I am interested to see what happens so will eventually continue on to book two but it won't be at the top of my TBR. That's an automatic fail for me--I need to give a shit about this person I'm supposed to be rooting for.

The situation is quite stressful with his mum kidnapped and the vampire blood baths happening in front of him so emotions are absolutely running high. Department Nineteen takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond – from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. I should have known when I posted a status update at page 230, wondering when the story was going to kick it into gear. In a secret supernatural battle that's been raging for over a century, the stakes have just been raised – and they're not wooden anymore.However, in my mind Department 19 is far better than all of these, and in this case I feel the hype is very much deserved. Dracula is recovering, while Department 19 is only a remnant of itself after Valeri Rusmanov's attack on Blacklight's headquarters, the Loop.

Not content to have his young hero battling all kinds of evil, he makes sure that the reader truly believes in the world he has created. I have already stated that another book will have to be pretty darn special to beat Department 19 to the top spot in my list of Books of the Year for 2011 – I am more than happy to be proven wrong as that would mean yet another outstanding book is on the shelves, helping even more young people to develop an enjoyment of reading for pleasure. The only exception is The Rising which doesn't open with a quote from Dracula, but from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. These vampire hunters are like the British SAS, US Navy SEALs and the Israeli Sayeret Matkal all rolled into one, and they come armed to the teeth with UV cannons, MP5 machine guns, armoured vehicles and best of all, the T-18 pneumatic launcher, aka the T-Bone.He was occasionally sulky and moody, and it took a while for him to realize that fighting vampires wasn’t a game. Department 19 is a secret vampire slaying organisation with only one objective: to slay all vampires. I understood (and appreciated) their purpose, but I think there had to have been a smoother way to accomplish it.

The Goldsboro exclusive edition of "Empire of the Damned" by Jay Kristoff will feature block sprayed. I can't tell you how many passages I had to reread because I processed absolutely nothing I had just read.I had absolutely no investment in the people that we saw in the flashbacks so it was hard to care while reading about them. With Dracula slowly rising, the supernatural departments all over the world have got their hands full. Jamie begins to train as a vampire hunter, learning the history and practicing with weapons, while also uncovering some secrets of the Department, secrets that some would kill to keep hidden. Part modern thriller, part classic horror, it's packed with mystery, mayhem, and a level of suspense that makes a Darren Shan novel look like a romantic comedy.

The story begins with a teenager named Jamie Carpenter who witnesses the murder of her father, two years after that event, his mother is kidnapped and vampire Alexandru attempted to kill Jamie but Jamie rescued Frankenstein who is a member of the Department 19. However, the few I’ve read with a boy as the main character didn’t have the drama that irritates me so much. As well as great back story, Will Hill is also highly skilled at other aspects of the craft of writing.Second, after Stevenson was Turned into a werewolf, Morris "pulled the Glock from his belt for a second time" and "cocked the gun", before killing Stevenson.