I’m back to tell you about the conclusion in this amazing Amish Bloodsuckers Series. I’ll be reviewing Reckoning by Barbara Ellen Brink and we have an awesome giveaway too! You can enter for a chance to win all three e-books in the series!
I love the cover art for this series. It’s fresh, humorous and “sticks” with the story.
Reckoning picks up right where Shunned, Book Two, left us.
Question : How do I review the third book in this series?
Answer : By telling you as little as possible.
That doesn’t mean I won’t tell you something.
We know Jael is the Chosen One, chosen to slay vampires. She wasn’t always Amish, but circumstances landed her at her grandparents home in an Amish community in Minnesota.
She knew she’d be going there sooner or later. Her target, The Bishop, was there and it was her destiny to destroy him.
Her best friend Bree, along with Shad, are in Minnesota for the summer and don’t plan on letting Jael face this all alone.
But she’s not alone. She has a sweet, loyal, and surprisingly determined new boyfriend, Gabe. He learns quick. He has to.
With Father Thomas, her Uncle Seth, and her three loyal companions, Jael sets out to do what must be done.
They are going to need a lot of luck if they are to survive. The vampires are more brazen than ever and even more determined to kill them.
Jael’s role as The Chosen One has forced her to do things most young women wouldn’t dream of. She’s grown a thick skin to fend off the pain of some tough decisions.
“Cure her?” Jael blew out a laugh. “The cure for bloodsuckers is death.”
“We must save her! She has a baby for heaven’s sake!”
Jael shook her head, releasing an exasperated sigh. “Here we go again. Another bleeding heart wanting to save something. The problem is, there’s just as many vampires running loose in Minnesota as there are wolves – but vamps are far more deadly and not even close to extinct…yet.”
This doesn’t mean she doesn’t care. She does. It just means she has to protect her heart lest it be crushed from the weight of her deeds.
Jael has a date with destiny.
A reckoning is looming.
There is only one outcome.
The Bishop dies or Jael does.
This is a great wrap up to this series! I’m sad it’s over. Who knows, Jael is young, maybe we’ll hear from her again! (Wink)
Five drops of blood for Reckoning!
Check out Chosen and Shunned and enter the giveaway to win all three books!
Blurb from Goodreads
With tongue firmly in cheek and genuine Amish-made stakes at hand, Jael the vampire slayer is ready to kick some serious bloodsucker butt. Seriously.
Move over Buffy – there’s a new slayer in town! Raised in the desert of Nevada, and destined for the Minnesota Loon Lake Amish Community, Jael Shetler is the Chosen One.
Trained by her uncle and father in twenty-one different forms of hand-to-hand combat – she also throws a knife with the speed of a bullet, and is accurate to within two centimeters of a cold, dead heart with her crossbow – she is a bloodsucker’s worst nightmare.
Her parents, forced to leave their plain and simple upbringing to escape the clutches of the new Bishop – an ancient and powerful vampire with plans to use the Amish Community as his own personal Jamba Juice – raise and train their daughter to continue the fight begun thousands of years earlier by another Jael, and to fulfill the prophecy in the Book of the Shunned.
Soon Jael is turning sweet sixteen and then … all hell will break loose.
****Read my review here****
Blurb from Goodreads
In Shunned, Jael leaves Nevada and her close friends, Brianna and Shadow, behind. She travels to the Loon Lake Amish community in Minnesota where she moves in with grandparents she’s never met and learns to live the plain and simple life… at least as plain and simple as she can handle. She may learn to milk a goat, but she is definitely NOT giving up her cell phone or crossbow!
While finishing out the school year at Loon Lake Public High School, she meets the guy of her dreams…someone to keep her company when she goes out staking vampires at night.
Her true purpose is to destroy the Bishop, the oldest and most powerful vampire of all. But first she must find out just what his diabolical plans are for the teenagers of the community, and put a stop to him and his undead followers before it’s too late.
****Read my review here****
Giveaway
And now for the giveaway!
One person wins all three e-books in The Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy.
To enter, please leave your email address and answer this question, “Do you believe you have a destiny, a purpose?”
Giveaway ends Feb. 11th.
Thank you and Good Luck!
About the author
Author Website/blog: http://www.barbaraellenbrink.com
Amish Bloodsuckers website: http://www.amishvampireslayer.moonfruit.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BarbaraEllenBrink
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I think this one could win the strangest sounding series EVER award! I would never pick it up without a review but I have to admit that you got me a bit curious! And it sounds like you really like them so I’ll have to consider giving them a read one of these days. 🙂
I admit I hesitated for about a second! I had recently read latter-day of the dead by Kevin Krohn. It was zombies instead of vampires. Barbara’s protagonist, Jael, is wonderful and she showed me a really entertaining and sometimes humorous look at the Amish way of life. I would love to read more about Jael.
