|
|
|
|
|
Books : Blood and Chocolate |
Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
EAN: 9780440226680
ISBN: 0440226686
Label: Laurel Leaf
Manufacturer: Laurel Leaf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: September 07, 1999
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: September 07, 1999
Studio: Laurel Leaf
Sales Rank: 42715
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is normal for a werewolf?
Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. Aiden is kind and gentle, a welcome relief from the squabbling pack. He's fascinated by magic, and Vivian longs to reveal herself to him. Surely he would understand her and delight in the wonder of her dual nature, not fear her as an ordinary human would.
Vivian's divided loyalties are strained further when a brutal murder threatens to expose the pack. Moving between two worlds, she does not seem to belong in either. What is she really--human or beast? Which tastes sweeter--blood or chocolate?
Amazon.com Review:
Characterizing the adolescent experience as monstrous is not exactly a new idea. M.T. Anderson's woefully confused teen vampire in Thirsty and Jean Thesman's reluctant young witch in The Other Ones serve as excellent examples of this metaphor set to fiction. But no one really captures how our hormones make us howl as well as Annette Curtis Klause. Blood and Chocolate chronicles the longings and passions of one Vivian Gandillon, teenage werewolf. Her pack family, recently burned out of their West Virginia home by suspicious neighbors, has resettled in a sleepy Maryland suburb. At her new school, Viv quickly falls for sensitive heartthrob Aiden, a human--or "meat-boy," as her pack calls him. Soon she is trying to tame her undomesticated desires to match his more civilized sensibilities. "He was gentle. She hadn't expected that. Kisses to her were a tight clutch, teeth, and tongue... His eyes were shy beneath his dark lashes, and his lips curved with delight and desire--desire he wouldn't force on her... he was different." But Vivian's animal ardor cannot be stilled, and she must decide if she should keep Aiden in the dark about her true nature or invite him to take a walk on her wild side.
Klause poetically describes the violence and sensuality of the pack lifestyle, creating a hot-blooded heroine who puts the most outrageous riot grrrls to shame. Blood and Chocolate is a masterpiece of adolescent angst wrapped in wolf's clothing, and its lovely, sensuous taste is sure to be sweet on the teenage tongue. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I'm a vampire girl, I'll admit it. I decided to try giving werewolves a chance, so I picked this book up.
If anything, this made me more "team vampire." It didn't make me want to read more about werewolves. In fact, I had to force my way through this book.
I understand that everyone has their own opinion and everyone has different taste, but I don't know how anyone could give this book 5 stars, or say it's a favorite. There's no depth to it, at all.
Rating:  -
This is a great story. It is not the Bella/Edward romance in Twilight but is a wonderfully surprising ending. It was well written and suspenseful. ITs a great romance with a bit of fantasy and excitement which will keep you glued to your seat until you finish. If you loved the Twilight series, this is a nice addition, makes you think of Jacob and what his world could be like.
Rating:  -
As a teenager, Klause's The Silver Kiss was one of my favorite books, so I was really looking forward to Blood and Chocolate. I'm sorry to say that I was pretty disappointed. In conveying a pack, Klause involves too many characters, most of whom are not fully drawn, and I had trouble keeping them straight.
I did like Klause's take on werewolf lore, though. As she did with vampire lore in The Silver Kiss, she took the commonly accepted wisdom on the supernatural and modified it to fit ... Read More
Rating: -
I would be cautious about recommending this book to a teenager due to the sexual overtones. Nothing super explicit, but it is pervasive given that the main character turns 16 in the book. That being said, the book is interesting if a little uncomfortable at times (Mom and daughter are both pursed by the same guy).
I would be interested in a sequel if the author ever decides to write one.
Rating:  -
I think this is a good under rated book for teens who are into dark fantasy and romance like Twilight. The story is centered around Vivian, who lives with her werewolf clan while they try to coexist with humans. It shows the character change as Vivian goes from hating and feeling superior to humans and then leveling with them.
This may just be the nerd in me speaking but I find werewolf novels to have less logic problems than vampire novels. For example - in a vampire novel, what would ... Read More
Browse for similar items by category:
|
