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Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Michele Lee

The Long Way Home doesn’t start exactly where the last television season of Buffy left off, instead it starts a little past that, after Buffy and her crew have restarted their lives. In some ways, things are very different, but … Continue reading →

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Review: Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Michele Lee

Tanaquil was born in a fortress, to a powerful sorceress who rules the desert land. And it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. She’s a failure as a sorceress herself. Her mother’s magic leaks all over the castle making … Continue reading →

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Sucks to Be Me : The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) by Kimberly Pauley

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Michele Lee

Mirrorstone,2008 ISBN: 9780786950287 Available: New In Sucks to Be Me, Mina is the teenaged human daughter of a pair of vampires, who have hidden her existence. Once she’s discovered, the regional vampire council is adamant that Mina decide if she … Continue reading →

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Review: Ghost Heart by Yvonne Navarro and Weston Ochse

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Michele Lee

What to say about Ghost Heart? It’s so hard to review a book that’s genuinely more of an experience than a read. It’s the story of Matt, a boy facing the break up of his parents and watching his friend’s … Continue reading →

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Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Michele Lee

First Second Books, 2008 ISBN: 1596431075 Available: New Life Sucks is an unusual, funny, and unglamourous take on the vampire tale. Dave Miller is a young man whose life takes a dramatic change when he applies for a night job … Continue reading →

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Review: Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Michele Lee

Like with Bloody Valentine I found Misguided Angel far more interesting when it focused on someone other than Jack and Schuyler. It opens with them, though, so I will as well. Jack and Schuyler have discovered that the Countess’s protection … Continue reading →

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Night Road by A.M. Jenkins

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Michele Lee

HarperTeen, 2008 ISBN:9780060546045 Available: New Night Road tells the tale of Cole, a hemovore (don’t call him a vampire). Hemovores drink blood from humans, referred to as omnis. Cole is summoned to help Gordon, a young college student accidentally turned … Continue reading →

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Review: Wolf Pact by Melissa de la Cruz

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Michele Lee

Bliss is my favorite character in Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods series, so a novel starring Bliss and werewolves? Yes please! While the Blue Bloods books are about teens facing a series of really big issues (serial killers, redemption, … Continue reading →

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Suck it Up By Brian Meehl

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Michele Lee

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2008 ISBN-10: 0385733003 Available: New and Used Morning McCobb is coming out of the coffin. The unassuming vampire has been chosen as the poster child for the International Vampire League, an organization of vampires who … Continue reading →

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Review: Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Michele Lee

Bloody Valentine isn’t a  full book in the Blue Bloods series. It’s a side book, fan service and an effort to fill in some empty blanks in the story. There are three novelettes between these covers. Just Another Night in … Continue reading →

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