Boy, am I glad I picked this up. 
 I had been told for years and years by friends and acquaintances to pick this up, but I very quickly moved past the whole 'vampire-books' thing after realizing that Twilight was not in fact, the bible to live by. 
 But one day in 2014, I was browsing the bookshop and saw that they had gotten this, and since no other books were catching my eye, I decided to finally give it a go. 
 The first 50-100 pages were really boring to me. The characters seemed flat and undeveloped, the story was moving way too quickly and too fast all at once. It was quite simple, a huge mess. I complained to my friend who had seemed to really enjoy it, and she told me that she had trouble getting through the first 50 or so pages too, but urged me to continue reading it, as she said it was gonna get a lot better. 
 She was SO right! It's truly as if the first 50-100 pages were written by an entirely different person! The rest of the book was fast-paced in all the right ways, the characters felt so real, the plot was intriguing and I actually went out to buy the second book even before I had finished this. 
 Trust me on this; It might seem like a stupid book that only 12-year old Twilight fans will love but, honey, it is not. It is a truly amazing and fun read, and you just have to get through the first 100 or so pages, and you will be hooked!