The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout

The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout

copyright = 2006
pages = 379
source = purchase
date completed = 10/11/08

This is the story of Dr. Carrie Ames' transformation to a vampire. Her change is quick and impersonal--done by a a John Doe she thought was dead in the morgue. After she posts online about being attacked by a vampire, she hooks up with Nathan, another vampire in the city who owns an occult store. He informs her of The Movement, an organization that seeks to kill other "bad" vampires and tells her she has to join or die. She negotiates some time to think it over and ends up meeting her sire. The rest of the novel is about her conflict of staying with her sire or going back to Nathan and The Movement.

This was a very quick read but I didn't enjoy it all that much. There wasn't much depth to the characters and Carrie was very weak. One minute she's a doctor, trying to save lives, and the next she's just plain fine with vampire violence and killing. She gave the impression that as long as SHE wasn't doing it, all was ok. Overall, it was an ok book but the characters need more development. Since this is a series, maybe that starts happening later. I might read book 2 just to see what happens, but it's not on my priority list.