Hello all. I do believe that I have a destiny. My destiny is to help as many people as I can and to make as many friends (true friends) as possible. I cannot wait to read this series!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
–DREW
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I like the way you look at life Drew – very coolio! :o)
Hi Drew. Great destiny!
Great destiny Drew!
Thanks for reviewing Reckoning and hosting this giveaway on your blog, Laura! I am excited to share the third and last chapter in the Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy. I had a heck of a lot of fun writing Jael’s story and adventures and I know I’ll miss her and the gang:)
Good luck to all who enter the giveaway!
You’re welcome Barbara and thank you for the grand adventure!
The Shunned cover is hilarious!
As to answer your question: I believe that it is important to have a purpose in life. Whether you create this purpose or God did, doesn’t matter.
I know. I like to just gaze at the covers and take in the details!
I’m still not sure what my destiny is. I think we have more than one.
I do believe that I have a path in the way life is meant to play out but only if I make the right choices to get there. I think that some choices veer us off our path for good and some times we take a more scenic route. If al lthat makes sense! lol
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I get you and it is hard to explain:)
Let me 1st say these books read very cool from what I have read so far, not much, enough to interest me though. The covers are great.! As for do I think I or everyone has a purpose in life….I sure do. I believe once you fulfil your purpose is when you move on.
Thanks for a great giveaway. I only enter the good/ great ones : }
Let ne clearify this..yes we all have a destiny…do we always chose the right way to go, that path we should take….NO..that’s free will. It takes us off our destiny so if we don’t compete that I believe we don’t fulfill it. Eventually we do. It may take many times, chances but we do then our life ends. Our Destiny is fulfilled we move on.
It would be nice to have more than one chance at it.
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I don’t know what to believe anymore. From time to time I had encounter “evidences” to prove both: that there is predestination AND that we make our own destiny. But I like to think I have some control regarding my own existence
I hope I have some control:)
I’m intrigued by this series. This is the first I’ve heard of it and am curious.
A purpose or destiny? Nah, I can’t really get behind the whole predestined thing. There are just too many variables involved in getting everyone’s to mesh.
I’m happy to help spread the word for this series. It’s a lot of fun and I’m going to miss my friends!
Absolutely! I think destiny brought me so far and I was made to help people with mental illness (psychologist).
Pragya
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Destiny is ongoing. I like that. What you do is amazing. My son has seen a psychologist since he was young and I really believe the doctor helped give my son a chance at a more normal and fulfilling life.
Thank you and I’m glad your son benefited.
I do believe in destiny but I also believe it’s up to us to ensure it. Bad decisions can totally derail us.
My favorite song is “Senzafine” by Lacuna Coil and it’s a song about our destinies…it’s also in Italian. 🙂
My favorite lines are “Il mio destino scelgo/ Se riesco a resistere”
Kind of says it all.
Cheers, Ash
ashkrafton@hotmail.com
I agree. We have to work at it.
I’ll check out the song:)
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I do believe we all have a destiny. Some people just squander their chances.
I hope I didn’t miss any!
Definitely a creative concept here! Love it!
Isn’t it!
mydemonkittie@gmail.com. I believe that we have a destiny, but we have to chose to follow it or we can avoid it. Avoiding it is the harder road, but I think it is possible. Not all destinies are positive.
I hope mine is positive!
Everyone has a purpose, including me. My purpose may not be to save the world or end hunger or anything as meaningful. Perhaps, it’s just to love another with everything I have.
Jeanettelsheppard@gmail.com
That’s a worthy purpose. Love!
Yes, I certainly believe I have a destiny. My angel keeps preaching it to me. *chuckles*
Nice angel:)
Without a purpose, there is no meaning to life. Without goals, there is no direction and we would all wonder about lost. So whether man made, or God made, a purpose is as essential as breathing in order to thrive in the short life that we all have.
Wow… I came up with all that without even getting a coffee in me yet this morning. 🙂
Would love a chance to win! Thanks for the giveaway!!
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– Lily @ Bookluvrs Haven
You’ve made me wonder what you’d come up with after a few cups of java:) lol
Sometimes I feel lost, but mostly I’m so busy I have little time to ponder.
Do you believe you have a destiny, a purpose?
Yes. It’s not anything as grand as being a ‘slayer’ but I do believe I have one and am trying my best to fulfill it.
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Good luck on your journey. I’m still unsure what mine is.
I believe I have many purposes in this world, and I believe they are based on my choices to achieve those goals. Some of the outcomes will never be known to me and others will bring a deep satisfaction. This was really an intense question to answer. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sorry. After reading some of the comments, I realize it is intense. I appreciate evryone’s responses. It has made me pause and reflect:)
This may seem like a strange series but surely doesn’t lack in creativity on the authors part… Something I need to read for the pure curiousity factor alone! (yeah I know what they say about curiousity killing the cat but satisfaction (and other lives) brought him back…)
As for you question, Do you believe you have a destiny, a purpose?:
I believe you create your own destiny or purpose in life by the desions you make for yourself. But anything is possible…
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I believe we should be open minded.
