Twins, Connor and Grace, never dreamed that there was any truth to the Vampirate shanty their father sang to them before he died, but that was befo...
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Nov 23, 2010
Evan
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This was a dumb book. The setting made no sense--they were supposed to be in the 26th century with 18th century technology, but that disjunction was never even hinted at. The characters weren't developed enough to even be caricatures and the book wasn't decent enough to have an ending. Quite literally, the author thought, "hmmm, vampires are cool and pirates are cool and 'vampirates' is witty!" And then he attempted the bare minimum needed to write a book that could be titled Vampi
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Oct 04, 2010
Kelli
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I picked this book up to read for the afterschool Book club. I needed a book about pirates and found this one on the shelves. Like Hunger Games, the cover was really holding me up, but I went onward and really liked it. The book is about a set of misfit twins that never seemed to fit in in their small town. Thier father is the Lighthouse keeper and dies suddenly, leaving the twins, Grace and Connor orphaned. The two take their father's boat out to escape foreclosure and the orphange, to sail dow
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Nov 14, 2007
Marie
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I love vampires. I love pirates. What's better than either one? BOTH!
I loved this first book: the story of a brother and sister, Connor and Grace Tempest, who face the death of their father, overcome the psychopaths that are their townsmen, and then seek adventure on the open sea, where they are separated due to a storm. Each knows the other is alive, but how will they find each other again? How will Connor cope? And how will Grace survive the odd ways of the vampirate ship? More...
I loved this first book: the story of a brother and sister, Connor and Grace Tempest, who face the death of their father, overcome the psychopaths that are their townsmen, and then seek adventure on the open sea, where they are separated due to a storm. Each knows the other is alive, but how will they find each other again? How will Connor cope? And how will Grace survive the odd ways of the vampirate ship? More...
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Apr 18, 2011
Whit
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Let it be stated for the record that this was purchased for me as a joke. I expected it to be bad. I went into it knowing it was going to be bad. What I didn't know was that it was so much worse than bad, I could never have adequately prepared myself.
First off, it's set in the future. This way, we can talk all about modern things, while still entertaining the thought that pirates still sail the seas in oldie-timey ships, fighting with cutlasses and other oldie-timey things while no More...
First off, it's set in the future. This way, we can talk all about modern things, while still entertaining the thought that pirates still sail the seas in oldie-timey ships, fighting with cutlasses and other oldie-timey things while no More...
Feb 09, 2011
Amanda
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Grace and Connor Tempest become orphans when their father - the rather eccentric lighthouse keeper who teaches them a shanty about Vampirates - dies. Under threat of being taken in by the local banker, the twins run away from home on their father's boat. When a storm sweeps in the boat is capsized and the twins are separated. Connor joins a pirate ship, and soon begins learning the ropes and making friends with other pirates, while Grace ends up on an altogether stranger ship. Mysteries are unco
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Jan 11, 2011
Stephanie
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First of all, before i get to the point of the story, i only just wanted to say that it was a very good book to read; the action in the sword fights(hell, yeah, some pushy fights!), humor(i enjoy humor), and kind of got to me with a funny, twisted and different feeling than any other book had.
Both twins Conner and Grace Tempest's dad dies suddenly, after being the lighthouse manager for some years. Probably since Conner and Grace were born, i assume. Deciding to leave Cresent Moonba More...
Both twins Conner and Grace Tempest's dad dies suddenly, after being the lighthouse manager for some years. Probably since Conner and Grace were born, i assume. Deciding to leave Cresent Moonba More...
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Dec 12, 2010
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Nov 30, 2010
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If you like pirates and vampires, you're in! There were so many things that I liked about this book. I love books about pirates, and my friend recommended this book to me, and I'm so glad I read it. My favorite character was either Grace or the Vampirate Captain. Grace was so demanding, she was so curious and would risk her own neck to find out the secrets of the Vampirate ship. I liked the Captain because he was AWESOME! He was so calm at frightening times, but could stil More...
If you like pirates and vampires, you're in! There were so many things that I liked about this book. I love books about pirates, and my friend recommended this book to me, and I'm so glad I read it. My favorite character was either Grace or the Vampirate Captain. Grace was so demanding, she was so curious and would risk her own neck to find out the secrets of the Vampirate ship. I liked the Captain because he was AWESOME! He was so calm at frightening times, but could stil More...
