By Christopher Pike
August 7th, 2009
Simon Pulse, 624 pages
As to blood -- ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty....
Alisa has been in control of her urges for the five thousand years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive.
Her quest leads her to Ray. He is the only person who can help her; he also has every reason to fear her. Alisa must get closer to him to ensure her immortality. But as she begins to fall in love with Ray, suddenly there is more at stake than her own life....
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By Christopher Pike
January 5th, 2010
Simon Pulse, 581 pages
Tears roll over my face. I touch them with my quivering tongue. They are clear and salty, not dark and bloody. Another sign that I am human. What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and, for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to understand the weight of life and death decisions. Can Alisa resolve her past and build a new identity, or is she doomed to repeat her fatal mistakes?
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By Christopher Pike
Oct. 5th, 2010
Simon Pulse, 478 pages
Alisa has spent the past five thousand years as a vampire, living alone and fighting for survival. In her loneliness, Alisa cannot resist bringing Teri—a descendant of her human family—into her life. But Alisa is surrounded by death and destruction, and just by knowing Alisa, Teri’s life is at risk. Alisa’s guilt grows when she becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy. A top-secret group knows Alisa’s secret and will stop at nothing to use her powers for their cause. As Alisa desperately tries to protect herself and Teri from the unknown enemy, she discovers a force more powerful and more lethal than anything she has ever seen. Alisa doesn’t know who to trust, who to challenge, or who she will become….
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By Christopher Pike
Aug 9th, 2011
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 496 pages
Alisa is a five-thousand-year-old vampire, stronger and more cunning than her adversaries. But now she's trapped in the body of a newborn vampire and at the mercy of a terrible thirst. Worst of all, she's facing enemies whose fierce desire for domination grows ever stronger.
The immortal race the Telar is threatening to release a virus to decimate humanity. But Alisa and her friends can't take down the Telar on their own, and they must turn to the mysterious organization the IIC for help. But the IIC has secrets of its own and may have ulterior motives.
With two rivals and no one to trust, Alisa must rely on her dark side to defeat them. But it could cost her life, or her soul...
The immortal race the Telar is threatening to release a virus to decimate humanity. But Alisa and her friends can't take down the Telar on their own, and they must turn to the mysterious organization the IIC for help. But the IIC has secrets of its own and may have ulterior motives.
With two rivals and no one to trust, Alisa must rely on her dark side to defeat them. But it could cost her life, or her soul...
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Right. So, I have read like all four of those books(And probably some little extra like Remember Me (1-3) and Alosha but that's not the point). I was just searching some books on the bookstore's shelf. Apparently there aren't anything new so I just picked up Thirst No. 1(just because of the cover since back then I was too lazy to read the description) and paid for it.
I ended up crazed for the series! So does my friend, Eddy. My other friend read it only halfway through, though. And that is what I wanna talk about. She only read halfway through because the language was a little too... adult-ish. But I kind of think it's cool. It sounded a little bit like Arnold Scherzeneger in The Terminator :D. I mean, the main character is 5,000 years old. What do you expect?
If you ask me to give a rating, I think I'll give it a 4/5. The book almost hit my 'wow' factor but it wasn't enough. There's a lot of talk about religion in it that makes you kind of want to skip and turn the page(and that is exactly what I did and I can't say I'm proud of it) and there's also a lot of stuff they say that is definitely out of my understandment.
But minus the sound of the main character's voice and the trash talk. I liked the series overall. It was action-ny which my friend Marissa would lurvvvvveee it. It has the element of romance in it. Not to mention the element of suspense. There's also a time where the book made me wanna cry(which I actually did) and the scenes where it grabbed my heart and twist it, making me feel heavy. It was a book I would recommend(but not highly)
