons of spare time when starting this one, you won't want to stop and beware of wanting the sequel INSTANTLY after finishing. I can't wait to find out what happens next, especially after that ending - Julie Kagawa, you rock!

Check out The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa HERE on Goodreads to give a read and check out the awesome trailer below! :)

 
What's YOUR Teaser?