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Companions of the Night

by Vivian Vande Velde

3.76 · Rating Details · 4,968 Ratings · 357 Reviews

When Kerry's little brother forgets his stuffed bear at the laundry, Kerry ventures out at 11th p.m. to retrieve it for him. The laundry is deserted and kind of spooky, and while she's there three men burst in, dragging a bound and bloodied young man they insist is a vampire. Kerry helps him escape, only to be caught up in a desperate game between vampire hunters and their ...more

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Published September 1st 2002 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published 1995)

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Apr 12, 2014 Brittany (Nice Girls Read Books) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

The first thing you must know is that this book was written before the 'Twilight' vampire hype swept YA novels and turned them into a predictable and boring genre. Companions of the Night is blissfully original.

Each page kept me so absorbed in the story, eager to finish it and find out the ending. When I'd finished the book, I was disappointed that it didn't go on for longer. I would love to see a sequel, though I think all hopes of that are basically dust by now.

The ending was bittersweet, b ...more

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Nov 04, 2007 Emma rated it it was amazing

Vivian Vande Velde is basically my hero. She is a master at taking traditional fairy-tale-like themes and making them fresh and totally unique. Companions of the Night (1995) does that for the vampire story.

Kerry’s little brother, Ian, had a simple request: drive to the laundromat to retrieve Ian’s stuffed bear. Kerry knew all the reasons she should tell Ian no (she had a big test to study for, it was the middle of the night, she only had a driver’s permit and shouldn’t be in a car without a lic Vivian Vande Velde is basically my hero. She is a master at taking traditional fairy-tale-like themes and making them fresh and totally unique. Companions of the Night (1995) does that for the vampire story.

Kerry’s little brother, Ian, had a simple request: drive to the laundromat to retrieve Ian’s stuffed bear. Kerry knew all the reasons she should tell Ian no (she had a big test to study for, it was the middle of the night, she only had a driver’s permit and shouldn’t be in a car without a licensed driver), but then Ian started to cry and Kerry knew she couldn’t say no–not if Ian was going to cry. It was late, there would be no traffic. Getting the bear would be simple.

And it was simple. Until Kerry got to the laundromat and stepped into what looked like a gang shootout. Or a kidnapping. Or a vampire hunt.

Unfortunately, the hunters think that Kerry is a vampire too. So she and the other supposed vampire, Ethan, have to escape. Adventure ensues.

Vande Velde, as is her way, also throws a romantic element into the plot. Happily, she does so without falling into the typical “Dracula seduction” style so common in vampire stories.

Every author has a different take on how vampires function in “real life.” I am quite fond of how Vande Velde explains their immortality. The explanation just makes so much sense, it’s great. In a way Vande Velde takes the mystique out of the whole vampire thing, trying to create realistic explanations for things like immortality and how a vampire can exist inconspicuously in the modern world. Overall Ethan is an exceedingly likable character even if he is, basically, dead.

Technically speaking the narrative is nicely written. This novel is very much like Vande Velde’s other works. In particular, parallels can be drawn between this novel and A Well-Timed Enchantment. Both have a similar plot formula and the narrations style is very modern in both.

Vande Velde also develops the characters of Ethan and Kerry nicely. The book is short, so readers are never bogged down with background information or “back stories” for the characters. Nonetheless, Vande Velde creates very dimensional and, dare I say, very real characters.

Companions of the Night is definitely an action story. The narrative is tightly wound, keeping readers ready for excitement and action.

This book is probably for an older audience than some of Vande Velde’s other books, mainly because it features more violence (fights, threats of death) than younger readers (or their parents) might be able to deal with. So, basically, more of a tween and up book than a children/YA one. But also a must-read for any vampire fans out there. ...more

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Aug 29, 2008 Jackie "the Librarian" rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: teen vampire fans

Shelves: youngadult, blood-sucking-fiends, favorites, teen-books-adults-can-enjoy

You want to read a GREAT teen vampire story? Forget Twilight. Well, try to, anyway. This is the one you should be reading. It's got a smart heroine who isn't particularly klutsy, vampires, danger, AND (bonus!) you get the whole story in ONE book!

