Boys that Bite (Blood Coven Vampire, #1)

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Boys that Bite (Blood Coven Vampire #1)

by Mari Mancusi (Goodreads Author)

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Two sisters—as different as the sun and the rain. For one, getting into the Blood Coven is to die for. But for the other, getting out could be lethal...

When Sunny McDonald gets dragged to Club Fang by her twin sister Rayne, she doesn't expect to find anything besides a bunch of Goth kids playing at being vampires. But when some guy mistakes Sunny for her dark-side-loving s...more

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Published April 4th 2006 by Berkley Trade (first published April 1st 2006)

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Nov 28, 2011 Patricia rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: nobody?

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Mar 01, 2012 Mikaela rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This was interesting.. :)
At Club Fang.. which Rayne convinced Sunny to go with her! said Sunny should change clothes.. she was fond of black clothing.. Sunny didnt like it. Rayne said she has some pink. It was a shirt that said "BITE ME" =))anyway, they were in the club. got separated. Sunny sat like wallflower. A guy came near! His name was Magnus. He was HOT! ;) haha! Sunny and Magnus went out. They kissed and He bit her on the neck. Rayne asked Sunny what she was doing with Magnus. He mistake...more This was interesting.. :)
At Club Fang.. which Rayne convinced Sunny to go with her! said Sunny should change clothes.. she was fond of black clothing.. Sunny didnt like it. Rayne said she has some pink. It was a shirt that said "BITE ME" =))anyway, they were in the club. got separated. Sunny sat like wallflower. A guy came near! His name was Magnus. He was HOT! ;) haha! Sunny and Magnus went out. They kissed and He bit her on the neck. Rayne asked Sunny what she was doing with Magnus. He mistaken Sunshine for Rayne. He got nervous that he got the wrong person. an unauthorized bite has a consequence. Sunshine had no idea what just happened. Rayne explained. She said that Magnus was a Real Vampire. Sunny laughed. She asked for proof! Rayne told Magnus and agreed. They had to stabbed him. Rayne was kinda excited to do it but Sunny said she wants to do it. She did. She really stabbed him. She freaked out! O_O" Magnus stood up and laughed. Sunny now believed that he was a vampire. Rayne then said.. Sunny is also gonna be a vamp. Sunny was shocked and said that she doesnt want to! Since her all-time crush finally asked her to prom.

They found out there was a cure. To stop Sunny's transformation. They had to find the "Holy Grail". Which was in a small village. There was a festival. So they couldnt talk to the keeper yet! instead they went out and had fun! Sunny and Magnus danced with the crowd of tourists. Magnus said he hasnt danced for like, a thousand years.. Sunny was falling for Magnus. but she stops herself from doing so. Next night.. They found it! Though Magnus paid a million bucks for it! but he said it was worth it! Alley felt a pang of guilt. The Keeper gave them 2 vials of blood from the Holy Grail. They went home. Magnus asked Sunny if they could hangout sometime. But Sunny said its best they wouldnt. Magnus was sad about that.. He really wanted a bloodmate.

Prom came! Rayne & Sunshine's mom said that there was a boy who keeps calling.. Sunny's crush. He's intoxicated with Sunny's vampire scent. He's been asking if Sunny will still go with him. He picked her up in a limo. went to prom. Sunny hanged with the A-list. popular kids. She was thinking about Magnus.. Then Rayne and Magnus came! Her heart melt. Rayne made a lame excuse and left them. Sunny and Magnus talked but was disturbed by her crush. Magnus went out. She followed. She told him that she loved him. Magnus loved her too! They Kissed. Magnus told her to hurry up and drink the blood in the vial. Sunny was ready to give up the sun and be a creature of the night to be with Magnus. So, she destroyed the vial. Magnus was shocked and asked her why she did that! Sunny got confused. It didnt go as she thought it would be. Magnus excused himself to go to the boys rooms. came back then bit Sunny in the neck! He removed fake fangs.. Sunny was still confused. And then Magnus showed her the vial. She then realized what he had done! :O Magnus must've noticed that Sunny was kinda sad. She wasnt human. So, he did that! Magnus said it was ok but Sunny was depressed. She's human again! How can they be together? Magnus assured her! That nothing will set them apart. :"> heehee!(less)

