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    Dark Secrets

    By Angela M Hudson

    3.5/5

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    IN THE REAL WORLD, VAMPIRES KILL

    Discover why the gripping dark romance saga has built an international cult following, and why readers can’t escape this world, even once they put the book down.

    "When we first meet Ara, she's damaged and bratty, but this author is a master storyteller, and has some of the most profound character development and foreshadowing skills I've ever seen...” ★★★★★ ~Karen Veli

    "I love the characters and the writing style. I was so glad to see that it was nothing like the Twilight series, but still about vampires and love and loyalty." ★★★★★ ~Clyde

    "The tension and divide between my own loyalties to the characters is intense and captivating. I'm even desperately in love with the bad guy." ★★★★★ ~Lisa Brand

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    For Ara-Rose, Life is not a choice

    Until her mother died in an accident that spared her, Ara never needed a reason to live. Suffering from survivor's guilt now, she must silence the voices that tell her to mute her pain with death.

    Who would have imagined a vampire could change everything?

    When her strangely dark boyfriend, David Knight, finally confesses what he does and what he eats, Ara is launched into a raging battle of right and wrong. With truth comes consequence, though, and the vampire is called for immediate return to his Set.

    Ara must now make a hurried decision between living a human life with her childhood sweetheart, or leaving to both become and be with a killer.

    But when a decades-old feud between brothers erupts, Ara's frail human form is used as a pawn in a sadistic game of torture and revenge. Will David be there to save her, or is he waiting in the wings for his foe to make her a vampire?

    Powerful and intoxicating, Dark Secrets explores the often conflicting lines between right and wrong as it perfectly captures the dark intensity of first love.

    All books in this series out now!

    In order:

    #1 Dark Secrets
    #2 The Heart's Ashes
    #3 Mark of Betrayal
    #4 Lies in Blood
    #5 Echoes & Silence: Part One
    #6 Echoes & Silence: Part Two
    #7 Bound by Secrets
    #8 Heart of Darkness
    #9 Underworld
    Spin-off Series (Best read between book 6 & 7 of Dark Secrets):

    #1 Bound One
    #2 Bound Two

    In My Blood (A Jason Knight story)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOakland Press
    Release dateMay 12, 2013
    ISBN9781301718269
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    Dark Secrets
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    Angela M Hudson

    Mrs. Hudson is a popular Australian novelist, known for her character-driven novels and twisted plots, her epic stories will make you connect with books in ways you haven't for a long time.

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    • 4/5
      A.M. Hudson is a genius! I know the book had everyone arguing about how it isn't the "American" language since the spelling of some words is off; to be honest, I barely noticed them. Since the author is Australian and so is the protagonist, I expect some of their culture to come through. I love that in books! I want to know the writers and characters background.

      As a reader I was a little put off at first at how immature and whiny ara seemed; but, being a teenager of any age that's expected. I can only hope she'll nature in the other books as I read them. As a writer, I loved her! She has so many complex angles, even though she comes off as being weak. Having a protagonist that isn't strong, confident, and knows their place is refreshing. The readers have a chance to develop along with her as we're given her story.

      Many people have felt the loss that ara is going through, myself included. I just lost my father last year so I'm mourning.....in silence....right along with her. She ours on a happy face just like the rest of us do Some days.

      I can't rave enough about the characters, they're magnificent! Even the small amount we're given of Jason at the end, offers up a whole plethora of information about him. David and Jason are my top characters for dark secrets. I will definitely be reading the second, third and fourth when it comes out.

      This book has got it going on! Young adults, romance, suspense, horror, and paranormal. If you like them all, or just a few, I'd definitely recommend this book to you.
    • 1/5
      This was a freebie I picked up for my kindle from amazon.co.uk. I was initially a little dubious about it, sounded like an overly familiar plot. It did have a gorgeous cover though. So I read the sample chapters. The sample chapters were actually pretty good, I was even able to over look all the Twilight similarities. So I downloaded and kept reading.

      Unfortunately, the more I read, the more I disliked it. I quite liked the two main leads at first, though David did use some rather irritating and odd terms of endearment for Ara which I think might have been deliberate hints that he was older and mysterious, but frankly, it was annoying. I was even able to over look the insta love.

      But the plot dragged on and Ara became very whiny, selfish and extremely annoying and in the end she needed punching after becoming a complete Mary Sue. The book was very long winded and repetitive. At first I had a lot of sympathy for her, I couldn't even begin to imagine going through anything like she had. But her constant focus and crying and whining dragged and made her irritating.

      Her best friend Mike from her home town in Perth was actually a pretty awesome guy. But that just lead to the inevitable love triangle when he finally came over to see Ara. Who by then was completely obsessed with David.

      Who turned out to be a vampire. It took so long to get to that point, that by the time the big reveal came it was like, really? Yawn! One thing I did like however, was the rather unique take on vampires this book had. Not seem them done that way before.

      But of course he's not supposed to love a human and wanted to change her which left Ara with a big dilemma. Give up her life for the boy she loved or not? Which lead to repetitive inner turmoil made worse when Mike showed up and was crazy about her.

      Urg. It dragged and dragged and I started to hate the characters more and more and skimmed through large sections just to get to the end. Even after a big incident with David's mean revenge seeking brother didn't make the story any better. By the time I finished I almost felt like I deserved a star myself for finishing this thing and not giving up half way through.

      I love Twilight-esque vampire stories, but this one didn't do anything for me.