The Pining of Kevin Harding

First, thanks to NetGalley for giving me the chance to review this book, as it allowed myself to overcome most of the aversion I had against the new vampire books ;)

I've been reluctant to read lately books including vampires since Twilight came out, too much of a destruction of the vampiric myth for me, but this one succeeded at surprising me. It's aimed to teenagers, so it's not really some great literature, but the protagonists and the storylines are really nice. Kevin, the newbie vampire, is really interesting on his psychological side, trying to fight between his vampiric and human teenager sides, both trying to fight his new urges, but also trying to understand where it comes from. His reluctancy to kill a human being reminded me of Louis from Anne Rice's Vampires Chronicles (which is quite a good point if you ask, waaaay better than the Twilight sh... oops.).

The book gives also its version of the vampiric origins, which is nice and something quite rare, but also the obedience feeling between a master and his drones/servants.

Also, the fact that Kevin is gay is quite nice, and surprising (ok, I did gain interest in the book because of that, pleading guilty sir), and well used in the book regarding his growing feelings, and the way he handles them (as every normal teenager does... except with fangs.). It's something we've got rarely to see in YA literature, so it's always nice to see. The steamy scenes were nice, but soft, not trying to make one of those stupid erotic books where the story barely exists.

The story was really nice, going quite fast and gaining interest and speed at every page, I just felt a little bit sad at the end as I wanted to get more glimpse of the future, what happens next etc ? But that's quite a good point for a book isn't it ? So overall, I stand by my 4 stars reviews, thanks a lot for this great moment, hope to read more anytime soon ;)