Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things
Books | Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Death, Grief, Bereavement
3.3
Margie Fuston
An ALA Morris Award Finalist! In this “equal parts heartbreaking and joyful” (School Library Journal) debut YA novel that’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father.Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer, it’s clear that’s not going to happen. Instead, Victoria vows to find a vampire herself—so that she can become one and then save her father. Armed with research, speculations, and desperation—and helped by her estranged best friend, Henry—Victoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle. There she meets Nicholas, a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires. But first, he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever. She agrees to complete a series of challenges, from scarfing sugar-drenched beignets to singing with a jazz band, all to show she has what it takes to be immortal. But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal. Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once, trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargain…because the alternative is too impossible to imagine.
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Author
Margie Fuston
Pages
352
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2021-08-24
ISBN
1534474579 9781534474574
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"when I read the premise for this book I was really hyped bc it seemed like something right up my alley. I may have hyped myself up too much bc within the first few chapters I felt disappointed with the direction, the protagonist’s voice, just everything. I got so disproportionately upset I spent an hour ranting to my partner about how I would write a story with the same premise. Wish I could’ve gotten more into it, I think I put too much stake in potentially loving it though. "
jona
"This book is less about vampires and more about the main character’s emotional journey, so don’t go into it expecting a ton of vampire action. That being said, I still really enjoyed this book. It kept me interested up to the last page and had me feeling the main character’s feelings right along with her. My only critique would be that there is a bit of a love triangle, but it never feels central to the story so I was able to overlook it"
Anne Magee