The Hallowed Ones

This story is very different to anything I've ever read before. I was just fascinated by it right from page one. Although I feel that it could have had a lot more action and a lot more vampires, it definitely made up for it in terms of how much blood and gore there was.

The Hallowed Ones has a very interesting concept and I think Laura Bickle's writing is just amazing. There was a lot of background information on the Amish lifestyle and I've read a few reviews by people saying that there was too much of it. Having knowing nothing or extremely little about the Amish life, I liked finding out about how they live and why they live the way they do. I also think that the story needed it to progress. There is a reason the Elders act the way they do. But I loved that Katie was a little bit rebellious and although she believed in the rules that are set, she didn't always follow them.

I'm not religious at all and don't believe in organised religion so I was quite surprised that this story didn't make me feel more uncomfortable reading it because there is a lot of preaching that happens in the story. But I think Katie's belief that Gods word is the right way but she also believes that in order to help others, sometimes you must break those rules.

I really enjoyed reading this story and I'm definitely going to carry on and read The Outside to find out how Katie, Alex and Ginger get on in Vampire territory.