📚REVIEW📚 V Games

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V Games (The Vampire Games Book 1) by [Peckham, Caroline]V Games by Caroline Peckham
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

 This book was a-mazing! Survival of the fittest. Hunger Games with vampires (and without the stupid love triangle).

V Games in an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride. It was so hard to put down and get stuff done (like sleep and cook supper).

 The story is told in dual perspective, with the majority of chapters going to the heroine, Selena. A girl sent to prison and then disappearing (without anyone to care, besides her mother) to be used as a contestant in the V games.

Varick provides the opposite perspective, a vampire that has belonged to the Helsing family for a century or more. In the beginning, he is pure vampire, full of bloodlust & uncaring. His character has probably the best arc of the story as he finds threads of his former humanity.

The romance is light, though I expect there will be more in future books!

This book is totally different than any other vampire story I’ve read before. The story itself feels fresh and gripping. While this is a YA novel, I expect adults and teens to both enjoy it. I bet it would be a great conversation starter!

$2.99 on Amazon

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