Review: The Immortal Rules

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)
by Julie Kagawa
ebook

504 pages
Published April 24th 2012 

by Harlequin Teen
ARC from Netgalley

Summary 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.

Thoughts:
The Iron King is the only Julie Kagawa book that I've ever read before and honestly it's just not to my liking. Thankfully The Immortal Rules is vastly different that sometimes I really wonder if  both books were written by the same writer. For one, Allie the main character is such a strong heroine that I immediately like her. Her dire conditions being an unregistered means that she has to survive day to day by stealing or searching for food through back alleys and garbage bins. She has deep hatred towards the vampires rulers but when she was inadvertently changed to the very thing that she hates, Allie has to find a way to survive.

I really can't help but compare this book to so many books or even movies that I've enjoyed before. For example the dystopian world where vampires rules the world is so similar to Megan Duncan's Warm Delicacy series. But apparently there's a little bit of Resident Evil in this because human were infected by the virus and became rabids (zombies). With all those similarities, I just can't help but love this book. Allison Sekemoto is just too cool. It's intense, gruesome and the right kind of heartwarming story will definitely hooked anyone in.

Recommended for: fans of dystopian and vampire
Verdict: 4 stars.

Available on: Amazon