It's late at night, but does Kerry get to climb into her comfy bed? Noooo, she's in charge of her little brother Ian for the evening, and HE left his teddy bear at the laundromat and can't sleep without it. She trudges back to the laundromat, and is sea ...more

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Jul 08, 2013 Anzu The Great Destroyer rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: fans of ya paranormal romances

Shelves: paranormal-fix, ya-is-dead, fat-kitty-judges-you, fanged-and-deadly, dat-cover-goddammit, a-bit-of-mush, excitement, i-am-disappoint, could-have-been-sooo-much-better, reviewed-2013, forever-alone

Omigosh I wanted this to be good. I wanted this to be good so badly. I wanted something creepy. Look at that cover! It sure looks like a creepy book. Creepy YA Romance. YA Romance generally sucks, I know, but look at the cover! How can’t that be awesome?!

“Easy, my dear Anzu. The cover is awesome, true, but it is a mere metaphor. The shadow monster doesn’t necessarily have to be a shadow monster but a symbol for the darkness within a person. Duh.”

Well… yeah. That sucks.

Bleh meh meh bleh bleh ble ...more

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Sep 26, 2014 Emily Michelle rated it it was amazing

I don't love vampire books, for the most part. The ones that I've read tend to be a little mindless, full of hot, leather-clad vampires and the humans who happily get sucked into their glamorous world of the night.

And that's why Companions of the Night is my favorite vampire book. It takes the typical elements of YA vampire fiction and examines them, then turns them on their heads. The usual components are there: teenage girl gets caught up in vampire world and develops an attraction to one of t I don't love vampire books, for the most part. The ones that I've read tend to be a little mindless, full of hot, leather-clad vampires and the humans who happily get sucked into their glamorous world of the night.

And that's why Companions of the Night is my favorite vampire book. It takes the typical elements of YA vampire fiction and examines them, then turns them on their heads. The usual components are there: teenage girl gets caught up in vampire world and develops an attraction to one of them. But then the book questions these characters. Those reviewers who found the plot and romance slow or uncompelling missed the point of it, I think; it's not so much a vampire novel as it is a character study wherein one of the characters is a vampire. If you've ever seen the movie Red Eye, it's a little like that: a thriller in which the whole middle act involves the heroine and the bad guy stuck together in a quiet, cramped space.

Vande Velde, as some other reviewers have said, grounds her vampires in reality, examining realistically how they would have to live and hide and feed, something that many vampire books ignore. In many vampire books the focus is on the seductive aspect of the vampires, often with little comment on the idea that they are, in fact, the blood-sucking undead. But Vande Velde puts a new spin on this, portraying a world of vampires that is much more realistic: they spend much of their time hiding and have to move often, and the book gently hints that it's a life that could sometimes be hard and lonely. And the author doesn't shy away from pointing out that as vampires, they must frequently suck blood and occasionally kill people (no deer-hunting vegetarian vampires here). It's a take on vampires that I found rather refreshing.

And our heroine, strong and resourceful but still flawed and very human Kerry, is torn; she can see the good and the bad in the vampires, as well as the good and the bad in the vampire hunters. She's attracted to Ethan, the vampire who is helping her find her family, but she knows she can't trust him, remembering all too well that earlier in the book he tried to kill her. And that's what leads to that fascinating middle act, with Ethan and Kerry in a car driving through rural New York in the dark, talking about life and death and vampirism and wondering how much they can trust each other.

And most of all, it's a story about choices, looking at the choices Kerry made that led to her enlisting Ethan's aid, the choices that Ethan made that led to him being a vampire, the choices that the vampire hunter (and the vampire hunter's son) made that led him to kidnapping a child and feeling perfectly justified in the act. And then it all comes down to what choices Kerry will make in the end.

If you're looking for a story with brooding, sympathetic vampires, read Twilight. If you're looking for a story with glamorous, exciting vampires, read one of the scores of YA vampire books that fill the shelves. But if you want to read a different sort of vampire novel, one that makes you think, read Companions of the Night. ...more

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Dec 03, 2008 Amanda rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Not a great book, but I will say that I found the human/vampire relationship much more "realistic" (as if there is such a thing), than certain other teen vamp books published as of late.

By realistic, I mean, the vampires in this story were vampires. They had to drink blood and it had to be human blood and raiding the local blood bank wasn't going to cut it. That fact alone made the love story much more difficult to create.

