A review by syd_nanez
Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
2.0
About a third of my way through this book, I had to stop and google if this was some sort of FanFiction for Vampire Academy. ( I obviously didn't read the GoodReads reviews before purchasing this) I even checked publishing dates, just in case this came out around the same time or before VA to explain the BLATANT copy of the story line. Sadly nothing came from my search, but the fact that this was published 4 years after VA.... sketchy.
I almost didn't finish it because it was so similar. The saving grace of this book was the last third of it. It took on a life of its own, THANK GOD.
If I had never read VA, I would have loved this story 5 stars all the way. Because VA is my favorite series of all time. I will read the next one in hopes that it the story develops and becomes a separate entity, because i'm almost positive the first 2/3 of this book are basically plagiarism.
I almost didn't finish it because it was so similar. The saving grace of this book was the last third of it. It took on a life of its own, THANK GOD.
If I had never read VA, I would have loved this story 5 stars all the way. Because VA is my favorite series of all time. I will read the next one in hopes that it the story develops and becomes a separate entity, because i'm almost positive the first 2/3 of this book are basically plagiarism.