A vampire finishing school admitting a Damphir (half human half vampire) for the first time, a boy from Ireland finding out he's said Damphir, and a group of elite all powerful vampiires that gives serious gossip girl vibes what could go wrong.....

This book brings highs and lows of epic proportions and is the perfect conbination of traditiional vampire folklore and imagination while throwing in just enough modern day reality to have your head spinning, in a very good way.

Our cast of characters is the ideal example of found family, Dillon is away from his father for the first time, not knowing who his mother is and feeling so alone he finds himself thrown into this group that will end up being his downfall and his salvation.

With a constant theme of helping each other Dillon finds himself in the middle of more than one mystery.

While I thought I knew who his mother was going to turn out to be I was shocked by that last couple of pages and I love a book that can shock me, espcially when it's a major plot point.

I really enjoyed this book and felt like I was just getting to really know our characters when it ended, I'm hoping there will be many more installments to come so that we get everyones story and find out what happens when Dillon goes back to Vamps.

2.5

Unfortunately, the writing within this book was not for me, the longer that I tried to get into it and push myself to read it, the less that I liked it. The idea and plot of the book is great, but the execution and delivery missed the mark dearly..

I wish that I was able to get into it more but I got to about page 340 and I could not finish it. I will try to pick it back up at a later date, but for now this one is a DNF.

Wow from the beginning to the end this book was amazing! Anyone who loved the crave series or Vampire Academy would enjoy this book. I Was not expecting the ending! I can not wait for the next book!

VAMPS: Fresh Blood takes the Vampire Academy concept and gives the main role to a dhampir boy. Not a bad premise, if a bit tired by now. The main issue with this book is that it reads like it really, really wanted to be a TV show, and the novel was put out as a "prototype" of sorts, to test the waters of a potential audience, and as a result it is very easy to visualize all the material elements (body descriptions, objects, luxurious surroundings) but the characters come accross a info-dumping bimbos, which is not how you want your sexy vampires to feel.

Two stars because I'm a sucker for the beauty of the Swiss Alps and boarding school stories, but this doesn't quite work as a novel yet.

Thank you so much to Atria Books for approving me to read this early!


Okay i normally don't like DNFing books but this sadly missed the mark. I couldn't get through the dialogue and the fact that this sadly rips off Vampire Academy but only with a male main character who i couldn't care less about.

One of the dumbest things I've ever read. No notes 10/10 perfect. Just peak lazy ya writer who has never bothered to have an original idea even one time.

Read a few chapters. The writing is bad, but sometimes I can look past that and I tried with this one. However, I couldn't get into the story at all so I think I'm going to have to DNF.