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Aug 23, 2008 Janice (Janicu) rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sunshine is the innocent and sweet identical twin to her dark goth sister Rayne, and one night when Rayne takes her to goth hangout Club Fang, Sunny is mistaken for Rayne. Unfortunately for her, its vampire Magnus, who was assigned to Rayne as her bloodmate that makes the mistake and he bites her and turns her into a vampire. What follows is the story of Sunshine trying to become human again while also insisting she be able to go to the prom. She also insists she does not like Magnus, even thoug...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Sunshine "Sunny" McDonald was doing pretty well; the hottest guy at Oakridge High School, Jake Wilder, has asked her to go to the prom with him, and life is now complete. At five foot four, with dirty blond hair and unimpressive muddy brown eyes, Sunny would have sworn that Jake didn't even know she existed. Freckles notwithstanding, she's not as easily recognizable as her twin sister, Rayne, who's so into the Goth scene, vampires, and wearing all black that it...more Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Sunshine "Sunny" McDonald was doing pretty well; the hottest guy at Oakridge High School, Jake Wilder, has asked her to go to the prom with him, and life is now complete. At five foot four, with dirty blond hair and unimpressive muddy brown eyes, Sunny would have sworn that Jake didn't even know she existed. Freckles notwithstanding, she's not as easily recognizable as her twin sister, Rayne, who's so into the Goth scene, vampires, and wearing all black that it's not even funny. Yes, life is looking up--until Sunny lets herself get guilt tripped into attending Club Fang, a cheesy Goth club filled with wannabe vampires, and suddenly her life isn't so sunny anymore.

The night starts out okay--yes, the club is the epitome of cheesy and the smoke machine is making her cough--but improves vastly when an Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean Orlando, not Lord of the Rings Orlando)introduces himself with a "Good evening..I'm Magnus..I believe you were expecting me" line. Sunny sure wasn't expecting him, and she definitely was not expecting the bite on the neck she gets from the totally hot Magnus.

Suddenly life is taking a dark turn, when Sunny finds out that Magnus is not only a vampire--for real!--but that he mistook her for her twin sister, Rayne. Now Sunny's going to turn into one of the undead--this close to prom!--unless she find the Holy Grail. Which is the one and only thing that can reverse the process of turning into a vampire. But even with thoughts of Jake Wilder on the brain, Sunny's not so sure that being a vampire would be so horrible, or that being in league with Magnus would be the end of her life.

BOYS THAT BITE is a funny, action-packed read that will keep you turning pages long into the night. The characters--from Sunny, Rayne, Magnus, and everyone in between--are all well-rounded people, and the dialogue is smart and funny. As the three race to save Sunny from an eternal life as a member of the undead, she'll have to find out what's most important in life. And the ending, including a stunner regarding Rayne, definitely sets up the scene for a sequel. A great read! (less)

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Dec 05, 2007 Lucy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires, teen, supernatural

All Sunny McDonald wants is to get through high school, get good grades, and get Sex God Jake Wilder to notice her. But when she reluctantly accompanies her identical twin sister Rayne to a Goth nightclub, Sunny gets more than she bargained for. Because Rayne has been studying to become a vampire, and her vampire mentor just bit Sunny instead. Now, Sunny’s on her way to eternal life. Fortunately, there’s a cure, if she can get to it in time. Unfortunately, the cure is the Holy Grail. Yes, the on...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Abby rated it 3 of 5 stars

When you have no cable or Internet, you must turn water into wine.

I had nothing better to do for the entire month of January so I was like hey, why not catch up on my reading cause I literally hadn't read a book in months since January and that's just not like me. I have a ton of e-books gathering dust and consuming memory space on my computer that I just can't bear to delete because I'm always like: "Yeah, I'll totally read them in my spare time!" I literally spent hours playing spider solitair...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Luu rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal

Ugh. Fakt, ugh. Čítali ste niekedy nejaký príbeh na pokračovanie? Taký, kde násťročná autor začne s nejakou ideou a potom niekoľko týždňov experimentuje, čo sa môže diať?

Idea na prvú kapitolu: Sunny a Rayne sú jednovaječné dvojčatá. Rayne sa má stať upírkou, ale sexy Magnus si dievčatá spletie a omylom pohryzie Sunny.
Idea na zvyšok príbehu: Sunny sa mení na upírku a tak letí s Magnusom do Anglicka, aby sa napila zo Svätého grálu. A Magnus je sexy. A na konci bude prom.

Ak ste na prvé dve otázky o...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Kindaslick rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: ugh

I didn't get far into this book.. just far enough.

I believe the lead characters are 16 years of age? There abouts. This book reads like it was written by a 16 year old.

OMG!! Nooooo wayyyyy!!
Yesssssss wayyyyyy! OMG!!
OMG that's so totally weird

Tell me about it. *sighs* If that's not enough.. the whole idea is beyond help. You have to enter into a contract to be turned into a vampire. Fine.. I'll go along with that. But where do they plan on doing this? Why at a club. Duh! Why wouldn't you want to...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Felicia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-read, kindlepurchase2010

What I Loved: This was a fun quick read that sort of reminded me of a Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode--except no real slayage unless you count Bertha! Magnus is the perfect guy for Sunny even though he is a vampire and their quipping is fun to read. I giggled more than a few times during this book.

