Blood and Chocolate
by Annette Curtis Klause
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Read in December, 2007
Plot: Vivian Gandillon is not like other teenage girls, she's a loup-garou, which means that she can shift shape into a wolf. She's fairly isolated from other humans and only sticks to her kind until she meets a human boy, Aiden. He's different and loves anything mystical, such as werewolves and witchcraft. He falls for Vivian. She doesn't know whether or not she should tell him the truth about her true nature. Telling Aiden the truth would also strain her relationship with her clan of werewolve...more
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Read in May, 2008
Annette Curtis Klause, Blood and Chocolate (Laurel Leaf, 1997)
After all the flap over the film version of this novel (and its subsequent bombing at the box office), I figured I'd give the book a shot to see just what all the fuss was about. And fussworthy it is, though I'm not entirely sure I found it such for the same reasons as most folks. I will warn you at the beginning of this that in order to talk about what really bugged me about this book, I will have to reveal its ending, in part; I...more
After all the flap over the film version of this novel (and its subsequent bombing at the box office), I figured I'd give the book a shot to see just what all the fuss was about. And fussworthy it is, though I'm not entirely sure I found it such for the same reasons as most folks. I will warn you at the beginning of this that in order to talk about what really bugged me about this book, I will have to reveal its ending, in part; I...more
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
fantasy fans, YA readers
There seems to be a trend among young adult authors to re-work classic horror stories. In Peeps Scott Westerfeld puts a new spin on vampire stories, and Annette Curtis Klause offers her take on werewolves in Blood and Chocolate. The werewolves in Blood and Chocolate are not blood-thirsty animals; they are a tight-knit extended family with strict rules about not hunting humans. Vivian, the main character, is a teenage girl who loves being loup-garou, or werewolf. To her and h...more
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Read in February, 2007
Sixteen-year-old Vivian Gandillon is trying to fit in to her new home in the suburbs. But trying to act "normal" isn't always easy, since Vivian and her family are werewolves. It's glorious to have the power to change, and Vivian is a beautiful loup-garou with all the young wolves howling for her. But she wants no part of her squabbling pack, left leaderless by her father's recent death.
Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. If she reveals herself, will he rel...more
Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. If she reveals herself, will he rel...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
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This book is wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to start, and I definitely don't think it belongs in the teen section of the bookstore. Vivian, the main character and narrator, is far too calculating and sexual for a 16-year-old girl, I don't care if she IS a werewolf. She's also mean-spirited and nasty, and frankly, I didn't find much about her to like for a good deal of the book, which contains entirely too much sexuality and vulgarity. With the exception of Aiden, the human bo...more
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I read Blood and Chocolate when I was 14 but it's stayed with me since. It was the first time a seemingly simple plot with overdone fictional monsters actually dealt with what it was to be human.
I hold much respect for Vivian, the protagonist. Yes, she does stupid things. But what teenager doesn't feel what she feels? Are we all not trying to hide a part of ourselves from the world? Don't we not fight with our parents and try to rebel for no real reason? Do we not take simple comfort...more
I hold much respect for Vivian, the protagonist. Yes, she does stupid things. But what teenager doesn't feel what she feels? Are we all not trying to hide a part of ourselves from the world? Don't we not fight with our parents and try to rebel for no real reason? Do we not take simple comfort...more
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Read in March, 2008
Blood and Chocolate is a well-loved YA werewolf novel, and I've been meaning to read it for the last decade. Now that I have, I'm really disappointed.
Vivian is a 16-year-old werewolf who's torn between her pack and fitting in with the human world (and a human boy). Vivian is also selfish, arrogant, dramatic, and stupid. Over and over we hear her thoughts on how beeeeaaaaauuuuutiful she is and how all the boys want her. Every action she takes endangers someone and she only ever focuses on he...more
Vivian is a 16-year-old werewolf who's torn between her pack and fitting in with the human world (and a human boy). Vivian is also selfish, arrogant, dramatic, and stupid. Over and over we hear her thoughts on how beeeeaaaaauuuuutiful she is and how all the boys want her. Every action she takes endangers someone and she only ever focuses on he...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
high school teens who've seen the movie
I read this book years ago and decided to read it again after seeing the movie. Like alot books-to-movie, this one was completely different from the movie.
Vivian leads a somewhat normal teen girls life. She feels ackward and lonely and her beauty intimidates her high school peers. She carries a secret with her wherever she goes. Unlike secrets other girls may have...lying about having a boyfriend last summer, cheating on a final exam, or claiming to be a virgin; Vivian's secret is life-chan...more
Vivian leads a somewhat normal teen girls life. She feels ackward and lonely and her beauty intimidates her high school peers. She carries a secret with her wherever she goes. Unlike secrets other girls may have...lying about having a boyfriend last summer, cheating on a final exam, or claiming to be a virgin; Vivian's secret is life-chan...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
high school teens
I read this book years ago and decided to read it again after seeing the movie. Like alot books-to-movie, this one was completely different from the movie.
Vivian leads a somewhat normal teen girls life. She feels ackward and lonely and her beauty intimidates her high school peers. She carries a secret with her wherever she goes. Unlike secrets other girls may have...lying about having a boyfriend last summer, cheating on a final exam, or claiming to be a virgin; Vivian's secret is life-chan...more
Vivian leads a somewhat normal teen girls life. She feels ackward and lonely and her beauty intimidates her high school peers. She carries a secret with her wherever she goes. Unlike secrets other girls may have...lying about having a boyfriend last summer, cheating on a final exam, or claiming to be a virgin; Vivian's secret is life-chan...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Read in July, 2007
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fantasy fans
Vivian is a teenaged werewolf. She is beautiful and strong and all the young male werewolves want her. When Vivian falls in love with Aiden, a sweet and gentle human with a fascination for witches and vampires, she dares to reveal herself.
