News that takes Matt Browning to America on a desperate search for a miracle, and sends Jamie and Larissa Kinley into the darkest corners of eastern Europe, where something old and impossibly powerful waits for them. And Zero Hour is almost here As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay.
Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good. Sign In Don't have an account? Contents [ show ]. This section contains plot details and spoilers. Plot details and spoilers end here. Anyway, I'm losing track for my love for Valentin. The book was good, the story was brilliant. And everything was just amazing! The build up was perfect and the big fight at the end was just pure gold, it was all I wanted in a fight. Will Hill managed to do the perfect combination of killing off major characters for realism and suspense, and NOT murdering every single one of them for the sake of killing them off.
As much as I love Harry Potter, I feel JK went too far in killing off most of the characters that we knew and other books go too less, so I think this one was perfectly well done. I suppose one thing I could do without is this couple. It was frustrating that every single of the main characters had to be paired up with someone. I mean, Matt was a young genius so this was the perfect excuse to have him not have a romantic love interest due to no one else being his age and being too involved into his work.
Or maybe just have the occasional flirting but it never really going anywhere. I feel it is unrealistic for these people to all find someone and at least Kate is alone at the moment after her love interest died so I suppose there is that. I can mostly push this aside though but it still bugs me. The biggest thing I need to snap at is that it is pathetic that the first vampire killed Tim for threatening a girl and then is happy to stand back when the rest of the female population suffer under Dracula's hands.
I suppose they just needed a way to get rid of Tim and another way to turn Jamie. Anyway, I was kind of disappointed that they had to make Tim the typical jerk but then they didn't make him a jerk because he was jealous of Jamie. They made him a jerk because he was upset that Larissa had ruined his job opportunity and friends so it kind of works. However I do think they went overboard with some of the smaller things. Like just because Tim was angry at Larissa, did he have to be such a bad leader, refusing to admit he was wrong? They wouldn't have chosen him as a leader if he wasn't a little competent, at least not for such an important mission as this!
Either way, in the end it was another good book, a good pace, a good story and I do enjoy most of the characters even if I don't love their love lives. But I will admit the five star is for Valentin's surprised survival. Mar 09, Cam Scott Kristin School added it. It was a good book. Mar 01, Sam Iza Nazi rated it it was amazing. Aug 17, Becky rated it it was amazing.
I have been obsessed with this series for the last couple of weeks and couldn't wait to get my hands on book 4! I will be honest and say I thought it would be the last one in the series - it is not!!! There is one more to come, this book ends with the simple words 'to be concluded' but those simple words hold so much weight and meaning. I can't believe I have to wait to find out how it all ends.
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Considering this book only came out in June - it's going to be at least a year until the next one, ho I have been obsessed with this series for the last couple of weeks and couldn't wait to get my hands on book 4! Considering this book only came out in June - it's going to be at least a year until the next one, how can I possibly wait that long!?
Department 19: Zero Hour
I hope I am wrong and it's much sooner than that - I have to know how it all turns out. Anyway onto the review - Zero Hour continues where Battle Lines left off but a couple of months further down the line - the hour of Dracula's return is closer than ever and the Department 19 team are pushed to their limits. Every officer available is out on recon missions - scouting out vampires and bringing them down, some more dangerous than others, but each day the threat rises and life becomes a struggle just to survive.
The whole organisation seems to have come to life and all of the people feel like team mates - people I know and trust. They step off the page and into my mind and heart, I route for them, fight with them and feel their hope and loss. I could not be further into this world without physically climbing through the pages and now I have finished this book I feel a little lost.
At one point I looked at this book and thought 'how can this not end in pages - surely there can't be that much too it, and another book to come? And I soared through those pages, never looking back, desperate to know what happens but dreading the end. I don't know how Will Hill does it, I really don't. These books are just incredible and the writing just flows off the page. These books could be twice as big and still not be enough for me! I am so happy to have discovered this series and proudly name it as one of my ultimate favourites. I highly recommend it and think everyone should read it.
Slight warning that there is a lot of violence, blood and gore included so younger readers need to take care. I now sit, waiting for news on book 5 - waiting for the day Dracula faces Larissa and Jamie again, wondering what the outcome will be. For the moment though, I have found 5 short stories from the series on Amazon and downloaded them on my kindle, so I can still dip into the world of Department 19 and find out a bit more about it's past.
This may help to maintain my sanity - for now! Nov 25, L.
Johnson rated it it was amazing Shelves: This wildly vivid and intense addition to the Zero Hour series by Will Hill basically re-defines nerve-shredding. Department 19 is standing against the darkness. The problem is that the thin red line that they provide is getting thinner by the day and now that the Big Bad is making itself known, things are getting very scary indeed. It's time for Department 19 to face Zero Hour. Zero Hour is part four of a series and whilst there are elements of the plot and characters which won't make much sens This wildly vivid and intense addition to the Zero Hour series by Will Hill basically re-defines nerve-shredding.