What I Liked: Rayne--though she was not in the book enough for me probably because I liked her more than Sunny. The blog entry at the end has me thinking the next book is about her though so I am exci...more

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Feb 23, 2011 Tressie Lockwood rated it 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this book all the way through until the end. Then I was disappointed. I liked Sunny and couldn't stand her sister Rayne. Rayne seemed unsympathetic about the plight Sunny found herself in. I guess it would be hard to feel sorry for Sunny when Sunny had what Rayne wanted more than anything. But she had to feel her sister's panic and pain. Rayne was more interested in how bad the vampire was feeling. Some parts were absurd like the overweight vampire slayer. I get that it was to be radic...more

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Feb 06, 2011 Starry rated it 5 of 5 stars

Rayne and Sunshine McDonald, 16, may be physically identical, but the similarities stop there. Rayne has been covertly studying to become a vampire, and her moment of love-at-first-bite has arrived. Unfortunately, her decidedly nonvampiric twin is at the receiving end of that kiss of death. Now Sunny has just one week to un-bloodmate herself from the newly appointed King of the Coven, Magnus, and return to human form before her dream date to the senior prom. Though filled with teen and supernatu...more Rayne and Sunshine McDonald, 16, may be physically identical, but the similarities stop there. Rayne has been covertly studying to become a vampire, and her moment of love-at-first-bite has arrived. Unfortunately, her decidedly nonvampiric twin is at the receiving end of that kiss of death. Now Sunny has just one week to un-bloodmate herself from the newly appointed King of the Coven, Magnus, and return to human form before her dream date to the senior prom. Though filled with teen and supernatural romance clichés and slang, Mancusi's take on the vampire myth is entertaining. The language is a little coarse, but the characters are sound and behave like many teens with their references to underage drinking and sex. Liberal doses of humor keep things interesting. The plot gains momentum in the second half, and the surprise ending will leave readers bloodthirsty for the next installment of the twins' misadventures with the undead.

Sunshine "Sunny" McDonald was doing pretty well; the hottest guy at Oakridge High School, Jake Wilder, has asked her to go to the prom with him, and life is now complete. At five foot four, with dirty blond hair and unimpressive muddy brown eyes, Sunny would have sworn that Jake didn't even know she existed. Freckles notwithstanding, she's not as easily recognizable as her twin sister, Rayne, who's so into the Goth scene, vampires, and wearing all black that it's not even funny. Yes, life is looking up--until Sunny lets herself get guilt tripped into attending Club Fang, a cheesy Goth club filled with wannabe vampires, and suddenly her life isn't so sunny anymore.

The night starts out okay--yes, the club is the epitome of cheesy and the smoke machine is making her cough--but improves vastly when an Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean Orlando, not Lord of the Rings Orlando)introduces himself with a "Good evening..I'm Magnus..I believe you were expecting me" line. Sunny sure wasn't expecting him, and she definitely was not expecting the bite on the neck she gets from the totally hot Magnus.

Suddenly life is taking a dark turn, when Sunny finds out that Magnus is not only a vampire--for real!--but that he mistook her for her twin sister, Rayne. Now Sunny's going to turn into one of the undead--this close to prom!--unless she find the Holy Grail. Which is the one and only thing that can reverse the process of turning into a vampire. But even with thoughts
of Jake Wilder on the brain, Sunny's not so sure that being a vampire would be so horrible, or that being in league with Magnus would be the end of her life.

Although Sunshine McDonald and her sister Rayne are identical twins, their personalities and interests couldn't be more different. It's only under protest that Sunny agrees to accompany Rayne to Club Fang, a goth club. Sunny is more field hockey and drama club than black vinyl and pierced tongues, so Club Fang is not her thing. Her night gets even worse when the hot guy that she thought was going to kiss her instead turns her into a vampire when he mistakes her for Rayne, who has secretly entered the training program for vampire recruits. Now Sunny and her new sire, Magnus, have one week to undo that bite or Sunny can say goodbye to daylight for the rest of her (eternal) life/undeath.

