REVIEW: ReVamped (Angel Creek #1) by Ada Adams

 

 

Author: Ada Adams

Series: Angel Creek

Pages: 300

Genre: Young Adult – Paranormal

Publisher: Self

Amazon: ReVamped

Synopsis. (Goodreads)

A simple mission turned deadly.

Nineteen-year-old vampire Dawn has led a sheltered life within the confines of her father’s presidential headquarters. Upon being sent on a mission to revamp four goofy misfits into guardians of a peaceful little town of Angel Creek, Dawn believes that all her dreams have finally come true. What starts off as a simple task, turns into something unexpected, changing Dawn’s life forever and leading the action-loving, thrill-seeking vampire teen on a path of mystery, danger and intrigue.

When a human girl is kidnapped by a group of rogue vamps, Dawn discovers that there is more going on in Angel Creek than meets the eye. And it all connects to Ethan, the cute newcomer who seems too perfect to be true, Sebastian, the mysterious vampire with a turbulent past, and even Dawn herself. Dawn must not only succeed in revamping the troubled recruits, but must also prevent the vampire race from being overtaken by a malevolent villain who has a strange and obsessive fascination with her. As threat escalates, romance blooms, and ghosts from her past begin to surface, Dawn is sure of only one thing: her life will never be the same.

REVIEW: 4.5 out of 5 stars

ReVamped is the first book in the Angel Creek series by Ada Adams and was kindly provided to me by the author for Bewitching book tours.

19 year-old Dawn Fairchild is the daughter of the US Vampire President, she is a vampire born rather than made and has trained her whole life to be her fathers second in command. When she is given an opportunity or her first mission to travel to Angel Creek and recruit new vampires as Guardians she didn’t realize the role she would be playing or how hard it would be to train a group of ‘misfits’.

Dawn certainly had a hard task ahead of her, The vamps she was having to train were certainly nothing like what she had expected; we have a prima donna (Brooke), a nerdy librarian (Sophie), a computer geek (Seth) who was recently changed (by the prima donna) and a drug addict (Hunter). Each of these characters were fascinating and had me laughing on a few occasions.

When unusual events begin to unfold and a human girl is kidnapped by a group of rogue vampires, Dawn realizes that there is more going on in Angel Creek than what she or her father initially thought and it is her task to work it all out in order to prove herself.

The love interests in this book are Ethan, the local bartender with many secrets and Sebastian, a moody Vampire with a haunted past. I adored both but Sebastian was a clear winner for me, I loved the mystery surrounding him and his ‘bad boy’ attitude.

Dawn was such a likeable character, full of kick-butt awesomeness but she still had vulnerability and innocence about her which I really liked. Each of the secondary characters were wonderful and played an important role in this story - I thoroughly enjoyed the interactions between all of them; they were thought out, likeable and written really well and the fun banter bought a bit of humor to the story.

The world Ms Adams has created was unique and held my interest, I must admit to being a little tired of vampire stories of late but ReVamped was something new and refreshing; I loved how vampires and humans coexisted, I liked the mystery and many twists and turns, the fast-paced plot and wonderful characters kept me engrossed throughout and I am really keen to read the next installment.