Nov 14, 2010
Michele
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Interest level: 5th +
Reading level: medium
Genre: adventure, suspense, horror, vampires, pirates
If you're looking for an adventure story with an interesting twist, try this new exciting series. Although it has many features of a typical high sea adventure, this series is actually set in the future (2505) and the kind of piracy that exits is unlike any you may have read about. Good and notorious pirates abound, but there are is a new mysterious breed of pirates - those who seek More...
Reading level: medium
Genre: adventure, suspense, horror, vampires, pirates
If you're looking for an adventure story with an interesting twist, try this new exciting series. Although it has many features of a typical high sea adventure, this series is actually set in the future (2505) and the kind of piracy that exits is unlike any you may have read about. Good and notorious pirates abound, but there are is a new mysterious breed of pirates - those who seek More...
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May 15, 2010
Margaryta
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I picked up this book because the title had appealed to me, and when I began reading it I found it very interesting and original.
The writing is not proffesional, however it is not child-quality, so it's basicly in the middle. To those people who only want to read books that have professional-like writing style, don't bother picking this book up unless you're open-minded and willing to change your mind throughout the book.
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The writing is not proffesional, however it is not child-quality, so it's basicly in the middle. To those people who only want to read books that have professional-like writing style, don't bother picking this book up unless you're open-minded and willing to change your mind throughout the book.
The plot is very interesting, or atleast it was for More...
Jan 26, 2010
Rosalie
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Vampirates by Justin Somper
This is the story of a set of 14 year old twins; Conner and Grace Tempest who live happily with their father, the caretaker of a lighthouse on the coast of Australia in the year 2505. Everything changes when their father dies and leaves the twins penniless and headed for an orphanage. Then Conner and Grace decide to take their father’s ship out on the open seas and head off to seek their fortunes. Not long after they are at sea they encounter a terrible More...
This is the story of a set of 14 year old twins; Conner and Grace Tempest who live happily with their father, the caretaker of a lighthouse on the coast of Australia in the year 2505. Everything changes when their father dies and leaves the twins penniless and headed for an orphanage. Then Conner and Grace decide to take their father’s ship out on the open seas and head off to seek their fortunes. Not long after they are at sea they encounter a terrible More...
Sep 19, 2009
Mike
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"If Pirates are bad, and vampires are worse, then I pray that as long as I be, that though I sing of Vampirates, I never one shall see."
That's a verse from a sea shanty often sung in Vampirates. The premise is pretty obvious, right? It's pirates, who are also vampires! How cool is that! Sadly, my own review might read something like:
"If stories of pirates are good, and stories of vampires are better, then though I read the Vampirates, I pray you never do." More...
That's a verse from a sea shanty often sung in Vampirates. The premise is pretty obvious, right? It's pirates, who are also vampires! How cool is that! Sadly, my own review might read something like:
"If stories of pirates are good, and stories of vampires are better, then though I read the Vampirates, I pray you never do." More...
Jun 10, 2009
Kali
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What’s meaner than a pirate? A vampirate, of course. Set in the twenty-sixth century off the coast of Australia’s Crescent Moon Bay, this is the story of fourteen-year-old twins Connor and Grace Tempest. When their lighthouse keeper father dies, leaving them penniless and alone, the twins take to sea. But before they can begin a new life, a ferocious storm sinks their boat and separates them—perhaps forever. Connor is plucked from the sea by a pirate ship and the athletic youngster makes fa
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Jul 09, 2011
Cherie
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Twins Connor and Grace never dreamed that there was any truth to the Vampirate shanty their father sang to them before he died, but that was before the two were shipwrecked and separated from each other. For Connor, who is taken aboard a pirate ship, there's the chance to learn to sword fight, but for Grace, aboard a mysterious ship of vampire pirates, the danger is great. The twins want more than anything to find each other, but their time is limited and they're an ocean apart.
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Nov 17, 2009
Amy
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I would have given this a 3.5 instead of 3 stars if Goodreads had let me and if really it were worth my time to sit here and agonize over such things. Am I going to read the next book? Yeah, I am. Is this the second coming of HP, or even SP? No.
Here's a book where the concept alone was worth my good humor. For this Somper gets my hat tip, and I started this story with quite a lot of goodwill stored up. My chief complaints: much is made of how smart Grace is, but she does preci More...
Here's a book where the concept alone was worth my good humor. For this Somper gets my hat tip, and I started this story with quite a lot of goodwill stored up. My chief complaints: much is made of how smart Grace is, but she does preci More...