MY SUMMARY: technically, sunny and ranye go to "fang" club, and magnus mistaken rayne for sunny, and bitten sunny instead. at the end sunny wants to stay a vampire to stay with magnus, but he knows she's not ready and tricks her and changes her back by a drop of holy grail.(less)

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Sep 23, 2010 Aik Chien 인첸 rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow. This book rocks! I got hooked starting from the first few chapters and I just couldn't stop reading! It's amazing how a book can affect me like this. Sunny and Rayne are twins, but that's where the similarity ends. Their personalities are oh-so-different, and their dreams in life contrast greatly. Sunny's wish is much like a normal person: get into a good college, get married and have children. While Rayne's sole ambition is to be a blood-sucking creature of the night.

When Sunny is accident...more

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Sep 02, 2010 Keysha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2009, in-my-bookshelf

If you expect a book type Twilight or Evernight I recommend you don’t read this book. Even if it posses all the elements of the books that I mention above the one thing that BTB doesn’t possess isthe element of love as Bella & Edward or Bianca & Lucas unconditional and irrevocably love I think that Mancusi main job of was to write a fun book, with a whole bunch of hilarious characters, with the vampires legends and folklore and of course a fun and light romance.

The main character, Sunshi...more If you expect a book type Twilight or Evernight I recommend you don’t read this book. Even if it posses all the elements of the books that I mention above the one thing that BTB doesn’t possess isthe element of love as Bella & Edward or Bianca & Lucas unconditional and irrevocably love I think that Mancusi main job of was to write a fun book, with a whole bunch of hilarious characters, with the vampires legends and folklore and of course a fun and light romance.

The main character, Sunshine aka Sunny, is the typical teenage adolescent who one day is worried about the dress she is going to wear to prom and the next day and without her consentment she has to deal with the fact that she’s a turning into a vampire and that she may stay that way forever if she doesn’t act fast. Mancusi doesn’t try to show us a very complex character just a normal girl thrown in a crazy situation, I even like her more than Elena from Vampire Diaries (Don’t flame me but I still and I don’t think I would ever like Elena). Of course there’s also the vampire, Magnus, who turn Sunny because he mistake her for her twin sister. He’s charming, funny, sexy and very sweet. He knows because of his mistake he has to do his best to help Sunny and well along the way he realize that maybe the shallow but sweet and very hard headed Sunny may be the one he’s destined to be with, but how so if she doesn’t want to be a vampire. See, who said that this book didn’t have any complication?
And of course the best thing about Magnus is that Mancusi describe him as he’s alike Orlando Bloom and that totally made my reading even more pleasant.

At the end of the book there’s a big cliffhanger since we all now that Rayve story must be told and Mancusi may surprise you with what would be her new role in Stake That

So if you want to read book with fun dialog, hilarious situation and breezy characters I think this would be fine choice for you. I think that this book accomplish what it was written for, for you to have a good time(less)

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Jul 15, 2010 Tina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-fantasy

This is not my cup of tea. The writing is too juvenile for me to be interested. The protagonist is bitten and will soon transform into a full fledge vampire. How does she act ... silly, non-chalant, cracking jokes and just being lame. It's completely non-realistic. The cover is misleading. It's pretty and on the serious side. I thought I was getting a deep well thought out story line. Far from it.

This was silly, and not in a fun way. The author tried to hard to be funny. It ended up sounding li...more

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Feb 21, 2010 Simona rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: my mates. :D

Recommended to Simona by: a friend.

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Jan 13, 2010 Ellz Readz rated it 4 of 5 stars

My thoughts...I am a sucker for YA vampire novels and this one was no exception. This book's original story plot contained a case of mistaken identity. As the story progressed with the characters searching for a cure to the vampirism virus, I found myself drawn into the story until the end. It did not end the way I expected either. The book traveled to several locations and I felt Mari did a great job of describing the settings. Some of the scenes were witty and I enjoyed the banter between the...more

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Jan 09, 2010 Donna rated it 3 of 5 stars

My trustworthy Canadian friend who heads up the YA section at her local Chapters recommended this series to me for one reason - the Lost Boys reference in, I believe, it's the second book (Ok, I told you people I had a problem, didn't I? A loooooooong time ago.). And because we have really similar tastes in reading material so I pretty much take her recommendations to heart since we're pretty much the same person in that regard. I figured I'd read the entire series since I didn't want to start i...more My trustworthy Canadian friend who heads up the YA section at her local Chapters recommended this series to me for one reason - the Lost Boys reference in, I believe, it's the second book (Ok, I told you people I had a problem, didn't I? A loooooooong time ago.). And because we have really similar tastes in reading material so I pretty much take her recommendations to heart since we're pretty much the same person in that regard. I figured I'd read the entire series since I didn't want to start in the middle and she warned me about this one.

And she was right.

