Second, after Stevenson was Turned into a werewolf, Morris "pulled the Glock from his belt for a second time" and "cocked the gun", before killing Stevenson.

So I can’t criticize the author for writing to his audience, but I can’t exactly say it rocked my world either. Jamie is brought to Department 19, where he is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing and the other survivors of Dracula.I'm going to save you from the very long plot description and just skip to the part where I tell ya'll that this book is an absolute blast! I snatched it up when it was offered for review, after she swore up and down that I wouldn’t find any of the high school drama that makes me want to claw my eyes out.

Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead.Aided by Frankenstein's monster, a beautiful vampire girl with her own agenda, and the members of the agency, Jamie must attempt to save his mother from a terrifyingly powerful vampire. One squeeze on the trigger of this marvel of ingenuity and a metal stake explodes from its barrel, with devastating effect for any vampire that just happens to be in its line of fire. Sometimes great books are born from such simple questions, and Department 19 is one of these as it follows the assumption that if Dracula was real, then so were Van Helsing, Harker, Holmwood et al. 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. It managed to resolve many loose ends, but also has a level of suspense that will leave reader's eager for the next installment.

As this wikia was abandoned by its founder on June 28, 2012 and was only adopted around three years later on June 12, 2015, a lot of information is lacking on this wikia. Gripping, gory, and violent, this isn't for the faint-hearted - but it's also clever, and moving, and wittily done. I am nearly certain this is just my personal taste, however, as some reviewers said they felt genuinely attached to Jamie.

The date given for Larissa being turned is the 24th July 2004 (Chapter 28, "All the Fun of the Fair"). As well as great back story, Will Hill is also highly skilled at other aspects of the craft of writing.

In a secret supernatural battle that's been raging for over a century, the stakes have just been raised – and they're not wooden anymore. Down the Rabbit Hole" (chapter 37) is most likely a reference to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. And this is his début novel – I imagine there will be many an aspiring author sticking pins in Will Hill voodoo dolls whilst going slowly green with envy.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. I have been sitting on this review for months, desperately wanting to tell the world about this book. Department Nineteen takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond - from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. I liked that he wasn’t easily accepted because it made him question and argue in ways that I don’t think he would have otherwise.