I also appreciated the fact that the vampire was manipulative. And that ...more

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Jun 12, 2013 Shannon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, reviews, read-in-2013

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Read #3
Started on June 10, 2013
Finished on June 12, 2013

2013 Update: I just have to add that Companions of the Night truly stands the test of time for me. It seems like I re-read it almost every year now, and I never finish the book with that bittersweet "oh, teenager Shannon... you loved some cheesy stuff in your time" thought process that can typically occur when you try to read something you enjoyed when you were younger. (Hopefully that makes sense...) I find it remarkable that I still love ...more

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Jul 10, 2016 Bree rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires

Some spoilers.
This vampire story was definitely unusual. The beginning was a little intense. I felt bad for Marsala. I'm not sure if he was good or bad. Maybe he was crazy, but if what happened to his son was true, then that explained it, but didn't excuse it. To sum it up, it left me feeling confused. There was a little romance between the main characters, but at the end it felt ambiguous, as it was intended to be. Would I recommend this story. Maybe. Give it a try if your looking for an unconv ...more

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Sep 06, 2007 Wealhtheow rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, ya

One of the few really excellent vampire novels out there. The entire plot has so much common-sense and believability working for it, and the characters are so likeable, that I wish it was hundreds of pages longer.

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Jun 08, 2016 Sherwood Smith added it

Shelves: fantasy

This short, tight YA story about vampires has long been one of my favorites.

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Jun 12, 2012 Liviania rated it really liked it

People talk like we're living in an unprecedented age of vampire novels. But really, the vampire novel never went out of style after it was invented. The vampire young adult novel, however, is more popular than ever. Back when I was in junior high those of us who liked vampires had fewer options. And one of the most popular options was COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT by Vivian Vande Velde.

I was already familiar with Velde when someone recommended COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT to me. I liked her books, ever si People talk like we're living in an unprecedented age of vampire novels. But really, the vampire novel never went out of style after it was invented. The vampire young adult novel, however, is more popular than ever. Back when I was in junior high those of us who liked vampires had fewer options. And one of the most popular options was COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT by Vivian Vande Velde.

I was already familiar with Velde when someone recommended COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT to me. I liked her books, ever since I read A WELL-TIMED ENCHANTMENT, since she wrote comedic and clever novels about teens and children in extraordinary situations. There was also a nice thread of feminism running through her works. As for COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT, I know of know better way to sell it than to tell the premise:

COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT begins with Kerry's late-night quest to retrieve her much younger brother's stuffed bear. (Anyone who has spent much time with a little kid knows that favored stuffed animals are necessary to get the kid to sleep.) Thus, Kerry drives herself down to the laundromat, pretty sure it will be closed, but willing to try anyway. Strangely, it is open but no one is there.

Then the owner and two of his friends return with a bound young man. They claim that Ethan is a vampire. Kerry, thoroughly assured that the local laundromat owner is out of his mind, helps Ethan escape.

The next day someone kidnaps Kerry's father and brother, causing her to go to Ethan for help. Ethan is, of course, a vampire. And Kerry's about to have the adventure of a lifetime.

Kerry is a terrific heroine. She's resourceful and brave, and she doesn't put up with vampires mocking her dad's old car. Ethan is charming bad news and secretive motives. (Together, they fight crime! Not really. But close.) COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT is structured like an action movie. Two very different characters meet, then have to work together for one crazy night. There's suspense, romance, comedy, and piano.

COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT is not a complex book and there is no deep mythology. That might put some vampire fans off. But it's a shame to miss out on this one. If only because it's about a girl who repeatedly rescues dudes in distress. ...more

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Jan 06, 2011 Andrienne rated it really liked it

This book was suggested to me after I posted my review of Silver Kiss. I wanted another take on the human girl, vampire boy love story and this did not disappoint. I had to take away one star though for a couple of reasons. Towards the middle, the story lost steam in figuring out what happened to the girl's family. There were parts that seemed contrived; too much effort in inducing some emotions. It could also be that in the effort of the author to make it mysterious (which it was), it got to th ...more

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Jul 30, 2012 cEe beE rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fab-faves, couldn-t-put-down, kick-ass-heroine, spirited-heroine, supernatural-mystery, paranormal-supernatural, will-read-again-again

THE best YA vampire book ever!!

