LitPick Review
Rachel is a 17 year old girl living with her Father and siblings in 1701, until she is unwillingly turned, to become a blood lusting vampire. She is forced to leave her loving family to enter a world where loneliness, murder and deceit are part of life. With this change she becomes know as Risika. After 300 hundred years, Risika is up there as one of the most powerful vampires on the earth. She stalks the streets of New York City by night searching for prey. But she is being followed, by who we do not know. Her follower leaves little things that begin invoke memories of her past years as a human and first years as a vampire. She uses these flash backs from centuries ago and experiences form her present immortal being to shape her mysterious endeavors gaining power and revenge.
Opinion:
In a powerfully intriguing debut, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes has created a mysterious and captivating vampiristic novel. Although I found the book slow to start, the author formed a great setting for the story, this being the eerie back streets of New York. Everything she wrote was imaginable and presented with strong emotion. In comparison to other vampire books I have read, this one is both similar and different to many others. The stereotypic vampire is upheld but the twist is that witchs are vampire hunters. I found this to be a very quick and exciting read that is easily understood without much concentration. In the Forest of the Night is a worthwhile read suited to people who enjoy light yet suspenseful vampire novels.
