Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Pretty dead, by Francesca Lia Block



Charlotte Emerson is a startlingly beautiful 17 year old, and has been so for nearly 100 years. She became a vampire way back then while in mourning over the death of her twin brother Charles, while searching for a way to dull the pain of that devastating loss. But a hundred years of immortality has brought it's own loneliness and loss, and when Charlotte loses her mortal friend Emily to suicide, she is again devastated. She turns to Emily's boyfriend Jared seeking comfort. At first he is bitter and angry with her, but she opens up to him telling about her past, and they begin to fall in love. Then William, the vampire who originally turned Charlotte turns up, and Charlotte is forced to face a horrific mistake from her past that may cost her the future.

This is an original take on vampire stories, and a better story than that cover art might lead you to believe.

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