Long before Stephanie Meyer came along and ruined vampire lore, before Vampire Academy, Diaries, and a host of others, Vivian Vande Velde wrote the perfect YA vampire novel.

COTN has a believable storyline and realistic characters. The vampire Ethan is charming, but he is devious and not to be trusted. 15 yr old Kerry has to help him hunt down a vampire hunter so she can find and save her father and little brother.

Like most of Vande Velde's books, this is a short ...more

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Jul 28, 2007 Oyceter rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

I really loved the vampires in this book; they actually feel like they've lived for quite some time, as opposed to psychologically being a high school student for centuries. I particularly loved the moral ambiguity of the book, that the threat to Kerry felt real and immediate, and the lack of romanticization. This is what a vampire-human relationship might work out if vampires were real.

Full review: http://oyceter.livejournal.com/628159...

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Apr 02, 2015 Abby rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy

This is one of those books that tries to skate by on mediocrity because it's written for teenagers. The main female character is flat and just a bit too cool and logical for a sixteen year old girl. I just didn't believe her. The main male lead, aka the vampire, is neither mysterious nor particularly engaging. There's so much more that it would have been interesting to learn about his life, his change, etc, but these things are glossed over in favor of the two characters driving around town and ...more

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Mar 01, 2009 Jina rated it liked it

This vampire romance has a distinct undertone of violence and pulls you in from page one. Kerri is a 15 year old girl whose mother has left her, her brother, and her father for another man and another life. Their family is still trying to cope with the pain that brought and one of the main reasons that Kerri gives in to her brother's tears and goes to fetch his koala from the 24 hour laundry.

On her arrival she finds three men have beaten and tied up another man and are holding him hostage. They This vampire romance has a distinct undertone of violence and pulls you in from page one. Kerri is a 15 year old girl whose mother has left her, her brother, and her father for another man and another life. Their family is still trying to cope with the pain that brought and one of the main reasons that Kerri gives in to her brother's tears and goes to fetch his koala from the 24 hour laundry.

On her arrival she finds three men have beaten and tied up another man and are holding him hostage. They are convinced he is a vampire. Kerri helps him escape. She acts rather ingeniously and illustrates inner strength and quick thinking.

Ethan, the man who she helped rescue, drives her home and her father is none the wiser of her sneaking out to fetch a bear. Her life goes on until she runs into Ethan again in the supermarket. He offers to drive her home since her father has forgotten to pick her up. She enters her home to find that it has been ransacked and her father and brother are missing. This is where the story quickly picks up it's already fast pace.

Kerri is forced to stay with Ethan and help him throughout the rest of the book in order to get her family back. She learns that Ethan is a vampire and rightly fears him, but is fascinated at the same time, developing a crush. There are attacks, killings, and scheming that carry the plot to the end for a final revelation of who is behind it. Why they are trying to kill Ethan and Kerri has fallen in love with Ethan. Kerri's family is also safe and sound.

The main characters that we meet are Kerri a 15 year old girl, Ethan a vampire whose isn't very old at all, his vampire friend and possible lover Regina, and the vampire hunter. Kerri has a good heart and is smarter that she gives herself credit for. You feel sorry for her since her mother left and immediately fear for her safety when Ethan is revealed to be a vampire. However, you also feel sorry for Ethan who is being hunted for nothing that he actually did and because he loses his friend and creator.

Regina and Ethan are very different. Ethan is still very human, while Regina embraces being a vampire and all of the seductive danger that comes with it. Ethan is also very conniving, which is evident in how he treats Kerri.

The overall plot keeps you interested and the ending does have an interesting twist. However, the main Kerri announcing that she loves Ethan didn't make a lot of sense to me. There were hints at a crush through the book and she recognized that he was too old for her. I just felt that her reaction to him in that sense was out of character,but it didn't detract from the ending. One thing you should know is that it doesn't end with her and Ethan together, which I think is a good thing.
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May 03, 2011 Kellie rated it it was amazing

Vivian Vande Velde, produced an excellent Vampire story without the usual clichés found in many YA books. Kerry is a likeable character who is willing to go through great lengths to save her family, with the help of Ethan. Ethan isn't the nice friendly vampire (found in certain YA Vampire series), he's cunning, ruthless and untrustworthy, but shades of humanity peek out when you least expect it.
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Dec 21, 2009 Larissa rated it liked it

