Hidden (Vampires of Marchwood Book 1) by Shalini Boland (Second Sky)

Despite my love of vampire stories, I found it difficult to identify with the story in the book Hidden because it reads like the most sugary romance novel. 

Maddie and her brother Ben live in a foster family and by sheer chance, they inherit a vast fortune with a large estate. In the house, however, they face a group of vampires that have slept for over a hundred years, until the most beautiful one (of course!) wakes up and he and Maddie fall madly in love.

The plot in the book is expected, Ben contributes a bit of humor, and Maddie turns out to be mainly uneducated (she dropped out of further education at the age of seventeen, despite unlimited financial resources!), ignorant, troubled, and rude, and consumer-oriented to the end. Meanwhile, Alexandre is a romantic introvert who acts like a martyred saint.

The book is historically interesting because it takes place in two time periods: now and the nineteenth century in Cappadocia and that adds a little action and adventure feeling. 

Otherwise, I recommend it to teenagers and dreamy romantic souls.

3/5