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Vamps (Vamps #1)
When the sun goes down, New York's true elite all head to one place: Bathory Academy, where the young ladies of the finest vampire families are trained in shapeshifting and luring their prey.
Bathory's reigning queen, Lilith Todd, is the daughter of a powerful vampire businessman, and she knows exactly what she wants from life. She wants to look beautiful for eternity an
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August 1st 2008
by Harper Teen
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Lilith Todd is the "It" girl of the supernatural world. Her rich and powerful Old Blood father gives her whatever she wants, her promised, Jules, will make her a Countess when they are bound, and she already rules the world of fashion and popularity. One night while out slumming she runs into Cally, a New Blood who challenges Lilith in a fight over a potential victim. The Newbie turns out to be a Stormgatherer, but Lilith would still have beaten her if not for the sudden appearance of ...more
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"Gossip Girls" cattiness ruins the first half--and some of the flat main characters-- of this novel. It is for more mature teens (mentions of drugs, sex, etc.) and has trashy cover art, but inside this blood-sucking tale beats the heart of Cally Monture, half-vamp, half-human, who has some witchy powers inherited from her grandmother, and is being hunted by the Van Hellsings, the vampires' main enemy.
Cally has a run-in with a young Van Hellsing named Peter, who's already falling for th...more
Cally has a run-in with a young Van Hellsing named Peter, who's already falling for th...more
Vamps
Nancy A. Collins 235 Pages
Nancy A. Collins 235 Pages
Scandal, drama, hookups and snooty classmen, Bathory Academy, is where young vampires that are from the supreme vampire families learn to master their shape shifting and other powers. Lilith Todd, Bathory Academy’s queen bee, and vampire heiress, rules the elite night school, until someone questioned her throne; Cally Monture, a half mortal, half vampire, who lives with her single mortal mother, and hasn’t ever met her vampire father. She obtains
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I chose this book , because after reading twilight and falling in love with vampires i thought this would be another great book to read. This story is about about a girl named Lilith Todd whose father is one of the most powerful vampires in all of the city. She is very popular and tries to take down a new blood ( a vampire) who has just came into her same school Bathorty academy. This girls name is Cally Monture. One of my favorite quotes from the book Vamps would be "In this whole screwe...more
This is a different book about vampires.
Centuries ago, somehow the vampire race got trapped in our world and must live with humans. With the help of a company called HemoGlobe, vampires buy blood without having to hunt for it. Thus giving them more time to live their lives peaceably with humans, and helping them keep their secret.
These vampires can shape shift into bats and another creature, usually a wolf. They are born, not made. But, adult vampires can bite humans and...more
Centuries ago, somehow the vampire race got trapped in our world and must live with humans. With the help of a company called HemoGlobe, vampires buy blood without having to hunt for it. Thus giving them more time to live their lives peaceably with humans, and helping them keep their secret.
These vampires can shape shift into bats and another creature, usually a wolf. They are born, not made. But, adult vampires can bite humans and...more
I picked this up because I have a weakness for cheesy supernatural YA and Collins' name was somewhat familiar. It's pretty much exactly what it looks like: Gossip-Girl-but-with-seriousfax-bloodsuckers. (A quick peruse of Amazon shows there are at least three series with this exact premise.) It was momentarily amusing and contains as much label-name-dropping as one might expect, but I'm not really sure I'd pay full price for it. As for Collins, she's best known as the author of Sunglasses After D...more
The only reason I read this, was because my sister had bought it and I was out of books... I don't like the cover at all, it just looks so cheap. And compared to the thousands of other vampire books, it's not as well written. Yesterday I started books numero two, and because I didn't remember what happened in the first book, I gave it a quick look - and when I started in the next one, I noticed that the same 'funny' sentences are repeated like three times a book... That's the sort of thing I don...more
At first, this book was kinda boring. It just literally jumped into the story without even giving any insight on what it could possibly be about. And then it had so many characters trying to talk at once I couldn't keep up! It was so rediculously hard to figure out who was who and who was doing what, and who were enemies of each other! So much work to read a book, too much if you ask me. But then I got to the middle and it started to give a better insight of what kind of things were going on. It...more
K now you all can se im love with Vampire books! basically anything involving Vampires! well one of the very attracting girl vamp falls for a vampire hunter! i know i didn't even suspect that but then who know what happens to the plot in the story. well the thing is the vampire hunter gots the hots for her too but his is more strong. But before she really knew him she was more into him until she found out what hereally was. now she doesn't give a little thing about him. who know what will happe...more
I love any kind of vampire book, plus I have a weakness for cheesy supernatural YA and Collins' name was somewhat familiar, so I picked up this book. I thought I would really enjoy it. Basically it's Gossip Girl but with vampires. It was momentarily amusing however the label/name dropping got so out of hand I felt like I was reading ad copy for a Madison Avenue firm rather than a mindless YA vampire novel. The characters were shallow and the plot was basic. Unknowingly I then read book three rat...more
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Actually, I really didn't "decide" to read this book until I saw it in the bookstore. I came across it & it was on sale. I wondering why it was on sale then I realized it was published in 2008. So I read it the same day and probably finished two days after.
