By Christopher Cantwell, Daniel Bayliss & Patricio Delpeche A miniseries set in an alternate universe where Buffy died shortly after being called to be a slayer, this pair of graphic novels focuses on the familiar Angel crew. In this setting Angel and Cordelia are a hot item, both as a couple, and as […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Dusk Vol. 1 by David Doub
March 3, 2022**Cross posted from the ML Archives** David Doub, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-578-01436-4 Available: New Dusk is David Doub’s first graphic novel. The book has four chapters. The first chapter jumps into the story without providing much background, but the reader easily picks up that Eve is the willing servant to Vampire Lord Ash, and that the two […]
IDW Publishing, 2004 ISBN 0971977550 Available: New and Used Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost inhabited town in North America. The sun doesn’t set from May to August, and it doesn’t rise from November to December. It is this November to December time when the town is in total darkness that our story takes place. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Review: Destined by Morgan Rice
November 23, 2011Morgan Rice, 2011 ISBN-13: 9780982953754 Available: New paperback, multi-format digital Destined is the fourth book in The Vampire Journals series. It’s a departure from the first three books, in that it kicks the story back in time to 18th century Italy, before it was an Italy. In that period, Italy consisted of independent states which […]
Vault Review: Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst
November 3, 2011Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-1442423732 Available: New Pearl, the star of Drink, Slay, Love, gets her kicks by having the neighborhood ice cream boy eat her ice cream flavor choice of the day before drinking from him. One day, while enjoying this treat, a unicorn prances by and stabs her. She wakes up to […]
Book review: Teeth edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
October 21, 2011Teeth edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Harper Teen, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-193515-2 Available: New Paperback Teeth is a ripping collection of nineteen vampire stories contributed by proven authors, including Melissa Marr, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix and Tanith Lee. Each one is dark and original, and many are ethnic tales, making the collection […]