It's Clueless with fangs. I was waiting for 'gag me with a spoon' to make an appearance. Sunny was such a vapid, unrelatable character for most of the book that I couldn't care one way or another what happened to her. The whole valley girl thing really grated on me, as did the constant brand whoring. One of the constant pieces of advice I've heard from agents is not to name drop or label drop in your story too much because it'll end up dating your book, which is not necessarily a good thing. I have a feeling that this was supposed to be Sunny's personality but holy crap. Enough is enough already. There was nothing but Prada and Gucci and Diesel in that air head of hers. And that moron Jake that she kept going on about.

The whole teen voice, to me anyway, sounded just this side of contrived. I don't want to say it was forced because that's going a little too far but it wasn't natural-sounding either. It felt like the author was trying just a little too hard to make her sound like a "typical" teenager and it kept splashing over the brim. I know girls can really talk like that but I hope that they're deeper than what Sunny was. And I was in her head the entire time and only went ankle deep.

I have to say, though, I liked the end. Sunny redeemed herself a bit when she broke out of her whole dumbass shell and started acting like a normal human being instead of a superficial peabrain that she was throughout most of the book. She showed depth and caring and sacrifice and I only wish more of that side of her was present in the book because I probably would have liked it more. I mean, I can watch Heathers and they all talk like that but there's depth. Talk like a valley girl all you want so long as you're deeper than a puddle. Because of that I was all around disinterested with Sunny up until the last few chapters.

I actually liked Magnus. Out of all of them, he was probably my favorite character if for nothing more than his adamance to put the welfare of other people ahead of his own despite the fact that other person was completely selfish for most of the time. He seemed like a pretty cool guy and I liked the fact that he's not really into the whole Goth scene but just plays the part. Puts a twist on the character and doesn't make him a stereotype within Mancusi's world. I still don't understand why he fell for Sunny outside of the whole DNA thing (blood mates are made based on DNA, identical twins have identical DNA, thus switching Sunny and Rayne wouldn't mean much in the mates department). Her personality just sucked most of the time and being behind Sunny's eyes and knowing her every thought and action, I really didn't see what was so appealing about her. Thus is the enigma of guys.

The whole Vampire Scent thing got to be a bit much, though. The secretary? Come on. I think that was supposed to be funny but I just saw that as really forced. And the whole thing with Jake? Um, yeah. So apparently the Vampire Scent can make a guy want to hump your leg. Awesome. Again, a bit much.

Overall, I mean, it's not bad but it's definitely not something to write home about. I'd recommend it just for the ending, maybe the last 1/3 or 1/4 of the book or so. The rest of it I could have done without.(less)

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Nov 30, 2011 Arec rated it 3 of 5 stars

As far as young adult novels go, this one lacked all the teenage drama and angst that most do. Very little action happened while Sunny, our narrator, was pumping us information about her, her family and life, and what she learned over the course of the novel. I liked that the plot was so simple. There was no world that needed to be saved except for Sunny’s (own little high school world). Although I found it awkward at BEST that a hundreds (maybe thousands) of years old vampire fell in love with...more

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Nov 13, 2011 Kayleigh {K-Books} rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I didn't really know what to expect when I first started reading this book. After finishing it all I can say is: Why didn't I hear about this book sooner? I honestly can't believe that it was published 5 years ago. I really liked this book. It's such a light, funny read.

Sunny loves being human. She is a straight A student who never does anything wrong. She can't wait to graduate high school and start college. One thing could make her life better. Jake Wilder, most...more Boys That Bite Review on K-Books

I didn't really know what to expect when I first started reading this book. After finishing it all I can say is: Why didn't I hear about this book sooner? I honestly can't believe that it was published 5 years ago. I really liked this book. It's such a light, funny read.

Sunny loves being human. She is a straight A student who never does anything wrong. She can't wait to graduate high school and start college. One thing could make her life better. Jake Wilder, most popular guy in school and sex God could notice her. One thing she doesn't count on is finding out that vampires exist in the worse possible way. Being mistaken for her Goth-Vampire-Loving twin sister Rayne, Sunny is mistakenly bitten and starts turning into a vampire. She and Magnus, the vampire she is finding it very difficult to hate, must find a way to make Sunny back into a human. But what they don't count on is finding they have feelings for each other. Will Sunny be able to turn back human? Will she choose humanity over her heart?

I really enjoyed this book. It i light and funny. When I first picked it up I sat down to read the first chapter just to see what it was like and the next thing I knew I was half-way through the book. It's a very easy read and it's so enjoyable you don't really realise how much you are reading.
I really liked Sunny. I loved her reaction to finding out about vampires, mainly because she HAD a reaction to it, unlike most female heroines in YA books nowadays. I just thought she was amazing and I totally got why she reacted the way she did to everything that happened to her. She is one of the most likeable main characters and I loved seeing the story from her point of view and seeing it through her eyes. Her personality came across all the way through the book and I loved that. Not every author is able to keep the personlaity of a narrator going through the book all the time but Mari managed to do so effortlessly.
Magnus is such an awesome character and I loved him. I love how genuinely sorry he was for Sunny and no matter what he felt all he wanted to do was fix his mistake and make sure Sunny was happy.

