What Is Reckoning

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Books, movies, and even games have remade vampires for years. It’s been dragged out and overdone, so much to where it becomes boring and repetitive. I’ve always thought of these entertainments as overrated. A love story between mythical creatures and mortals have become predictable and an absolute cliche. Despite all of these opinions that could turn any face anyway from a story containing the drama between creatures with sharp teeth and pale skin, Reckoning is a sizable exception. Furthermore, It goes along with the grain of romance and drama, but pulls you in with different writing elements. The book isn’t anything close to predictable or cliche. It’s one of the best entertainment pieces about vampires to this day and age.
To begin, the realism, now here me out; there is nothing realistic about vampires, but there is about hardships. Considering when Mary’s father fell ill, his death, the blindness love has the potential to cast upon certain individuals. A lot of this book was emotionally realistic. Everyone has dark days and when that bitter reality is applied to a characters in a fantasy world, it makes them sensible, even admirable. This goes along with having an emotional attachment to the characters. There is no good book where the readers don’t care about the people with the pages. Having an emotional attachment to characters is
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I believe anyone could pick up this book and revel in it, appreciate it. I was genuinely taken aback that I did, but maybe that goes along with the unpredictability Kate Cary so skillfully portrays. The different writing elements and creativity that was invested into this novel makes it a read that is impossible to regret. I would like to conclude by highly suggesting placing the Bloodline series into your life, is it a very pleasant piece of entertainment and worth every minute you personally pour into the

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