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Jan 24, 2011
Ειρήνη Κασσάνδρα (Irene)
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Well, I have finished this book months ago, but now I search on Goodreads to review it. First, I choose a book for its cover and its content outside. I must say I'm impressed on the cover and its content. Siblings, get lost, vampires and pirates, fighting and blood, etc. There are a lot of books with the same contents about vampire and pirates, but some of those became famous, but some none. The different is really clearly. This book was not famous. I didn't say that it was bad. It just fine....
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Jul 13, 2009
Jennifer
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Twins Connor and Grace both end up on separate pirate ships after their father dies and leaves the two destitute and parentless. Grace is on the fabled Vampirate ship, a cursed vessel piloted by the damned, while Connor is on your more typical pirate ship. The twins are trying desperately to find one another.
Vampirates is competently written, though rather lackluster overall. It's a stock entry in the young reader/YA genre and doesn't break any new ground. The characters are wooden More...
Vampirates is competently written, though rather lackluster overall. It's a stock entry in the young reader/YA genre and doesn't break any new ground. The characters are wooden More...
Apr 09, 2009
Rebecca
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Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
Prince Frederick, MD, 2006, c2005, 330 pages, $10.87
Young Adult Horror/Adventure/Fantasy
ISBN: 9780316013734
Orphaned 14-year-old twins, Connor and Grace Tempest are missing and presumed dead by the residents of Crescent Moon Bay, Australia. The twins run away from their home, the lighthouse, when the new lighthouse keeper occupies it. They take their father’s boat, encounter a ferocious storm, and are separated in the se More...
Prince Frederick, MD, 2006, c2005, 330 pages, $10.87
Young Adult Horror/Adventure/Fantasy
ISBN: 9780316013734
Orphaned 14-year-old twins, Connor and Grace Tempest are missing and presumed dead by the residents of Crescent Moon Bay, Australia. The twins run away from their home, the lighthouse, when the new lighthouse keeper occupies it. They take their father’s boat, encounter a ferocious storm, and are separated in the se More...
Mar 28, 2010
Elizabeth
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The first installment in the Vampirates series was completely enjoyable. Vampires and Pirates are two of my favorite things, so putting them together was pure genius. It was a quick read that completely captured my attention. I loved the original storyline, and the shanty is definitely catchy. It has been floating around in my head for days now!
I found the main characters, Connor and Grace, to be lovable, and the bond that they share is sweet. I loved the mysteriousness of the Vampir More...
I found the main characters, Connor and Grace, to be lovable, and the bond that they share is sweet. I loved the mysteriousness of the Vampir More...
Mar 24, 2010
Vickie
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I have just found a new-to-me favorite series and author and likely the narrator, too. I had so much fun listening to this first in the VAMPIRATES series and cannot wait to listen to the next in the series, TIDE OF TERROR, I hope it's next up on Recorded Books wishlist.
This is the perfect book to listen to for anyone, even though it's supposed to be a YA paranormal.
The world-building is very cool and I like that it's a future that isn't overwhelmingly bleak like a lot of futuristic More...
This is the perfect book to listen to for anyone, even though it's supposed to be a YA paranormal.
The world-building is very cool and I like that it's a future that isn't overwhelmingly bleak like a lot of futuristic More...
Feb 13, 2009
Tigerstarz
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The book is about Twins, Grace and Connor, who are left alone when their father-the lighthouse keeper in Crescent Moon Bay- they could either join another family against everything their father believd in but be spoiled rich, or can go out to sea and find another place, which is what happens. There is a storm, and their boat is shipwrecked. The twins are seperated, Grace was taken aboard a Vampirate ship, with Connor aboard a real pirate ship, both with lethal people prowling about. Grace bonds
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Dec 30, 2008
Clawfoot
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I'm really not sure how to rate this book. It was uniformly awful, but highly enjoyable because of it. So long as you read it aloud with a bunch of snarky friends, it's a fantastic way to pass the time. Friendly, law-abiding pirates who don't want to hurt anyone? Pacifistic vampires who also don't want to hurt anyone? Angsty teens? Ninjas in vases (who don't manage to hurt anyone)? You'll hurt yourself laughing.
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Sep 22, 2010
Qt
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I thought this was quite a fun, easy read! I loved the cast of colorful characters and the intriguing concept, and I really liked how so many of the characters were friendly and nice to our heroes. I will definitely be reading more of this series.