I love what the author did with her and the irony that was shown throughout the book. The character turned into a vampire is called Sunshine. Yes it's super cheesy but I loved it. I thought it was funny and I kept laughing right the way through the book.

I can't wait to see what will happen next and read the next book in the Blood Coven series. I don't know how I will feel about the second book as it is mainly centred on Rainy, Sunny's twin-sister. I wasn't the biggest fan of Rainy, she just irritated me all the way through the book but I will keep reading. I love the style in which this book is wrote. There are definitely not enough light, funny series that centre around such a typically-dark character. Vampire books are typically dark and serious with a very action-packed aspect to the storyline that makes the reader anxious about what will happen. Boys That Bite is not the case at all and I loved that. It's light, funny and the characters have great sense of humours and it's definitely not a book to be taken too seriously and I think that's awesome for a vampire book. I am looking forward to the rest of series.(less)

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Jul 30, 2011 Hani rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: e-book

It about a twin sister, Sunny & Rayne whose might be looks identical but have different personalities. The whole book is a story more about Sunny who being mistakenly bitten by a hottie vampire, Magnus. So, she is freak out and never thought that the whole vampire things is actually meant for her twin sister's. Magnus is meant to bite her twin sister (Rayne) but of such mistake, it's happened to her.

Therefore, she looking for a method on how to reverse the process of becoming a vampire who...more

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Mar 20, 2010 Lea rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: 14 and up

Although Sunshine McDonald and her sister Rayne are identical twins, their personalities and interests couldn't be more different. It's only under protest that Sunny agrees to accompany Rayne to Club Fang, a goth club. Sunny is more field hockey and drama club than black vinyl and pierced tongues, so Club Fang is not her thing. Her night gets even worse when the hot guy that she thought was going to kiss her instead turns her into a vampire when he mistakes her for Rayne, who has secretly entere...more Although Sunshine McDonald and her sister Rayne are identical twins, their personalities and interests couldn't be more different. It's only under protest that Sunny agrees to accompany Rayne to Club Fang, a goth club. Sunny is more field hockey and drama club than black vinyl and pierced tongues, so Club Fang is not her thing. Her night gets even worse when the hot guy that she thought was going to kiss her instead turns her into a vampire when he mistakes her for Rayne, who has secretly entered the training program for vampire recruits. Now Sunny and her new sire, Magnus, have one week to undo that bite or Sunny can say goodbye to daylight for the rest of her (eternal) life/undeath.

This book, more than anything else, reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which makes sense as Mari Mancusi mentions both the show and its creator in the acknowledgments. There is a lot of irreverent humor and witty banter here, and an easy acceptance that vampires can and do exist even though it is unknown to the rest of the world. Personally I think it's disingenuous to write about vampires post-Buffy without acknowledging the contribution made by Joss Whedon, and the fact that Mancusi so clearly absorbs that version of vampire mythology into her story makes me like it even more that I already did.

This book is not perfect. At times the references to name brands took me out of the story, and sometimes Mancusi tries a little too hard to sound like a teenager. Readers also don't learn much about the vampire world in this first book. Of course, the story ends with the words "To be continued", so we can assume that there is more world building to come.

What redeems this book, and had me walking to the bookstore in some nasty weather to buy the second book in the series, is the characters. Unlike some teen female heroines today, Sunny is not going to surrender her humanity willingly. And in that she comes closest to Buffy, a girl who would sacrifice her greatest love to save the world. Hopefully Sunny won't be faced with a decision like that.(less)

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Oct 06, 2012 Muffin~ rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Jan 29, 2012 Khawla rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: not-worth-finishing, vampires

So what do I think about Boys That Bite well in my opinion I guess it’s an ok book if you have the time to laugh a bit then you should totally read it plus it’s not a long book it’ll take u about three hours or even less to finish it, but I’m telling you this book is worth your time it has a lot of really fun stuff, some lines are just hilarious you just can’t stop laughing. I have to admit I was skipping a lot of pages cause some of them are just plain old lame not funny at all, but other than...more

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Oct 07, 2011 Mercedes rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, own, ya, series, completed-series

Boys That Bite sounds interesting. The synopsis is enough that you
think you're going to get a pretty good book.
I, personally, found this to be the suckiest vampire book (pun
intended).

