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Darkness Before Dawn
introduces us to Dawn. Nine years after the end of a thirty-year war between humans and vampires, the death of Dawn's parents leads to her becoming the youngest Agency delegate. As a delegate she is responsible for meeting with "one of the most powerful vampires in the world: Lord Valentine" to discuss, well, blood.
As a part of the VampHu Treaty that ended the war, humans in the cities supply blood to the vampires on the outside. In return the vampires don't attack the...more

Enjoyable, well written, and engaging. I've skimmed the reviews of some who dislike this book's similarities to many young adult vampire/dystopian/post-apocalyptic books out there.
Okay, so? I'm a fan of historical romance novels, and many of the plots are the same. Guess what? No one cares - it's about the characters, the setting, the world-building, the emotional response to the reading. In Darkness Before Dawn , the mother-and-son team of J.A. London does an excellent job of crafting a believ ...more
Okay, so? I'm a fan of historical romance novels, and many of the plots are the same. Guess what? No one cares - it's about the characters, the setting, the world-building, the emotional response to the reading. In Darkness Before Dawn , the mother-and-son team of J.A. London does an excellent job of crafting a believ ...more

It was good. Really, good- Hoodie was predictable- I knew who that was going to be. I didn't figure out Sin though.
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Jun 18, 2012
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