Shattered Mirror (Den of Shadows) (edició 2003)

I read these in middle school and I've got to say this one was my favorite out of the three I read. I kind of got out of the teenage vampire love stories since twilight ruined everything that was awesome when I was a teen. Every once in a while I'll find an urban fantasy that brings me back nostalgically to my first few books of my addiction to the library. Root for the underdog. Looks aren't what they seem, good isn't always good, evil isn't always evil. Sometimes things aren't just black and white. Those seemed to be reoccurring lessons that made these books so enjoyable.
The author now being 17, 4 years after the first book was published.

Sarah Vida is the youngest in a family of vampire hunting witches. They are after Nikolas for revenge for killing one of their own a century earlier.
Sarah meets Christoper and Nissa, sibling vampires, they do not kill humans, they feed off of animals and willing humans. Sarah and Christopher start a romance, furious, her mother forbids her to see him. Anything not like them is unacceptable. To her family every vampire is evil no matter what.
When Sarah reveals who she is she infuriates her family even more and her powers are bound as she awaits a trial for her "betrayal". Her sister helps her escape.

A lot of battling and coming to terms
With who you are, maybe even adapting to the situations as need be. This is a story about growing and accepting. ( )

I have grown to enjoy Amelia Atwater-Rhodes writing style. Her characters are a sort of guilty pleasure and her novels continue to exceed my expectations. I did enjoy this book and will continue reading her work; I do recommend this to the young adult community. ( )

Shattered Mirror would have been exactly like the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer if Buffy has been less perky and faked a more "tough-girl" act. Sarah is a vampire hunting witch. She kills vampires because they are bad by definition. That is until she meets Christopher. He's a good vampire. When he was eating humans, he went by a slightly different name - Kristopher. Even though she fights it, she falls for him. Sound familiar?

The story isn't bad, the writing is simple and there isn't much graphic violence. Overall, the book wouldn't be a bad fit for the youngest of teen fiction readers. Nothing new is covered and older readers will have seen it all before. ( )

Maybe I'm being hard on the author. Thinking back I did enjoy these books, they were fast and fun, easy reads. I particularly liked this one. The poetry in it was beautiful as was the touchy resolution at the end. I liked all of the characters and their interaction, and I really liked Christopher!

Third in the series after In the Forests of the Night.

Caryn Smoke is a background character in this one, but she has become a powerful healer and also part of an organization promoting tolerance between vampires, witches, werewolves, and humans.

Sarah Vida, youngest of the powerful Vida line of witches, is on the hunt for Nikolas, a vampire who cuts his name into the skin of his victims. Sarah is befriended by Christopher and Nissa, two vampires who have resolved not to kill. Through them, she learns much more about Nikolas than she ever wanted to know. Of course, the book ends with a fight, a twist, and a dramatic choice for Sarah.

While the books in this series are too short to really get me hooked, they are entertaining. ( )