Department 19: Book 1

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Now Jamie is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing. If you love vampire stories this will be fun reading, I hope the sequels will be better because I have the intention to read it.

He lives in east London with his girlfriend, where he splits his time between staring out of the window and staring at a computer screen. If I'm brutally honest I cannot agree with this as the secret behind Harry Potter's success was its cross-generational appeal, and it was only in the later books in the series that the plot started to get a lot darker and less kid-friendly, but by then everyone was already hooked. If you trawl back through the Spill The Ink blog you will see photos of some of Will's handwritten notes, showing family trees of his characters, a list of the previous commanding officers of Department 19, a guide to the strengths and weaknesses of vampires, and even a detailed list of authorisation codes for the various members of Department 19. I found it a great read but I would recommend reading the other 3 first as it makes it loads clearer. At what age did this reviewer lose the ability to suspend disbelief and enjoy a full-on action adventure story for what it is?

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After the terrifying attack on Lindisfarne at the end of the first book, Jamie, Larissa and Kate are recovering at Department 19 headquarters, waiting for news of Draculas stolen ashes.It's a gory, violent, action-packed thrill ride that will appeal to boys and girls, teen and adult audiences alike. I think these reviewers take themselves a little too seriously, obviously know little about teen fiction and need to carefully remove the self-righteous rods from their proverbials. Department 19 is a very well thought out story that combines some of the greatest legends in paranormal and turning it something plausible. But honestly, there is a lot of merit to Department 19 and it seems unfair to penalize it for the fact that I am not its intended audience. That's an automatic fail for me--I need to give a shit about this person I'm supposed to be rooting for.