Zero Hour is part four of a series and whilst there are elements of the plot and characters which won't make much sense if you've not read the others, I have to applaud Hill's skill in making this book accessible to new readers. He weaves in detail and backstory so solidly and never once resorts to the great and awkward technique of "So what did you do last Summer? It's a dark weaving of tapestry; of blood sodden story and painful pasts and it all just fits.
What Hill does with his Big Bad in this book is just perfectly awful. There's very little to say other than this book features one of the darkest characters I've ever read in young adult literature and yet I couldn't not read him. I was bound to those pages and did the terribly cliche thing of sort of forgetting to breathe just a little. One thing to quickly note is that there are some intensely graphic moments of violence in this book. They are all really well handled I'm oddly amused by my turn of phrase there , and it's a credit to Hill that they all feel part of this text and not gratuitous nor sensationalist in anyway.
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The violence in this book is narratorially that's not a word but go with me? As ever my suggestion is if working with children or recommending this to them, read the book and trust your instincts in how you handle this and work with this book. What I love about books like this is when they remember that despite all the strangeness, the weirdness, the werewolves and the vampires, is that underneath it all, people are people.
Hill gets that, I think, and his people are joyous. That was a good book. Jan 01, Mary rated it it was amazing. What if Dracula was still a force to be reckoned with in the modern world? Will Hill explores this concept in his thrilling Department 19 series. Department 19 is a special organization in the United Kingdom, with the express purpose of bringing Dracula down.
The clock is ticking, though. They believe there will be a point in time -- and soon -- at which Dracula's powers will be at their strongest. How can any task force bring down a force of evil that has lasted for hundreds of years? My favor What if Dracula was still a force to be reckoned with in the modern world? My favorite character was the first vampire that was ever turned by Count Dracula -- the First Victim. Even though I came into this series in book four, I felt as though the novel was complete.
It is what I like to call a door-stopper, very thick but it was still a read that moved along quickly and held my interest. Even though I am not usually a fan of military operations stories, this one, with its unique supernatural twists, held my rapt attention. It will be interesting to see what happens as the series continues. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Dec 23, Nourin rated it liked it. A very short review: All in all, as this book is following the events from the previous three books and drawing it to a close click my blog to read reviews for book 1, 2 and 3 , my opinions about the characters are pretty much the same. With regards to the plot line, I found it meh I just think it was time to close the chapter on this story, with Jamie and his friends and towards the end it seemed like it was dragging out. There were a lot of deaths, A very short review: There were a lot of action, as usual, in this book but in my opinion, it took time to get there.
On the flip side though, once the action was in full swing, it was never ending. Mar 02, Adele Broadbent rated it it was amazing Shelves: I've waited all year to get my hands on a copy for my Department 19 collection and finally I got a long holiday weekend to dive in and devour it. I was not disappointed, but then I didn't think I would be! Jamie Carpenter and his friends both human and otherwise are back into the action - full on and in your face! I caught myself saying, 'Oh no, oh no,' as I could see something about to happen. Or a gasp or three as something totally unexpected jumped out of the page at me.
What they need is a cure to vampirism or a weapon to defeat the most powerful vampire in the world. Meanwhile, Valentin is looking for Dracula and his hostage…. Once again, an action packed, expertly woven plot with gruesome fight scenes and characters you cheer for.
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Apr 21, Elaine rated it it was amazing. This is so much more than a book for children! It grabs your attention from the very start and takes the reader on roller coaster ride, saying to save the world as we know it to the very end of the book. Dracula, vampires, cures for vampiris This is so much more than a book for children! Dracula, vampires, cures for vampirism, disappearing allies, familiar faces reappearing, horror, miracle cures, mystery and mayhem all have a part to play in this hot paced horror story.
This is a story that entertains, engages and enthralls the reader - child, young adult or older! Thanks to the author, publishers and NetGalley, too, for letting me read an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Will Hill did it again.
Department 19: Zero Hour Synopsis
Once more we find Department 19 counting down the hours before they take on Dracula. Jamie and his friends are gearing up for the biggest fight that the Department has seen in years and every passing hour has become crucial. With the impending battle more secrets begin to surface and past enemies begin to resurface. Loyalties will be tested and swapped as well. The biggest secret begin kept from Jaime is also explored further, making readers antsy for the truth to be spil Will Hill did it again. Bram Stoker can stop turning in his grave: Will Hill grew up in the north-east of England and worked as a bartender, bookseller and in publishing, before quitting to write full-time.
His first novel, Department 19 — the first in a series of five — was published in to widespread acclaim, garnering Will, and the series, a huge fan base. Will now lives in east London with his girlfriend. Check out the latest activities in our KidsZone. The Colour of the Sun David Almond. Santa's High-tech Christmas Mike Dumbleton. Queen of Air and Darkness Cassandra Clare. A Life in Illustration Leonard S. Read an Extract Compare Prices.
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