The backdrop to her personal life is the struggle for power amidst the pack, as they try to decide on a new leader. Vivian's father, the former pack leader, was killed in a fire after humans discovered the pack and burned down their home. The survivor...more
The backdrop to her personal life is the struggle for power amidst the pack, as they try to decide on a new leader. Vivian's father, the former pack leader, was killed in a fire after humans discovered the pack and burned down their home. The survivor...more
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Read in September, 2001
16-year-old Vivian Gandalan, a werewolf, has lost her father in a tragic fire and is forced to move with the rest of her pack. In her new town, she falls for Aiden, a human who is fascinated by the supernatural. Vivian tries to find her place in either the werewolf or human world, but doesn’t feel comfortable with either. Then a brutal murder occurs that threatens the safety of the pack, and Vivian must decide where her loyalties lie.
Vivian’s search for identity and acceptance is a univ...more
Vivian’s search for identity and acceptance is a univ...more
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Vivian Gandillon, a sixteen year-old werewolf, feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland, new home of the now leader-less pack that fled from West Virginia after having been discovered. Still mourning the loss of her father, former pack leader, she longs to be normal in this strange new town. She falls in love with Aiden, a human meat-boy, and ends up hurt in the end. With her pack in disarray, she can't help but feel guilty when a series of brutal murders threatens to expose the pack yet again. Is ...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
serious fans of modern werewolf/vampire fiction
So, I'm being a little harsh on this book, but I've got to say that it just wasn't my cup of tea. I like the whole World of Darkness Vampire/Werewolf concepts, but (to me) this trite novel is the end result of what happens when publishers latch onto a formula and attempt to milk it for all it's worth. The dialogue is weak, the characters annoying, and the writing style on par with what some of my 10th grade gothic students write as World of Darkness fan fiction (full of characters with zero flaw...more
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Read in July, 2007
The main character is a werewolf. So is her whole family. She falls in lust with a human, which is kind of forbidden, because humans are weak and tasty and can't get werewolf ladies knocked up (which I would think would be an upside, but I didn't make the rules). Anyway, the main character, Vivian, is self-assured and secure with her werewolf side, and basically just wants to nail the pretty human boy. Not a lot of angst about the sex side of it, just about the star-crossed lovers element. And I...more
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Read in February, 2007
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SciFi Fans and YA Fans
This was a really good read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. In fact, I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. Granted, it is written for the teen/tweens, but it was still a fairly good portrayal of a "real" teen. At first, I was sort of put off by all the sex talk, but then when I thought about it, that's what we all think about at that age. I thought the story was really interesting and it was really believable. Some people may not like the ending, but I really did. For th...more
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fans of Whitfield or Vaughn
A surprisingly good YA werewolf novel. Vivian is a werewolf, like her parents and everyone she grew up with. After werewolves murder two people in their hometown, the pack must flee to another unsuspecting town. It's there that Vivian starts to struggle against the other werewolves in favor of a more human life. I was impressed with Vivian--she's beautiful and strong and knows it, but also socially awkward and unused to human ways. The mixture of disgust and desire that she feels toward the...more
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recommends it for: werewolf lovers
recommends it for: werewolf lovers
And the chocolate theme continues! I know, I know, this is a book for teens who still fantasize about pale-skinned vampires with endless midnight eyes or tawny-haired werewolves with cruel enigmatic smiles. I am SO over that stage. Yeah.
Anyway, I actually really enjoyed this book. It doesn't make any sense. The writing was predictable, the characters occasionally absurd (teenage angst: "why don't I have friends? Am I too beautiful?") but it is just so much fun! The author had a ba...more
Anyway, I actually really enjoyed this book. It doesn't make any sense. The writing was predictable, the characters occasionally absurd (teenage angst: "why don't I have friends? Am I too beautiful?") but it is just so much fun! The author had a ba...more
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Read in June, 2008
A violently sensuous story of 16 year old Vivian Gandillon and her clan of lugaru (werewolves) as they have been chased from their once safe home in the Appalachian mountains to the urban lifestyle of a Maryland suburb.
Vivian longs for friendship and love as she mourns the death of her father, the once leader of their pack. She seeks to find it in a human boy, or 'meat boy', as her pack calls him, Aiden. Her struggle with the wildness of her nature and desire share herself with him in her re...more
Vivian longs for friendship and love as she mourns the death of her father, the once leader of their pack. She seeks to find it in a human boy, or 'meat boy', as her pack calls him, Aiden. Her struggle with the wildness of her nature and desire share herself with him in her re...more
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Blood and Chocolate is a fun quick read which I most teen girls would probably find entertaining. In addition although the book is really a leisure choice, Vivian faces some universal problems; getting over her boyfriend, maintaining her self confidence and defining herself apart from her family.
The sexuality and violence within this book has raised a great deal of controversy. However, I felt the book was a relatively accurate portrayal of teen life. Also Vivian’s focus on sex and violen...more
The sexuality and violence within this book has raised a great deal of controversy. However, I felt the book was a relatively accurate portrayal of teen life. Also Vivian’s focus on sex and violen...more
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