There were a few minor things I wasn't crazy about. I would have liked to learn more about Grace and Connor's world, to get a better idea of what it was like, what "technology" was available, etc. And, maybe it was just me, but it More...
There were a few minor things I wasn't crazy about. I would have liked to learn more about Grace and Connor's world, to get a better idea of what it was like, what "technology" was available, etc. And, maybe it was just me, but it More...
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Nov 02, 2011
Anthony
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Demons of the Ocean, by Justin Somper, is the first book of the Vampirates series. It is about two twins, Connor and Grace, meeting pirates of the ocean. They got separated after a boat wreck, and Conor ended up in a pirate's ship but Grace got ended up in a vampire pirate ship. They struggle to survive, and to find each other back.
I thought that this book was really creative since I had never read a book about Vampirates before, so I thought this book was really interesting. One More...
I thought that this book was really creative since I had never read a book about Vampirates before, so I thought this book was really interesting. One More...
Jun 10, 2011
Luna.
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Încă îs în căutarea unei cărţi bune şi sincer nu ştiu cum m-am putut gândi că primul volum dintr-o serie de mai multe care urmăresc povestea clişeu a unor orfani care pleacă de acasă şi ajung mari eroi poate să se ridice la aşteptările mele. Sincer, a fost drăguţă şi am citit-o destul de repede pentru că oarecum captivează prin detalii, însă nu e nimic spectaculos. Totul previzibil. M-am gândit să mă apuc şi de restul volumelor, dar apoi am realizat că n-am de ce. Ştiu, sau bănuiesc mare parte d
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Nov 02, 2009
Brian
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Twins Connor and Grace's dad die and they run from town on his boat. They wreck in the ocean and get separated. Grace gets picked up by the vampirate ship and connor gets picked up by the diablo.
Life on the diablo is hard for connor without grace whom he thinks was picked up by the vampirate ship but no one believes him. Meanwhile Grace is stuck in her room on the vampirate ship. She learns about a thing called the feast and wonders what it is. She can't figure out why no one is out in the More...
Life on the diablo is hard for connor without grace whom he thinks was picked up by the vampirate ship but no one believes him. Meanwhile Grace is stuck in her room on the vampirate ship. She learns about a thing called the feast and wonders what it is. She can't figure out why no one is out in the More...
Nov 27, 2009
Patrick
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This may be closer to one star, but it's a slight step above the one star series I have.
The characters and situations are all OK, but forced. The dumbest thing is that their strange father continually "comforted" them when young with an old sea chanty about how Vampirates are dangerous. Most of the adults are flat caricatures.
There are some creative plot elements--the tension between "old school" pirates and new Pirate Academy graduates, the set- More...
The characters and situations are all OK, but forced. The dumbest thing is that their strange father continually "comforted" them when young with an old sea chanty about how Vampirates are dangerous. Most of the adults are flat caricatures.
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Feb 17, 2010
Jenny
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"I'll tell you a tale of Vampirates,
A tale as old as true.
Yea, i'll sing you a song of an ancient ship,
And its mighty fearsome crew."
Yep, you've guessed it. The above shanty excerpt is what I've had swimming around in my head for the last week or so, ever since I finished Demons of the Ocean. Try explaining that one to parents and friends... I've had a lot of funny looks, let me tell you. It got worse when I said it was from a book about Vampirates: vampir More...
A tale as old as true.
Yea, i'll sing you a song of an ancient ship,
And its mighty fearsome crew."
Yep, you've guessed it. The above shanty excerpt is what I've had swimming around in my head for the last week or so, ever since I finished Demons of the Ocean. Try explaining that one to parents and friends... I've had a lot of funny looks, let me tell you. It got worse when I said it was from a book about Vampirates: vampir More...
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Mar 12, 2010
Alex
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This book made me consider if I actually love to read. It was THAT bad. I admit that I don't like surface-level, mind-numbing, this-is-dumb-but-who-cares? books anyway (besides Nick Hornby), but this read is so ridiculously stupid that I feel like I may have gotten less intelligent by reading it.
There is at least one semi-good thing that came out of this experience, I suppose: it gave me hope that I too can get my garbage published someday!
This was the first book of the More...
There is at least one semi-good thing that came out of this experience, I suppose: it gave me hope that I too can get my garbage published someday!
This was the first book of the More...
Mar 02, 2009
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