Shelves: kinder, read-while-traveling, vampires, 2009, spontaneous-reads, young-adult, fantastical, found-shelving-browsing

I ran across Vivian Vande Velde's (great) name in a list of popular teen vampire novelists and picked up Companions of the Night on a whim. I read it in about a day and really enjoyed it. The plot moves along at a quick clip, and while the characters do have a strong rapport, the romance element is not given much attention until the very last chapters. (Side note: I wasn't overwhelmed by these characters—they are certainly serviceable, but I didn't completely connect with them. Some of this is j I ran across Vivian Vande Velde's (great) name in a list of popular teen vampire novelists and picked up Companions of the Night on a whim. I read it in about a day and really enjoyed it. The plot moves along at a quick clip, and while the characters do have a strong rapport, the romance element is not given much attention until the very last chapters. (Side note: I wasn't overwhelmed by these characters—they are certainly serviceable, but I didn't completely connect with them. Some of this is just because we learn a limited amount about them in the confines of the story. Kerry is given a nice backstory, but in attempting to maintain Ethan's mysteriousness, we learn very little about him, which ultimately, was unfortunate. It leaves room for lots of speculation, but honestly, one of the things I enjoy most about vampire novels is finding out about well, the vampires...)

Overall, however, what I enjoyed most about this novel is the fact that the vampires--particularly anti-hero/romantic interest Ethan--actually remain vampiric. They kill people without remorse and even admit to enjoying it. Even more interesting is the almost off-hand way in which Vande Velde embraces the sexual undertones of the vampire story—casually integrating a short conversation between Ethan and Kerry:

Ethan was speaking hesitantly, having a hard time putting this into words. “It's not just the nourishment from the blood itself...There's a physical and mental bond, a sharing of the spirit for lack of a better word...”

Kerry took in a deep breath. “I think I've heard this line from the boy who took me to the Harvest Dance.”

Ethan laughed with what sounded like genuine amusement, which was disconcerting because she hadn't meant to be funny. “There is a similarity.” He looked at her appraisingly, as though trying to gauge how experienced she was.

She folded her arms in front of her chest, determined to keep him wondering, before she realized that her gesture had probably told all.

Ethan said, “Sometimes, not always—but with the right partner—vampires mix the two acts: sex and the drinking of blood. Either of itself is...very pleasurable, but the combination...”

Parked on the side of a dark road, Kerry didn't like the direction this was taking, even though Ethan was showing no inclination to demonstrate. She said, “I'm sure praying mantises and black widow spiders feel the same.”

With 'de-fanged,' conscience-laden, human-obsessed vampire lovers becoming more of the rule than the exception, I was actually delighted to read a novel that didn't try to bridge the mortal-vampire gap. She doesn't want to be a vampire, and he doesn't want to repent of his evil ways.

Also, enjoyable is the fact that Vande Velde is an affirmed one-off novel writer. No sequels (see: http://www.vivianvandevelde.com/seque...). So while the ending of Companions leaves the story open for continuation, it's unlikely that we'll see an overwrought second and third novel of undead romance. And it's nice to see a story stand on its own once in awhile. ...more

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Jun 09, 2008 Mary-Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, romance

Now this is what I mean by a vampire novel. I'm still not sure I buy that the woman is *in love* with the vampire, but it's solved in this novel by the fact that Kerry is a teenager, much less naive than your average 16 yr old perhaps, but still a teenager and therefore prone to crushes and faulty judgement, not to mention that she spends the whole novel in a state of crisis and hyped up nerves and makes her declaration of love when she's just avoided a lot of danger. These are the circumstances ...more

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May 13, 2015 Stephanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, read-in-2015

I liked this much more than I expected. The main character is smart and has agency. The vampire isn't watered down and there's definitely a sense of danger throughout the book.

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Nov 05, 2012 Mara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, young-adult

3 1/2
A very good YA with an original plot (this has been published in 1995), a smart heroine, a lying vampire out for blood, and monsters with human skin.

Each page kept me absorbed in the story, eager to finish the book, and find out what happened next. How refreshing that the book has an "open" ending: it's up to you imagining what happens after you turn the last page. This story has ended, but you may dream the rest of her life, if you wish to.