I was so into the book that I read it on my free time.
I like the love story & the characters. :)
The ending was pretty contenting. I really didn't want to read the next book. Not that it was a ba...more
I was so into the book that I read it on my free time.
I like the love story & the characters. :)
The ending was pretty contenting. I really didn't want to read the next book. Not that it was a ba...more
Lililith Todd is the daughter of Victor, a rich, influential Old Blood vampire. As a result, she is a "not very civil individual" (Credit to Iza for that nice way of putting it). At Bathory Academy, she is adored/hated in the way that not very civil individuals are. Enter Cally Monture, Newblood, powerful stormgatherer, and general rival to Lililith. Then various things happen, and the whole book is basically the rivalry between the two, with their backstories, family troubles, friend...more
I decided to read this book because I was working at Borders at the time and she was on a book tour and came to our store. I was excited to meet the authors coming, along with Nancy Collins were Claudia Gray (Evernight) and Ellen Schreiber (Vampire Kisses). I had recently read Twilight and was in the Vampire craze along with most of the population. This story was a comparison to Gossip girl except with vampires. I found myself rolling my eyes as I read. I was not impressed with this book. This...more
I'm not really sure how to review this book. I've got mixed feelings about it... It reminds me of Gossip Girl (for the high-classed, back-stabbing, I control the whole school type of girls and their general bitchiness) and it also kind of reminds me of Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series.
I had a bit of a hard time finishing this book, mainly because I found the characters to be shallow. There was this one scene where Lilith was more concerned (as in the world will now end type o...more
I had a bit of a hard time finishing this book, mainly because I found the characters to be shallow. There was this one scene where Lilith was more concerned (as in the world will now end type o...more
I love any kind of vampire book, so when I picked up this book, I thought I would really enjoy it. I have never been more wrong. The book just jumped into the story line, making it hard to understand what is actually going on in the book. Then, people starting to have feelings for each other just by looking at each other. Things happened too fast with no explanation and the book ended before things actually started to happen. So Vamps ended up being confusing, the story line underdeveloped, and ...more
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Rate: 3.5
I had this is my book shelf since last year. Thank goodness I finally came around reading it. I know. I know the cover looks like more of a glamor shop and therefore the contents is probably all whack.There I go again with judging the cover. Vamps is nothing like that sure there's still high end New York fashion and high maintenance princess type characters, shallow big egos and selfish.
Lilith, Jules, Carmen, Sergei, Tanith, Melinda, and Oliver are among those v...more
I had this is my book shelf since last year. Thank goodness I finally came around reading it. I know. I know the cover looks like more of a glamor shop and therefore the contents is probably all whack.There I go again with judging the cover. Vamps is nothing like that sure there's still high end New York fashion and high maintenance princess type characters, shallow big egos and selfish.
Lilith, Jules, Carmen, Sergei, Tanith, Melinda, and Oliver are among those v...more
From the back cover~
Night school never looked so good.
When the sun goes down, New York’s true elite all head to one place: Bathory Academy, where the young ladies of the finest vampire families are trained in shapeshifting and luring their prey.
Only Bathory’s reigning queen Lilith Todd, is the daughter of a powerful vampire businessman, and she knows exactly what she wants from life. She wants to look beautiful for eternity and party till the sun comes up with her g...more
Night school never looked so good.
When the sun goes down, New York’s true elite all head to one place: Bathory Academy, where the young ladies of the finest vampire families are trained in shapeshifting and luring their prey.
Only Bathory’s reigning queen Lilith Todd, is the daughter of a powerful vampire businessman, and she knows exactly what she wants from life. She wants to look beautiful for eternity and party till the sun comes up with her g...more
Vamps, the first book in a new young adult series, introduces readers to a whole new take on the vampire mythos. A world where status and bloodlines are everything and to be born on the wrong side of them is far from pleasant. Where else could such a tale be set than New York? A city known for its own clashing social classes, fashion, fame and fortune.
Daughter of the vampire elite's Victor Todd, Lilith has been the reigning royalty at Bathory Academy. The prestigious all-girls school...more
Daughter of the vampire elite's Victor Todd, Lilith has been the reigning royalty at Bathory Academy. The prestigious all-girls school...more
Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
What do you get when you take the Gossip Girls and cross them with vampires? You get VAMPS by Nancy A. Collins!
Meet Lilith, Jules, Tanith, Melinda, and the rest of the Old Bloods. They're young, they're rich, and they're the hottest kids in New York. But you might never see them. They're vampires. They come out when the sun goes down. School starts at 9 pm for them, and once classes are done, they're hitting the local club scene.
