Vampires are a big commodity — with teens, moms, everyone. I haven’t been too into the vampire craze, but I’m always up for a good dramatic story.
With Infinite Days, Rebecca Maizel satisfies that craving.
I heard the author speak at the Book Expo, and her take on the story intrigued me: “Lenah is a 592 year old vampire who turns human and lives in a boarding school as a 16-year-old girl. She has all this guilt associated with her evil ruthless vampire life as she begins to feel and experience things as a human.”
The way that relates to us is that we all have guilt about our pasts, and we have to learn to deal with it as we grow and change.
This story was very interesting. I’m not sure how it compares to other vampire novels, but these are mean, dark, blood-sucking killing vampires, not sweet lovable heartthrobs. I found the vampire lore to be interesting, and I would think it would add to the knowledge of anyone who likes vampires.
What’s more, this book spans history — from the 15th century to the present day — as Lenah flashes back on her life. There is some humor as she has to struggle to learn what life is like in the 21st century, since she’s been asleep the last 100 years, so it touches on so many genres that this book could earn a wide audience. If you enjoy historical fiction, paranormal suspense, or just a good YA read, Infinite Days might be your next favorite book.
CONTENT NOTE: YA content is unpredictable, with some being appropriate for a young tween and others that make my own 39-year-old self blush. This doesn’t really have any objectionable content per se, but I don’t think I’ll pass it along to my 12-year-old daughter quite yet. I don’t recall any swearing. The sexual content is implied, but mild by high school YA standards. There is a bit of drinking, but it’s not portrayed in a positive light.
I think that my reservations come because it’s just a bit intense and heavy. As I said, the vampires are evil and ruthless, so I think that a little more maturity is needed to process and filter it.
I think with the overwhelming amount of vampire fiction out these days that the whole genre is getting a bit cliched but this book actually sounds like it has a unique plot and definitely intrigues me!
I’m not a vampire expert, but the only reason I even considered reading it was that it did sound unique.
It is part of a series “Vampire Queen” apparently, but I also liked that it didn’t end on a complete cliffhanger.
I reviewed this one a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was different.
I’d like to read this and I am not a vampire loving person, it does sound intense.
I didn’t think it was too intense for tweens, but I was reading some pretty intense stuff at that age.
Yeah, my daughter reads some fairly mature stuff too at times (she’s almost 12), but there was just something about this that felt more mature to me, even though it wasn’t that explicit.