false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255731519m/910676.jpg 30324 14 Characterizing the adolescent experience as monstrous is not exactly a new idea. M.T. Anderson's woefully confused teen vampire in <I>Thirsty</I> and Jean Thesman's reluctant young witch in <I>The Other Ones</I> serve as excellent examples of this metaphor set to fiction. But no one really captures how our hormones make us howl as well as Annette Curtis Klause. <I>Blood and Chocolate</I> chronicles the longings and passions of one Vivian Gandillon, teenage werewolf. Her pack family, recently burned out of their West Virginia home by suspicious neighbors, has resettled in a sleepy Maryland suburb. At her new school, Viv quickly falls for sensitive heartthrob Aiden, a human--or "meat-boy," as her pack calls him. Soon she is trying to tame her undomesticated desires to match his more civilized sensibilities. "He was gentle. She hadn't expected that. Kisses to her were a tight clutch, teeth, and tongue... His eyes were shy beneath his dark lashes, and his lips curved with delight and desire--desire he wouldn't force on her... he was different." But Vivian's animal ardor cannot be stilled, and she must decide if she should keep Aiden in the dark about her true nature or invite him to take a walk on her wild side. <p> Klause poetically describes the violence and sensuality of the pack lifestyle, creating a hot-blooded heroine who puts the most outrageous riot grrrls to shame. <I>Blood and Chocolate</I> is a masterpiece of adolescent angst wrapped in wolf's clothing, and its lovely, sensuous taste is sure to be sweet on the teenage tongue. (Ages 13 and older) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 895781 book 1997 Blood and Chocolate total:4162|5:1303|4:1265|3:1063|2:402|1:129| 4162 15697 5772 555 1 12 true false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 20:30:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 23:01:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 10 false false Wed Mar 19 17:18:59 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 17:41:46 -0700 2008 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.

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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 selfis...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 06:47:52 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 06:49:27 -0700 2007 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; th...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Aug 05 11:07:29 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:11:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 13:45:34 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 07:19:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun May 24 11:31:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:41:35 -0700 2009
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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 s...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 09:02:21 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 09:07:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 04:10:45 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 15:18:57 -0700 2007
Vivian leads a somewhat normal teen girls life. She feels ackward and lonely and her beauty intimidates her high school peers. She c...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 19:08:36 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 19:45:51 -0700 2007
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Vivian felt real, and, though she was a werewolf, I really identified with her, which is weird, because we ha...more...]]> 2 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:46:45 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:48:51 -0800 2008 1
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Vivian, unlike a certain other supernatural rom...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:58:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 22:24:32 -0700 2009 Bad: It is most...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=910676