As long as the kitty isn’t a vamp, it’s safe. There’s a sub story in this series that adds even more to it.
I LOVE this concept!
So do I! Barbara pulled it off superbly:) I laughed a lot and cringed too!
Yes, I do believe I have a destiny and purpose! I’m Christian so I believe that God has an awesome plan for me. I have always felt drawn to law enforcement so that is the direction I am taking. Every time I feel drawn to do something I do it, because if I don’t I know I will regret it 🙂
lakeyg@yahoo.com
Hi Lacey:)
I just hope God gives me more than a nudge when I’m in doubt.
Check your email. You won a book from another of my giveaways! Or email me: laurathomas61@att.net
Ok I will email you now! I checked and never saw an email from you.
Thanks Lacey. Sent your info to the author!!
Kelleeh.73@gmail.com I really like the sounds of these books I really hope I win. My purpose in life is to read and have the people around me know peace and love.
We all should have that purpose:)
Had to laugh when I read the cover. LOL I would like to think my purpose in life is to read, write, phototgraph and swim in my pool. How wonderful a life is that. ^_^ I can’t believe I haven’t been over here. Sorry, but I want to win anyway. lol
I’ll step into your shoes!:) lol
I do believe that everyone has a destiny/purpose. I just don’t know what mine is yet. Maybe it was to bring my four wonderful children in to this world. Thank you so much for the chance to win! My email is alisa.ables@gmail.com.
Bringing your children into the world and cherishing and protecting them is an awesome purpose. My son is all to me!
Yes. I believe everyone has a destiny. What my destiny is… i don’t know. I think that some people may never figure out their destiny, but they have one.
millen.margareta@gmail.com
I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll discover mine or I missed it!
morgandrake@msn.com Yes, I believe that I have a purpose…it is just too bad that it seems to be annoying people.
That’s cool. I like annoying, at least you’re not boring! lol
Laura, what an awesome series! I so wanna read this! And well, I know I have a purpose in life, everybody has one. I think we will follow our paths and be angels to others, we constantly achieve our purpose when he help others!
Thanks Sophie:)
Helping others is a wonderful way to live your life! Just think what the world would be like if everyone did that!
If I didn’t have a purpose I would have lost faith a long time ago.
Ravenaier@gmail.com
Amen!!
I believe we all have a destiny. The Bible does say that we all have a purpose in this life. 🙂
Series sounds awesome! Amish Vamps… wow. lol
emerald_barnes(at)yahoo(dot)com
Amish vamps and slayers! What’s not to love:)
Still stumbling around for my purpose.
I’m not sure. My problem is that I have a hard time reconciling free will & destiny. I believe we have free will or we’d be cookie cutter robots. Given that is it possible to also have a destiny? I just don’t know.
Forgot to include my email tasha@tasha-turner.com . And the books sound really interesting.
You’ve got me thinking now!
I think with free will we can choose to pass on our destiny, maybe not even recognize it. Don’t know if we can escape it forever though.
I do believe we have a path set out for us, but we also have a part to play in which direction we take, either way what ever path we take, everything that happens, is for a reason.
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No such thing as coincidence, eh!!
I believe that God gave everyone a purpose when he created us. And even if we don’t know what it is, or that we’ve achieved it’s results, we have it. I also think that we tend to grow into our destinies, and that that they benefit us more than they benefit others.
That’s what’s puzzling. We may never know our destiny or if we achieved it!
Absolutely!
Yeah!!
I definitely believe we have a purpose 🙂 I just heard about the Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy, and I think it sounds great! My email is sadie44442002[at]yahoo[dot]com
Hope I figure mine out before the end!
Jael is a take no prisoners slayer. Amish vamps beware!
Yes, I believe I have a purpose. I don’t know how I “got” this purpose, but I hope I fulfil it and by doing my best at it, bring more good into the world
You sound like me.
most definitely i do believe that!
mark
bashashhazbaz(at)yahoo(dot)com
Great! Now we all just have to fulfill our destinies!
I believe in destinies and purposes. There are proof from all over stating that we all are meant for something. Take Anna Frank for an example her life purpose was to die and teach of the holocaust. I f she had not started to write in the diary or if she had not been caught we would not have a sense of what it was like to be there when the holocaust happened. Anna Frank changed the world with her diary and her death that was her purpose. Another example is Martin Luther King his purpose was to fight slavery with peace. I f he had not had that purpose then there would not have been a lot of thing like the children’s match and there is a chance that slavery might still be in effect in the United States . We all have a purpose even if it is small it is still something. So yes I do believe in purposes and though I do not know what mine is yet I cannot wait to read The Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy.
I won!! *happy dancing* Can’t wait to delve into these! Thank you!!