I was the victim of falling for a pretty cover and in the course of
falling, my brain was turned to mush. No, really, I'm not kidding.

Sunny is the most annoying character in the history of annoying
characters. She's interested in Jake Wilder, the guy who's super
popular, with bedroom eyes- of course, he has no idea sh...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Izamari rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Rayne y Sunshine son gemelas idénticas, nadie, ni siquiera su madre es capaz de identificarlas y esto está bien para las gemelas, hasta que vampiro las confunde y arrastra a Sunny a un mundo al que no quiere pertenecer.
Magnus, un vampiro que en su tiempo de humano perteneció a los caballeros del rey Arturo, ha confundido a Sunny con su hermana, la cual ha pasado pruebas y pruebas para entrar a la fila de los inmortales. Rayne preparo todo para ser vampira, solo le falto decir que en el mundo, ha...more Rayne y Sunshine son gemelas idénticas, nadie, ni siquiera su madre es capaz de identificarlas y esto está bien para las gemelas, hasta que vampiro las confunde y arrastra a Sunny a un mundo al que no quiere pertenecer.
Magnus, un vampiro que en su tiempo de humano perteneció a los caballeros del rey Arturo, ha confundido a Sunny con su hermana, la cual ha pasado pruebas y pruebas para entrar a la fila de los inmortales. Rayne preparo todo para ser vampira, solo le falto decir que en el mundo, hay otra igual a ella andando por ahí.
Y Sunny, ella no quiere ser vampiro, quiere tener una vida normal y salir con el dios del sexo Jake. Y para volver a la normalidad, tiene que viajar con Magnus a Londres, donde tendrán que buscar el santo grial.

La verdad estaba muy emocionada por leer este libro. La historia me parecía interésate y supongo que en cierta forma lo es, pero tiene dos grandes problemas. Primero, la historia está contada para gustar al público juvenil. Tiene todos los elementes para enganchar a los adolescentes pero a mí me ha parecido un poco ridículo. Les pondré un ejemplo. Sunny se está transformando en vampiro y lo único que le preocupa es poder actuar en la obra de la escuela y el vestido que se pondrá para el baile…. Ah, pero lo peor es cuando está siendo perseguida por una caza vampiros y solo le preocupa saltarse el toque de queda. ¿En serio? ¿Soy a la única que eso le parece increíble?
Y el segundo gran problema es, la protagonista. Detesto este tipo de protagonistas indecisas. Primero si quiere a Magnos y al segundo instante ya no lo quiere y después, lo vuelve amar. Quiere y no quiere ser vampira… vamos Sunny, espabila o te ganas un coco xD

Fuera de eso, la historia es divertida, bastante simple sin ninguna complicación y… si, es una buena lectura para pasar el rato nada más.
En lo personal, espero leer el segundo libro de esta saga, pues Rayne (que a mi parecer es más madura que Sunny), será la protagonista y a pesar de ser un amante de los vampiros, resulta que se le asigno ser la siguiente caza vampiros (al estilo Buffy).

Entonces, si quieren leer una historia chiquita, simple y divertida, les recomiendo hincarle el diente xD a “Chicos que muerden”(less)

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Mar 13, 2012 Marthita rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural, own, vampires

A pesar de lo seria que suena la sinopsis y lo macabro del Book - Trailer, en la realidad este libro es una lectura bastante divertida y ligera, con mucho sarcasmo, muchos comentarios que se pueden esperar de una chica adolescente y mucho, mucho Magnus (aka. el guapísimo, tierno, sexy y caballeroso vampiro de los bonitos ojos azules).

La historia es bastante sencilla, pero presentando un cambio... Tenemos a dos gemelas que a pesar de ser totalmente idénticas en físico y ADN, en forma de ser no po...more A pesar de lo seria que suena la sinopsis y lo macabro del Book - Trailer, en la realidad este libro es una lectura bastante divertida y ligera, con mucho sarcasmo, muchos comentarios que se pueden esperar de una chica adolescente y mucho, mucho Magnus (aka. el guapísimo, tierno, sexy y caballeroso vampiro de los bonitos ojos azules).

