“Ash, get bent and die.” Mary-Lynette and Ash are, without a doubt, my favorite Night World couple. she’s a headstrong teen who loves stargazing and wants to find someone to share the night with. He’s the bad, vampire playboy who secretly really does care about others and wants the would to be a better place, […]
Category: vampires
Night World #1: Secret Vampire
January 16, 2012*Real life intervened last week so you’re getting a triple play of L.J. this week instead of a double. Enjoy!* “It was on the first day of summer vacation that Poppy found out she was going to die.” Doesn’t that just go straight for the gut? Secret Vampire, the first book in L.J. Smith’s Night […]
Reading L.J. Smith
January 11, 2012Of all the authors I’ve read, met or loved L.J. Smith will always have a special place in my heart. Part of it is the books themselves. I’m a sucker for paranormals. Smith’s first books came out in the 90s, back before urban fantasy and paranormal romance were the genres they are today. To invoke […]
Interview with Steven Roman, author of Blood Feud
January 6, 2012Steven A. Roman is the bestselling author of X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy and Final Destination: Dead Man’s Hand. His latest work is the dark-urban-fantasy adventure Blood Feud: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 1. Blood Feud is about Pandora, a young woman who discovers monsters are real in NYC and only she can see […]
Happy 2012!
January 2, 2012Whew! So how were your holidays? We have a belated holiday present for you that we’ve been working real hard on. Reading Bites has put together a printable checklist of vampire YA books for you! We doubt it’s complete. (So if we’ve missed something, tell us!) But it’s a good start. Thanks for sticking with […]
Interview with Kimberly Pauley
December 23, 2011Kimberly Pauley is the author of Sucks to Be Me : The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe), the sequel Still Sucks to Be Me will be coming out next year. Kimberly, thank you for taking the time to answer some of our questions. KK: Could you tell us a little about yourself? […]
Interview with Mari Mancusi
December 16, 2011Mari Mancusi is the author of the teen Blood Coven Vampire series as well as couple of non-paranormal teen books. Additionally, she writes for adults under the name Marianne Mancusi. RW: Mari… Thanks so much for taking the time out of your schedule to do this interview for Monster Librarian! MM: But of course! RW: […]
Interview with Melissa de la Cruz
December 9, 2011Melissa de la Cruz is the talented author of young adult vampire series Blue Bloods. Her latest entry in the series is Blue Bloods 3: Revelations. ML: Melissa, thank you so much for this interview. We at MonsterLibrarian.com have a lot of questions for you and greatly appreciate your taking the time to answer them. […]
Interview with Nancy A. Collins
December 2, 2011Nancy A. Collins is the author of several novels and numerous short stories. She is a recipient of the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award and The British Fantasy Society’s Icarus Award. Her latest work is a young adult vampires series titled Vamps. ML: You started your novel writing life with Sunglasses After Dark, the […]
Speak, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0142411872 Available: New and Used Eighth grade is tough for every misfit, but being born a vampire complicates matters. Adding to Vladimir Tod’s list of problems are the recent death of his parents in a huge fire, the constant bullying he suffers at school, and the freaky-weird substitute teacher who has taken […]