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What do you get when you take the Gossip Girls and cross them with vampires? You get VAMPS by Nancy A. Collins!
Meet Lilith, Jules, Tanith, Melinda, and the rest of the Old Bloods. They're young, they're rich, and they're the hottest kids in New York. But you might never see them. They're vampires. They come out when the sun goes down. School starts at 9 pm for them, and once classes are done, they're hitting the local club scene.
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was pretty predictable i new about a third of the way though how things where going to turn out. i was expecting better so im a bit disappointed.
Also it was very unoriginal compared to other vampire books i'v read kind of like a cross between house of night series and gossip girl but not written as well or as creatively. which made it boring to me.
i dont know if i'll be reading the next book in this series unless i dont have anything better at the time.
though saying that i su...more
Also it was very unoriginal compared to other vampire books i'v read kind of like a cross between house of night series and gossip girl but not written as well or as creatively. which made it boring to me.
i dont know if i'll be reading the next book in this series unless i dont have anything better at the time.
though saying that i su...more
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This book is awesome. Lilith and her friends goes to a night school call Bathory Academy. In there girl's are trained inn shapesshifting and luring their prey. Lilith Todd is the daughter of a powerful vampire businessman. She have a boyfriend name Jules. She doesn't won't any New Blood standing in her way. Read this book to find out what happens when Cally a new blood comes to Bathory Academy. Trust me this book won't let you eyes to rest!
i'm leading a book discussion for our state library association's workshop on teen lit, and i had to choose four "books with bite" on rather short notice. this one got added last because i was given a page number limit, ant it's not very long.
i did not care for this book. that said, it's popular with my teens here at the library and i think it's important to read what they are reading.
i appreciated the vast vampire culture that collins created- lots of history a...more
i did not care for this book. that said, it's popular with my teens here at the library and i think it's important to read what they are reading.
i appreciated the vast vampire culture that collins created- lots of history a...more
It was quite a boring and where-did-I-heard-that-before storyline, but it was OK because it was easy to read with sometimes a funny or interesting moment. It also felt like I had read only the half of it, because just when the story seemed to has found its beginning, it was over. Maybe I will read the next parts, but just because I'm always still quite curious what the writer is going to next, even if it wasn't good to start with.
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no one i'm acutually angry that i paid for it rent do not buy this book
like a horrible version of blue bloods that really just made mad i bought it the way it was written was horrible. the author kept confusing me, who are we supposed to connect with in the book all of her characters are so flawed i can't stand it. like i said previously i'm disappointed in these copycat books this book is really just a weaker less effective version of blue bloods by melissa de la cruz.
Lilith and her friends are kick out of the club for a while, since they attack a very important businessman that is human. So they went somewhere else to hangout. When a New Blood, Cally, attack Lilith, they got into a fight. The vampire hunters wanted to kill Cally. But ends up killing Tanith, Lilith's best friend. Lilith wants revenge from Cally because she lost Tanith. Cally's Dad wants Cally to transfer to Bathory a Old Blood school. If she doesn't he won't pay the rent anymore.
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I guess I would give this more of a 2.5 stars, at first it was kind of cool but it was to much like trying to turn gossip girls into vampires. Some of the characters just over reacted to situations and others were just kind of filling space. I didn't like how there were so many characters and no real background on any of them. I might go ahead and finish the series since the books really aren't that long but it's not on my to do list.
Cute teen vamp girl story. I mainly got it because it has a male hunter-vamp girl romance angle. More like a vampire school teen story whose main object is the rivalry, but it has exciting plot elements. Worth getting if you're after a young vamp girl's angle. And it's obviously for the teeny girlies.
I found myself intranced with this book, I managed to read it in less than 3 hours, it was quite a good read.
I like how this book explained the characters, and a bit about their culture etc...
Hopefully the next book will give me some more information, and a better plot... Maybe?
We shall have to see,
I like how this book explained the characters, and a bit about their culture etc...
Hopefully the next book will give me some more information, and a better plot... Maybe?
We shall have to see,
Nancy A. Collins created Sunglasses in the Dark which was the best of the Vampire books in its day and almost demanded a comic book. I bought the book, trade paper back almost rare in the day, in a comic book shop. Read it love it, bought everything she published since.
Now she has a teen series, VAMPS, Vampire American Princesses. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
But she hasn't fallen far. The first was meant for brooding goth boys. This series is for not so brooding girls and possibly b...more
Now she has a teen series, VAMPS, Vampire American Princesses. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
But she hasn't fallen far. The first was meant for brooding goth boys. This series is for not so brooding girls and possibly b...more
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Nancy A. Collins (born 10 September 1959) is a United States horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. Collins has also written for comic books, including the Swamp Thing series, Jason Vs. Leatherface, Predator: Hell Come A Walkin and her own one-shot Dhampire: Stillborn.
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