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I wasn't that impressed when I read the first novel, but I'd like to know what happens next. The title implies some pedophilia, too. Well, we'll just have to wait and see, right? * * *Wait, is this guy.. does he.. is this.. could this be lipstick?* * * *Reviewed it on BookExhibitionism.Letter to my Future Self:Dear Patricia,you read the first Watchers novel last year after someone recommended it to you. It wasn't your cuppa for several reasons, but you were still interested enough in the concept to read The Vampire's Kiss. And to be honest, even though you did not like Drew back then either, Veronica Wolff's voice is very nice. You know, readable and all.Like many Young Adult novels this one is narrated by the heroine, Drew. I find her annoying and incredibly unaware of her own personality. Which is a problem, because the whole series is about her, the wunderkind with long blonde hair and big eyes, who has just sort of finished High School and wanted to study, to get as far away from home and her father (and step-mother) as possible.But when she arrived things didn't work out and Ronan, a Tracer, finds her and brings her to the Isle of Night, where girls with special abilities and no one who'd miss them, are taught to serve vampires. Together with them a few boys are trained to become vampires on the Isle as well.I'll just quote myself from the first review - This is what we've got here:Vampires. They can walk in the sunlight, but their eyes are sensitive to it. They need blood as far as I can tell, can hypnotize/compell people and are immortal. Their blood is addictive.. They can be killed, thoughWatchers. The female counterparts, except that it doesn't look like they're in any way immortal. Each potential Watcher has a gift/ability. For example fire. They drink vampire's blood and it seems it makes them more obedient and drawn to the vampires, but it also makes them stronger and gives them certain advantagesTracers. They can find girls with the gifts I've mentioned above, drink vampires' blood and have some abilities.This academy teaches the girls how to fight and dance, how to behave properly (because vampires are old and stuff), but also stuff like how to open doors without keys or algebra. They are told that only 5 out of all of them (100+) are going to survive and that they should basically not make friends, because who knows who's going to backstab you, right?After what's happened in The Isle of Night, Drew is still planning to somehow escape and after winning the tournament in the first novel, she might even be able to: She and a creepy vampire are supposed to go to a special assignment off the Isle. Her opportunity, right? Except that nothing really works out.There are several things that bothered me, two of them being that the author misspelled the name Adolf Hitler (or she did it on purpose, which would confuse me even more. oô), and that no one noticed that it's supposed to say "Mein kleines Gummibärchen" and not "Meine kleine Gummibärchen". I know that German isn't that easy to learn, all the "Der, die, das" instead of just a "The" and all, but couldn't she have asked someone on Twitter or something like that?Heh, sorry. I'll try to be unbiased about the rest of the novel, but come on, it really wasn't that good. It was very readable and I sooooo want to read an Adult novel written by Veronica Roth, but Drew is just.. annoying. She is the typical YA heroine. I haven't decided yet whether I want to bitchslap her or just cry. And that made this book not very enjoyable.It's like.. Everything was great. I liked the other characters and the fact that they weren't too flat, but I felt like Drew was too stupid to live most of the times. It's rather hard to explain, but the books would probably be my favorites if it wasn't for the horrible heroine. Just look at this:1. Her best friend is a quiet, stoic girl, but neither is she even more annoying than Drew or overweight (Yes, Fitzpatrick, it's you I am looking at) nor is she secretly hating Drew or plotting against her (Meyer, why?)2. The Asian guy she is friends with is a realistic guy.. As far as that is possible with YA novels and actually likeable. He also isn't secretly in love with her, which is nice. ; )3. The vampires are creepy, but hot. Especially you-know-who. (The one who'd make this review a big fat spoiler if you'd mention anything.. Oops?) And I think it is great that as a reader I never thought "Yeah, let me do him!" They were so "other" and them being attractive made them even more creepy.4. The thing with Amanda, and also the other older potential Watchers. I like the caste system, and also always wanted to know more about these characters!Future Self, even though I didn't enjoy any of the novels, I think you should buy some of Wolff's other books! And also the last one of this series. The problem is that apparently Ronan is supposed to be the one she'll end up with. I don't really dig him.. But I'm curious to see how everything'll work out. :)Sincerely,Patricia