Demons of the Ocean (Vampirates, #1)

Demons of the Ocean (Vampirates #1)

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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 swordfight, but for Grace, aboard a mysterious ship of vampire pirates, the danger is great...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published April 1st 2007 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (first published 2005)
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Evan
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 Vampirates. And fai...more
Kelli Venier
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...more
Marie
Nov 14, 2007 Marie rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: YA fiction lovers
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?

Full of swashbuckli...more
Kate Neilan
Before he died, the lighthouse keeper taught his children, Grace and Connor Tempest, a strange sea-shanty, telling the story of the terrifying Vampirates. Only to them, the song is a comfort and a tantalising taste of the unknown. Now he’s passed away suddenly and, without a mother - is she dead too? They never knew her - the twins are all alone in the world. They can’t stay in the lighthouse and their only other options seem to be the orphanage or allow themselves to be adopted by the local may...more
Kara
I have been trying to read a lot of books my sons read/have read or will read. So, I grabbed Vampirates off the shelf. This series was a favorite of my 17 year olds when he was younger and my 12 year old is starting to give it the eye (even though it isn't in his genre).
With a series name like Vampirates it has to be the corniest thing out there, right? Wrong! I am hooked and love these books. I want to read the next one in the series, however, I am trying to get an idea of what different books...more
Kim Miner
My Teen Book Club read this book in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I was surprised this story wasn't played for laughs at all and was completely serious. Also, you learn from the first page that it all takes place in the year 2505, so not only are they vampires, not only are they pirates, they are vampire-pirates FROM THE FUTURE.
But there must have been an apocalypse or something because they have only 18th century technology.
That's not important. What's important is VAMPIRATES!
I...more
Gabrielle
I remember reading this book when I was about 10 years old. I know what you're thinking, 10 years old, yeah must be a great book *sarcasm* But honestly, I read the first four books in the series and then I was like wow these were AMAZING! I wish Justin Somper would've written more. And then four years later, I was fooling around on the internet looking up books and googling authors and I stumbled upon Justin's site. He had written 2 more books! I immediatly picked up the fifth book and I have be...more
Whit
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 not having to do...more
Amanda
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...more
Stephanie
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 Moonbay (their hom...more
Splash Of Our Worlds *Yiota*
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Readingtween
Reagan:

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 still command his cr...more
Michele Velthuizen
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 blood rather than g...more
Margaryta
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.

The plot is very interesting, or atleast it was for me. So far, this seems...more
Rosalie
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 storm and their...more
Mike
"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."

Ok, this book isn't THAT bad. Let's get...more
Kali
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 fast fr...more
Cherie
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.

This was a swift-...more
Colleen
3.5

When I first saw the name of this series I thought, "Really? Are you serious? I can just imagine what the author was thinking: 'Hey, do you know what's really popular right now? Vampires. And do you know what else is popular? Pirates. I bet I could smash them together and make a mint!"

Ugh. Pass.

But...

I had heard things about it in the one YA group I'm in, which helped to chip away, a bit, at my initial skepticism, and then, recently, I was at the library and they didn't have the book I was l...more
Heather Pearson
Pirates Rock. I'm thinking of the classic swashbuckling, courteous pirate as portrayed by Johnny Depp. This book abounds with just such characters as well as an assortment of the less savory type.

The time is 500 years in the future, somewhere off shore of Australia. Piracy has gained a supremacy upon the sea and lighthouses are once again manned instead of housing an automated light. When the lighthouse keeper at Crescent Moon Bay dies, his children, Grace and Connor, are left destitute and orph...more
Amy Thorne
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 precious little to illus...more
Cassandra (Irene) LE
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.......more
Jennifer
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 and I didn't...more
Rebecca
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 sea. Pirates pick up Connor, an...more
Kelly
"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."
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This book takes place in the 24 century. Grace and Connor, our main characters for this series, are "misfit" twins who have recently lost their father and swear that everything will be okay as long as the were together. The twins set out in their father's yacht, get caught in a storm, and get separated. Connor gets saved by a p...more
Elizabeth *Swords for Fighting*
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 Vampirate ship eve...more
Vickie
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 venues tend...more
Tigerstarz
Feb 13, 2009 Tigerstarz rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Any Twilight or Pirate of THe Carribean lovers
Recommended to Tigerstarz by: Myself
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...more
Clawfoot
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.
Jillian
So originally, I saw the title of this book and knew that it had to be epic and amazing or totally awful - there could be no in-between.
Well, Justin Somper proved me wrong. My overall feeling after finishing this book was a resounding "meh."
The idea was brilliant, the execution lacking. The main characters, Grace and Connor, are each one side of the Mary Sue coin - Connor is the athlete, instantly the best at any sport he tries, picking up swordfighting in about half an hour and becoming the bra...more
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Justin Somper is a bestselling UK author whose Vampirates books have been translated into over twenty languages. Justin trained in sword-fighting to help him write the fight scenes in the Vampirates series.
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“Well, 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.
Yea, if pirates are danger
And vampires are death,
I'll extend my prayer for thee-
That thine eyes never see a Vampirate

...and they never lay a hand on thee”
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