Inception-Book review #7

"The most dangerous enemy is not the one who lingers behind you in the shadows, but the one who walks beside you as a friend. They shape the world around you with well-constructed lies, entombing you in the gossamer of their deceit. You'll never know their true faces, for they shed their masks in layers-meticulous and devious, like the skin of an every-changing snake." 

This is the first paragraph in Bianca Scardonis book Inception it is a part of a series called The Marked. I was first attracted to this book based simply on the first paragraph, it is so well written which is very important to me and it makes you want to read more. Inception is about 17-year-old Jemma who goes to live with her uncle after returning from a mental institution after seeing her father get killed by a vampire. She is told that vampires are obviously not real and she simply had a psychotic break after a "traumatic event" but Jemma is not entirely convinced. So now without parents, Jemma lives with her uncle in an old victorian house. Jemma attends a new school, meets friends (and enemies) and becomes fascinated with broding Trace, a boy at her school with his own secrets. After meeting a mysterious guy named Dominic who is really a vampire, or Revenant; Jemma gets thrown into a dangerous love triangle of the supernatural variety. Soon after stealing a mysterious book from her uncles office in search for answers, Jemma finds out she has a very important role in her new found world. Jemma's uncle finally tells her the truth about her destiny and what is expected of her she immediately becomes wary and denies her fate as a warrior to vanquish evil. 

I love this book mainly because it doesn't seem like the characters are flat or immature like you see in a lot of vampire romance novels and things alike. This book is original which is also rare in such novels and Scardonis does a great job being descriptive and sucking (no pun intended) people in. So if you enjoy with books with vampires, spells and fallen angels I highly recommend Bianca Scardonis book series The Marked. Although this review is only for Inception I highly recommend you read the others too.