, he only experiences some effects, such as night vision. Fortunately, Cal is "partly immune," so while he is parasite-positive Right after Cal Thompson moves from Texas to New York for college, he loses his virginity and become infected with the parasite that causes vampirism. Named a 2007 ALA Best Book for Young Adults., Westerfeld creates an engaging conspiracy set in New York City, filling his novel with provocative facts, this time about parasites. Both new readers and Peeps fans will eat this up.” “ intriguing, fast paced sequel to Peeps. “Suspense, touches of humor, and eminently appealing characters.” Cal and Lacey, the two protagonists of Peeps, appear briefly in TLD, but the main story is a about a band trying to find their own sound as the world crumbles around them.
Peeps has a “companion novel” called The Last Days, which follows a different group of characters in the same time frame. And the new cover, designed by Rodrigo Corral is certainly cool. Okay, I can’t tell you much more without giving the whole thing away. So I started doing some vampire research, reading a bunch of books about rats, parasites, bites and stings, and biology.Īfter consuming all there was to know on these subjects, I came up with the four important features that any vampire novel (of mine) had to include: (Unsurprising confession: I am a Buffy fan.) So the book had to be original, but also icky, scary, funny, tragic, and (ahem) not sucky.īesides getting a new take on the sunlight-impaired, my other big concern was that my vampires should actually make some sense as far as science goes. But that was part of the challenge, to see if I could do something that felt new and interesting, while still being full of bitey goodness. Maybe there are too many vampire novels, I thought.
There are opera-loving vampires, horny vampires, southern vampires, emotional vampires, bondage-loving vampires, and (of course) Canadian vampires who solve crimes. If you search Amazon for “vampire” you get 2,616 books to choose from. I know, I know, there is no shortage of vampire novels already out there. Some days you wake up, and you just have to write a vampire novel. Entrancing throughout, but squeamish readers beware.” “Both medical thriller and science fiction, this fast-paced, captivating modern vampire story is enriched with biology and history.
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