La historia es bastante sencilla, pero presentando un cambio... Tenemos a dos gemelas que a pesar de ser totalmente idénticas en físico y ADN, en forma de ser no podrían ser mas compatibles que el agua y el aceite, incluso sus nombres son lo mas contrarios posibles: Sunshine (Luz de Sol) y Rayne (Lluvia); y de ahí que a Sunny le guste mas usar jeans y camisetas de tirantes y Rayne sea la chica mas gótica del lugar... Una chica gótica que fue aceptada en el Circulo de Sangre, a la cual se le asigno su compañero de sangre, para que la cambie en vampiro, que sera su compañero por toda la eternidad: el hermoso Magnus; pero cuando Mag confunde a Sunny (sigo sin explicarme como) con Rayne, y termina dandole la vida inmortal a la gemela (que ni la quiere y la repudia) equivocada, Mag y Sunny se verán en una carrera contra reloj para encontrar una cura (no les dire que es, porque seria spoiler) y en el camino puede que ciertos sentimientos salgan a la luz...

La verdad es que me divertí bastante con el libro, desde que todo esta contando desde el punto de vista de Sunny y en algunas ocasiones llegaba a ser bastante infantil y a maldecir al mundo entero por su suerte... Y debo decir que sus comentarios me sacaron muchas risas, mas los que suelta cada vez que esta con Mag y el la hace enojar, y si a esto le sumamos una historia de amor tierna y dulce, es igual a un libro que me hizo pasar un buen rato y me hizo querer ya la continuación, porque me gusto mucho el giro que le dio la autora a que los vampiros tienen toda una sociedad bien organizada con sus ejércitos, mansiones subterráneas y donantes de sangre... Y claro, del otro lado están los cazadores, que trabajan para Cazadores S.A y me gustaría también conocer a fondo.

De personajes solo conocemos a fondo a tres, osea Sunny, Rayne y Magnus, ya que los demás personajes son bastante superficiales, y no tienen mucho peso en la historia, pero me ha bastado con conocer a esos tres... Rayne y Sunny, a pesar de todo, son muy cercanas y bromean de todo, incluso se cubren las espaldas haciéndose pasar la una por la otra (exactamente por esto quisiera tener una gemela)... Y luego esta Magnus (o Mag o Maggy), el caballero en brillante armadura del siglo XXI, y es que es tan lindo, tierno, sexy, romántico y ¿ya dije sexy? La verdad es que me he enamorado de Mag, y aunque no lo vi usar muchos poderes vampiricos, espero que en los siguientes volúmenes vea mas al vampiro que lleva dentro (:

Recomiendo mucho el libro, para pasar un tarde tranquila, porque con sus escasas 255 paginas sentirán que la horas no pasan... Ademas, los vampiros que brillan ya están un poco pasados de moda ¿no? Regresemos a los seres sensuales y oscuros que solíamos conocer ;)(less)

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Jun 20, 2011 Nancy Bout rated it 4 of 5 stars

I Laughed and giggled through this book,Mary Mancusi knows the Mind of a teenage girl very well in this series.Here are two twins(rayne and sunny)...Ok,weird but it was enjoyable and recommended for YA thoroughly.I am an adult and paved through the book,and found the story cute,funny,and romantic.
Sunny became a vamp accidentally because Mag bit her instead of Rayne in a Goth Club.Sunny who is the disposition of a girly girl,pretty teen isnt too thrilled about the prospect of being a vampire.She...more

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Dec 15, 2010 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars

The tagline for this book is "This is not your typical boybites-girl love story." I don't think I really agree with that. Of course I understand that Sunshine was not the sister who wanted to be turned into a vampire. but yet all the typical YA vampire plot events still occured. Sunshine still had to avoid the sun (no pun intended), slept during the day and was awake at night, and of course craved blood.

The writing just didn't do it for me. I liked the story line and they idea behind the series...more

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Oct 04, 2011 Faye rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, vampires-characters, first-in-series, read-in-2011, paranormal, romance

I've been slowing down on my reading since a friend of mine and I have a bet that I should read 150 books this year and since she will treat me once I did and we are pretty busy these days I decided that I'll give her time to ready her money for the treat. *grins*

So, this book is a short one and took me just a day to finish it. I know what you'll say, vampires again. IKR! But then, I guess the 'something new' in here is that the main characters are identical twins and that the vampire who was su...more

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Aug 20, 2011 Jess elise rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: supernaturals-witches-ghosts

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“I can sue you? Cool." I rummage around in my purse for a pen, wanting to write this down. "Under what? Medical malpractice? Assault with a deadly fang?" I look up. "How much you think the courts would award me for that?"

Rayne frowns. "Sunny, stop being a bitch. Can't you see poor Magnus is freaking out here?"

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“Okay, I'll wear the Bite Me shirt,[...]It'll be my standard response to anyone who tries to hit on me." I giggle. "Someone can come up and be like 'Hey babe, what's your sign?' and I'll just point to my shirt." Rayne laughs appreciatively and tosses me the tank top. "Of course they might think you're pointing to your boobs in a 'have at 'em, big boy' kind of way.” — 46 people liked it

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