Tom Doherty Associates, 2005 ISBN: 978-0765-31471-0 Available: Paperback Rockwood is no ordinary Western podunk town. Supernatural incidents are the norm, especially surrounding Gil’s All Night Diner, but the spunky new owner, Loretta, can take care of herself. She fights off zombies, ignores the ghosts in the nearby cemetery, and will clean that persistent blood puddle […]
Blast from the Past Review: Final Friends by Christopher Pike
January 25, 2013A group of friends are facing a messed up senior year when their town closes their high school and transfers them all to Tapp High. Luckily at least some of them get to spend their last year in school together. (Though it seems any friends they had before this are completely unimportant.) Jessie comes back […]
Betrayed by Morgan Rice
January 23, 2013Morgan Rice, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0982953747 Available: New and Used Betrayed is the third installment of The Vampire Journals. This one is a little bleaker and a bit more tragic, as we start into the really serious and down part of the story. After she was nearly killed by the sword, Caitlin Paine has been turned […]
Vault Review: Loved by Morgan Rice
January 21, 20132011, Morgan Rice ISBN-13: 978-0982953730 Available: Paperback and Kindle ebook Loved is the second installment in The Vampire Journals series, and explores the further adventures of Caitlin Paine, and her new vampire friend Caleb. As was discovered in the first book Turned, Caitlin is a half-breed: her father a vampire, her mother a human. She […]
Vault Review: Turned by Morgan Rice
January 16, 2013Morgan Rice Books, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0982953723 Available: Paperback and Kindle ebook Turned tells the story of Caitlin Paine, and is the first book in the Vampire Journals series. Caitlin, an 18 year old from a broken home, has been relocated many times over her short life, and now finds herself in the neighborhoods of Harlem […]
Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire by Amy Mah
January 15, 2013Reardon Publishing, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1874192480 Available: New and Used Amy Mah, known to the vampire world as Lady Amelia, Mistress of the Night Mare, Alpha Female from the Family of the Pink Bat, has compiled an A-Z list of important information for the teenage vamp. Amy was born a vampire, but raised by humans until […]
Reardon Publishing, 2012 ISBN: 13 9781874192626 Available: Paperback Amy Mah’s first book, Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire, was a charming, beautifully illustrated work with an adolescent viewpoint that was clever and light. But her new work, Amy Mah: Vampire, is a departure in the wrong direction. The diction and voice are […]
The Invisible Minority: LGBTQ Teens and their Literature
November 17, 2012I wanted to pass this excellent article on because literature really is a refuge for many LGBTQ teens. It’s important as an author, a librarian and a parent that books featuring queer characters are available. Article here. Tweet
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
November 13, 2012Vladimir Tod is a typical young teen boy in many ways. He’s gloomy and emotional. Of course, he has reason to be. His parents are dead, he’s a real life vampire and someone is stalking him. Living on a liquid diet and being forced (like all kids) to go to school all day and finding […]
Dueling Reviews: Betrayed by P.C. and Kristen Cast
October 2, 2012Dueling Reviews is a new feature here at RB where we read the same book and post multiple reviews of it at once. You are invited to add your thoughts in the comments, or hit me up at zombiemichele@gmail.com if you want to duel with me. Michele Says: Betrayed is the second book in PC […]