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| Title | : | Blood and Chocolate |
| Author | : | Annette Curtis Klause |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 264 pages |
| Published | : | September 7th 1999 by Laurel Leaf (first published August 11th 1997) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance. Paranormal. Shapeshifters. Werewolves. Urban Fantasy |
Annette Curtis Klause
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 264 pages Rating: 3.78 | 37365 Users | 2212 Reviews
Narration In Pursuance Of Books Blood and Chocolate
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?
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| Original Title: | Blood and Chocolate |
| ISBN: | 0440226686 (ISBN13: 9780440226680) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Vivian Gandillon, Aiden Blake, Rafe Lowell |
| Setting: | United States of America Maryland(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book Award (2000) |
Rating Out Of Books Blood and Chocolate
Ratings: 3.78 From 37365 Users | 2212 ReviewsNotice Out Of Books Blood and Chocolate
This book read like some teen soap opera, and definitely not of the good kind. The heroine Vivian was some stupid teenage drama queen and it looked like stuff was made up over the course of the story without paying attention to consistency and believability. I know how old the protagonist is supposed to be, but is that level of recklessness and stupidity really normal or even realistic considered the circumstances?The reaction especially of the human characters seemed often pretty forcedI've bypassed this book quite a few times when I've come across it at a bootsale or in a charity shop etc and it's been overlooked because of one thing....I didn't realise it was about werewolves. Had I known that, I'd have snapped it up long before now. How I missed this one I'll never know.I was drawn into this within a few pages and the story just grabbed me. It's a story about teen angst and love and decisions and betrayal and loyalty and just generally growing up and coming of age.... but
Reread Review 5/15/18: 1 / 5 starsSpoiler free review/discussion/gripe can be found here: https://youtu.be/ZN2DXVxI4JI
I really liked this book , I thought it was much , much better than the other one I've read by her The Silver Kiss . Some people will probably be against this book being categorized under YA because of the sexual content ; but I thought it was really good for the main character to know that she's pretty/ hott and not be all self-doubting like girls in a lot of other YA books . Vivian knows what she wants and how to get it , she's not some damsel in distress . I loved her as the main character
**this is not a float - i have been ordered to edit this review to include something "necessary"i was watching the runaways last week, and in the bonus-feature interviews, dakota fanning was all wide-eyed exclaiming how she was so excited to finally get to act in a period piece.and i died a little inside.but so this book, from 1997, predates twilight but somehow it involves a werewolf love story. WHAAAAAT??? (her previous novel, silver kiss, from 1992, is about a vampire - suspicious*) so, to
Blood and Chocolate basically jumped from the shelf, straight into my hands and without really knowing what or why, I figured it was probably meant to be and was determined to find out what this was all about. I have to admit, it took me a while to get into this story. As I am quite stubborn, it doesn't happen very often that I put down a book and never finish it. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with Blood and Chocolate, though. Perhaps I just skip the blood and find myself a piece of
Blegh..such a rad title! So much possible awesomeness! Yet Klause didn't pull it off. She had quite the story in her hands, but all I ended up with were vague promises and hints at something better. Now Gabriel, ahh I think he had some potential. As in: rawr baby! Unfortunately he was pretty much condemned to the periphery. Not that it would've mattered all that much. Because the heroine, Vivian, had just as little luck escaping her cardboard persona. Klause spent a lot of time fussing about her
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