Vampire+Fiction

Shadow Souls//** by L.J. Smith (located @ SMI in the East High Library Fiction Collection) Elena Gilbert’s vampire boyfriend has been imprisoned by vampire spirits who have been making trouble around town. Elena joins Damon Salvatore and her ex-boyfriend, Matt, on an epic adventure to find Stefan. On her way, she finds out secrets she never expected.
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 * //Shadow Souls//**, book two of the **//Vampire Diaries: The Return//**, is filled with fantastic character’s that will keep you reading. The deadly love triangle between Elena, Stefan, and his brother, Damon is addicting. If you’re looking for the original **//Twilight//**, this is it! A must read series! (Reviewed by an East High student, 5-7-10)

**//Betrayed//** by P.C. Cast + Kristin cast (located @ CAS in the East high Library Fiction Collection) Zoey Redbird is a talented fledgling with unique and special powers that no one has had for centuries. She has the power to control all the elements (earth, air, water, fire, and spirit), but great responsibilities come with great powers. She later finds out what she has to use them for.

Have you ever experienced or read something so awesome that you can’t even explain? Well this is one of those books. I give it 4 stars! YP (4-16-10)

//**Thirst**// by Christopher Pike (located @ PIK in the East Library Fiction Collection) Alisa is a five thousand year old vampire who is also the riches person in the world. She has remained aloof from the human world, living among them but never flaunting herself. Now someone is after Alisa and even she has no idea who it is. As she sets out to find her hunter, she teams up with a human named Ray, who is an unlikely human.

Christopher Pike’s //**Thirst**// is amazing! It combines action, suspense, danger, and romance to create the perfect ratio of elements!MF (10-22-09)

//**The Return: Nightfall**// by L. J. Smith (located @ SMI in the East Library Fiction Collection) //**The Return: Nightfall**// by L.J. Smith is about Elena who falls in love with a vampire. This love is a tragedy, a heartbreak, with many other men falling in love with her. Elena transforms into many different “beings.” A heroic act turns her into a vampire; she also transforms into a child-like spirit and a back to a human with the powers of a vampire. It is interesting to read about all the different type of creatures who are living in the woods near her hometown and who come to Elena’s hometown.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it is very interesting. I loved the romance and all the emotions behind it. KM (5-5-09)

What would you do if your best friend got bitten by a spider unknown to humans? And the only option to save him is to fake your death and to leave your family behind. The // New York Times // bestselling series, __Cirque du Freak__ tells a story about a boy attending a mysterious freak show, which leads him on a journey to the dark world of vampires.
 * //Cirque du Freak: the Saga of Darren Shan//** by Darren Shan (located @ SHA in the East High Library Fiction Collection)

Even though this book sounds out of the ordinary or seems like some creepy book that you don’t dare to touch, it’s actually not. Some events that happen in this book have a lot of vivid details, which makes the hair on your neck stand up; but it is an easy, fast-paced book to read. You just don’t want to put it down. If you like vampire books, but are sick of the romance ones, then I recommend you read this book. DN (12-13-08)

//**Red is for Remembrance**// by Laurie Faria Stolarz (located @ STO in the East High Library Fiction Collection) The fourth book in the Blue is for Nightmare series takes you through the stories of two people who know nothing of each other’s existence but somehow come together. This book is a never-ending cycle of twists. After main character, Stacey Brown loses her true love; she stops her whole life, even starting her first year at college. Soon after the president of the university offers her a full scholarship in return for helping his daughter. The other main character, Shell finds himself in a predicament he can’t seem to get himself out of. Owing his life to the people of the camp, he just can’t help but realize that he doesn’t belong there and something bad is going to happen.

I give this book four stars and think it is more of a “girl” book. JB (12-8-08)

//**Night Road**// by A.M. Jenkins (located @ JEN in the East High Library Fiction Collection) Night Road is about “hemes.” They are “people” who drink blood but do not call themselves vampires. Cole has been on the road for a long time in “heme” years. When he comes back to the colony, he will have to face his past mistakes. As he begins to teach a new heme, Cole begins to realize things about himself that he never knew.

I give this book a “good” rating, but I would not recommend it to a friend. MF (11-10-08)

//**Evernight**// by Claudia Gray (located @ GRA in the East High Library Fiction Collection) Bianca finds herself taken from her small hometown to a boarding school called Evernight Academy. Everyone there looks smooth and is almost perfect; Bianca doesn’t fit in very well. There she meets Lucas who isn’t like the rest of them either. He warns her to be careful about the people there and about liking him. Drawn to each other, they soon find out that not everything goes as planned. Something dark and sinister is at the academy and it will try to tear them apart.

I would recommend this book to a friend. I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one night. AW (8-22-08)