As I have often said I'm not a fan of YA, but I ...more

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Apr 24, 2010 Jamie Collins rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy-urban, vampires, young-adult

I don't read a lot of YA fiction, but I liked this vampire novel aimed at pre-teens and young teenagers. (The cover art is admittedly terrible.) I'm not sure my son would care for it, but if I had a daughter I'd pass it on. It's just the sort of vampire story I like, where the vampire hovers somewhere between a good guy and a bad guy, and is attractive but not to be completely trusted. The heroine adopts a mostly practical approach to the vampire, and there's actually a bit of romance as opposed ...more

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Apr 03, 2016 Brenna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I like that the vampire is a jerk. He's undead, and he doesn't ever have to explain himself. I like that the female lead thinks for herself. I like that she isn't defined by her looks.
One more thing - I admire the blunt, matter-of-fact way sex is described in this book. No, nobody HAS sex in it. It's not a steamy erotica. Rather, the vampire simply explains that, yes, sex is part of the appeal of vampires and that, yes, both parties usually enjoy it. That's it. I really do admire any YA author ...more

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Jul 11, 2013 Ashley Davis rated it it was ok

So, I don't know exactly how I feel about this book. I wanted to read it as study for my genre, so I got a sample. The sample was less than satisfying, with pretty simple writing (which is not bad in and of itself, unless you focus too closely on all the unnecessary wordage--I know about this better than anyone!--and the juvenile tone, but then again it's 3rd person on the shoulder of a 16 year old), but I wanted to see where it was going. I bought the kindle edition for $4.99 and read it in 3 d ...more

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Mar 17, 2014 kyendwarrior rated it liked it

All of Vivian Vande Velde’s books NEED A SEQUEL. (PLEEEASE! :D)

So far I’ve read Dragon’s Bait and this one, and I need to know what happens to ALL OF THEM! DO THEY STAY TOGETHER? ARE THEY IN LOVE (well, in the case of Alys and Selendrile, there was a teensy weensy hint that they liked each other)?? I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER!!

But I digress.
There will be another time to rant about the lack of sequels… another time…

So.

Everything (the world, the vampires, etc) is all explained in bits (no in ...more

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Jul 18, 2008 Elke rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young_adult, novels, vampires, own, review, b4gr

As a favour to her younger brother, Kerry drives to the laundromat at night to retrieve his forgotten teddybear. But suddenly the place is rushed by a gang bringing a young man with them who they claim is a vampire. To prove this, they intend to keep him there until sunrise and have him burned by the sunlight. Kerry does not believe them and helps the young man to flee. But soon she must discover that Ethan really is a vampire and now she has to decide wether he is a bloodthirsty monster or not. ...more

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Jul 09, 2015 NC rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires, probably-reread

I almost couldn't believe myself when I rated this. I had planned on giving it 1 star and didn't change my mind until the last 20% of the book finally messed up with my head. It made me scream with sheer frustration, at that point, I silently wished that Kerry would be drained and left as an unknown corpse, but I just couldn't further impose such malicious thoughts on her because I finally grasped the reason her character is made, an ideal victim of literally everyone, and that enabled me to com ...more

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Jul 26, 2010 Gracie rated it really liked it

It is so rare these days to find a good fantasy book that ends. This is just one book that stands alone and i think it makes the book much better for it. This doesn't have some stupid ending that leaves the author free to make excessive amounts on crappy sequels. You like the characters but what's more important, the author cares more about their authenticity than their appeal . That is so rare these days. These are believable characters. They are not always going to act exactly the way you wan ...more

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May 21, 2015 Yajaira rated it it was amazing

Discovered this book in 6th grade. This is where my love of reading and all things supernatural began. :)

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Aug 13, 2014 Lani rated it really liked it

I'm so excited that I loved this book, because I have had a hard time finding vampire lit that I either like or even want to read (I'm a vampire snob). I thoroughly enjoyed the story and was never quite sure where the plot was going next.

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Vivian Vande Velde (born 1951, currently residing in Rochester, New York) is an American author who writes books primarily aimed at young adults.

Her novels and short story collections usually have some element of horror or fantasy, but are primarily humorous. Her book Never Trust a Dead Man (1999) received the 2000 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She says that she really likes to write for ...more

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Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation, #2)

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