In Immortal: Love Stories With Bite, edited by New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series P.C. Cast, seven of today's most popular YA vampire and contemporary fantasy authors offer new short stories that prove that when you're immortal, true love really is forever. Rachel Caine (the Morganville Vampires series) revisits the setting of her popular series, where the vampires are in charge and love is risky. Cynthia Leitich Smith (Tantalize) gives us a love triangle between a vampire, a ghost and a human girl, in which none of them are who or what they seem. Claudia Gray (Evernight) takes us into the world of her Evernight series, in which a pre-Civil War courtesan-to-be is courted by a pale, fair-haired man whose attentions are too dangerous to spurn. Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy series) brings us the tale of a young vampire on the run from the rest of her kind, and the human boy who provides the getaway car. Nancy Holder (the Wicked series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) immerses us in a post-apocalyptic New York where two best friends are forced to make a choice that may kill them both. Kristin Cast (the House of Night series) introduces us to a new kind of vampire: one with roots in Greek mythology, and the power to alter space and time. And Tanith Lee (Black Unicorn) shows us what happens when a bright young woman with some supernatural savvy encounters a misguided (but gorgeous) young vampire.*Note* This is the new edition that includes the Soul Screamers story "Binge" by Rachel Vincent.
Review:
"Blue Moon" by Richelle Mead
This short story takes place in a world where vampires rule and humans live as second-class citizens. Lucy, the daughter of the most powerful vampire in Chicago, suddenly finds herself being hunted by her own kind and must rely on the help of a cute human guy who's spent his whole life hating the vampires who rule his city. –RichelleMead.comThis is the best story (so far) in Immortal. The new spin on the vampire/human relationship was immediately intriguing and one that I hope Richelle plans to explore in a more books (pretty please). Vampire Lucy is just beginning to see life from the perspective of the humans living in servitude to her kind, while human Nathan has been fighting against a lifetime of hatred for the monsters who destroyed his family. When these two are thrown together, sparks fly in more ways than one. The story is set up in such a way that while the ending isn’t a complete cliffhanger, it leaves a lot left unresolved. I’m hoping that is because, like me, Richelle realizes this world is too good to be used only once.
Sexual Content: None
*Blue Moon is part of the Immortal: Love Stories with Bite anthology
Disclosure: I received this book for review courtesy of BenBella Books
Product Details
Reading level: Young Adult - Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: BenBella Books (October 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933771925
- ISBN-13: 978-1933771922
This is the story I look forward to reading the most out of this anthology. I love all the worlds that Richelle Mead creates!
ReplyDeleteVery good review. I have only read one of her books so far. But this story sounds like one that would be an awesome full length novel.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love Richelle Mead's writing and can't wait to get ahold of this one! Especially since you said it's the best one in the book.
ReplyDeleteThink Richelle has another winner in this story, hope she does continue in a full look book because like her other fans cannot see letting this particular premise go by the wayside...
ReplyDeleteJackie B Central Texas