My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking

I just recently read about Amanda Hocking and her success starting out by self-publishing from Writer's Digest. I was interested in her writing mostly because Blake is in the process of publishing his first book so I wanted to see what her writing is like to see how if compares to Blake's. She has a few series out and just barely started publishing with an actual company instead of on her own. This series, My Blood Approves, is a typical vampire series. It reminds me a bit of Twilight in the sense that the main character falls in love with a vampire, but her blood is meant for another vampire that she is drawn too and she wants to become one. I have read the first two books in the series and there are two others out that I will have to read at some point. I got these books for Kindle since her books are not at my local library yet and only available online right now.

So overall, I have enjoyed reading her books. I have been pleasantly impressed with her editing skills compared to many ebooks that I have read that you honestly get distracted with the amount of errors. Come on, if you're going to publish your book make sure it is properly edited. It seems books are being edited very sloppy recently. Anyway, back on subject. Alice is saved one night by Jack who she finds out is a vampire. They become friends, but when Jack introduces Alice to his 'family' her blood is drawn to Peter. Because of this bond, Peter claims Alice as his even though he fights his desire to be her soul mate. Ironically, and unusual, Jack falls in love with Alice and they form a slight bond as well that interfers with Alice and Peter's bond. Alice decides to wait to be turned to a vampire simply because her brother is 15 and just realized he's gay (does it seem interesting that most books lately always have a gay kid) so she does not want to leave him alone. Well as fate would have it, in the second book her brother gets in an accident and the only way to save him is to turn him into a vampire. Well, now Alice has to wait still for her brother to learn how to control his instincts and be trained. Peter leaves and Jack bites Alice which is pretty much a death sentence for both of them since Peter has claimed Alice as his. The second book ends with Jack and Peter fighting and Jack turning Alice into a vampire. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the books have to offer.