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Summary: I Wish I Could Give It More Stars!
Review: I've just recently gotten into vampires, and I found Companions of the Night while browsing through amazon.com. Intrigued, I read some of the reviews, and knew that I had to read this book!It all begins when Kerry's little brother Ian asks her to go to the laundromat to get Footy, his stuffed koala bear, which he'd left there earlier that day. Kerry is reluctant to go, since it's 11:00 at night, she has a test the next day on a book she hasn't finished, and she doesn't have her driver's license yet. But she can't resist her little brother's pleas, so she goes anyway. The action starts when a group of men burst into the laundromat while Kerry is there, dragging a tied-up and bloodied young man who they believe is a vampire. Kerry, knowing there is no such thing as vampires, helps the young man escape. But the next day when Kerry's dad doesn't pick her up from work, she's worried that it has something to do with the events of last night. But then the young man, Ethan, shows up to give her a ride home... where she discovers that her dad and brother have been kidnapped by a crazed vampire hunter. Having run out of options, Kerry asks Ethan for help in finding her family--and learns that vampires do exist, and Ethan is one of them. Can she trust him to help her rescue her family, or is he using her to get at the vampire hunter? She doesn't know who to trust, or even whether she'll live through the night. Companions of the Night is filled to the brim with action, suspense, romance, and even a little humor. It instantly became a favorite, and I am looking forward to buying it and reading it again and again. If you like vampires, romance, and a superb hard-to-put-down story, this book is just the thing for you.
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Summary: It looks long, but read my review plz!!
Review: This is the only book I have ever read more than once! If you've read The Silver Kiss, Shattered Mirror, or any other Vivian Vande Velde books, or vampire books for that matter, you're guaranteed to love this! There are no one, or two star ratings, and that's gotta tell you something. Many of the other reviews of this book end in people saying they want a continuation, and trust me, in the end, you'll well agree. This was the book that got me interested in vampire books, and it's so well written. The only thing I didn't like about this book was that I never could picture what Ethan really looked like, even though she descirbed it very well, and I tried countless times.
It's about a sixteen year old girl named Kerry Nowicki, who, at eleven at night, can't resist her brother's pleas for her to retrieve Footy, his stuffed koala bear, from the 24-hour laundromat he left it at earlier in the day. Kerry's father is sleeping, and her mother left their family for another man. She only has her learners permit, so she has to do this quick.
When she gets there, she finds Footy, and is just about to head out the door, when, all of a sudden, three men come in dragging a fourth, Ethan Bryne (who by the way is really, really hot, his charater is mysterious, incredibly seductive to Kerry, and he's a bad boy, so this is a good book for bad boy fans), who's gagged and bloodied. They spot her, and she has no time to escape. She learns the men believe that Ethan is a vampire, and they think she may well be one also. They allow her to help Ethan with his wounds, so as not to make a nuisance of herself, she doesn't believe anything they say, Ethan seems so helpless, and she has no reason to doubt that he's innocent of everything they're accusing him of, so, she decides to....read it to see what happens.
If you've never read this book before, ENJOY it the first time, I couldn't bring myself to give any of it away, that would ruin it, and you don't want this book ruined the first time you read it. I wish I could read it again, forgetting everything that happened, because the first time is a once in a lifetime thing.
If you don't even like vampire books, this'll change your mind. It's a combination of suspense, and romance, with murder, kidnapping, stealing, vampires, and thrill after thrill, what more can you ask for in one book? I don't think you'd be reading this if you couldn't read, but if you can GET. THIS. BOOK. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, ENJOY IT THE FIRST TIME.
You may never feel the same about any other book, I looked for some more vampire books, but none look this good!!
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Summary: WONDERFUL book!!!!!!
Review: I've been obsessed with vampires ever since I can remember, but this book is truly the BEST vampire book! Vivian Vande Velde is my favorite author, and I have read almost all of her young adult books! This book is about a girl who goes back to the laundry place to retrieve her little brother's stuffed animal. It's really late at night,and people bring in a teenage guy. They believe he is a vampire, but to the girl, he looks innocent. She helps him escape, but when he drives her home, her dad and brother are gone. He says if she helps him, he'll help her find her dad and brother...This is the beginning of a dangerous and exciting adventure...it will be impossiblle for you to put this book down! If you liked this book you will like The Silver Kiss, and if you've read The Silver Kiss, you will absolutely LOVE this book!
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Summary: I WISH THERE WAS A SEQUEL!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF VIVIAN IS WRITING A SEQUEL, IF YOU KNOW CONTACT ME!! I'M DYING TO READ THE SEQUEL, I'M SURE VIVIAN WILL WRITE IT. ETHAN IS THE CUTEST VAMPIRE EVER, I WISH HE WAS MY BOYFRIEND. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT VIVIAN IS THE GREATEST WRITER AND THAT I REALLY ENJOYED READING THIS.I REALLY HOPE SHE WRITES THE SEQUEL FOR IT... AND IF THERE WAS A REAL GOOD AND SMART DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTOR, THEY WOULD START WORKING ON TO MAKE THE BEST MOVIE EVER AND GIVE TO PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE!!! HELLO, IS THERE ANYONE SMART ENOUGH???
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Summary: Best romance/horror/vampire book EVER
Review: When I read The Silver Kiss (Annette Curtis Klause), I was positive that it couldn't get any better than that. I was wrong. This book definitely takes the cake in it's genre. When Kerry, an average 16-year-old, with a learner's permit and a Mom who abandoned her family, grudgingly drives to a laundromat late at night to retrieve her little brother's stuffed koala bear, she unknowingly gets involved with a world of mystery and vampires when she meets Ethan, gagged and bloddied, and suspected of being a vampire by a group of vamp hunters. Which, of course isn't a good thing for Ethan. Her beliving there are no such thing of vampires, she helps him escape, and she assumes she'll never see him again. She's wrong. When her family goes missing, Ethan is the only one who can help her find them, and Kerry is the only one who can help Ethan get the revenge he wants on the vamp hunters. Things get more complicated when Kerry realizes she's fallen in love with Ethan, and... oh yeah, he really IS a vampire. The characters are well developed, and the plot has tons of twists. The many facades and uncertainties that surround Ethan will keep you guessing throughout the whole book. if you like vampires and romance, buy. This. Book. Now. I cried at the end, probably due a combination of the way the book touched me so deeply, and the fact that there is no sequel yet. Because, not to give away the ending, but it is wide open for a sequel. Unfortunately, it was written in 95', and we're still waiting ....but I haven't lost hope! Good luck trying not to read it in one sitting ;-).
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Summary: I don't know what to say...
Review: I think this will be the first bad review I have to give. I don't like giving bad reviews, but I just couldn't go on with my day without putting in my word.
While browsing through Amazon.com to see what book I should buy, I came across Companions of the Night and saw that EVERYONE seemed to love it. So, I gave it a shot and bought it.
Now I don't have that much money to spend, saving it for grad school (hopefully a really good one). After finishing this book, I couldn't help feeling like I had wasted money. I've never felt that way about a book before--ever.
I would like to say that this book is a more innocent version of a Christopher Pike story, except that Christopher Pike makes his books and characters even more interesting. Another reason why I'm not praising this book is because I'm so used to Patricia A. Mckillip's beautiful, colorful writing, making her stories unique and innocent and mature at the same time. Vivian Vande Velde's writing is sparse and simple.
I know I'm 23 and that I should take into account that this is a young adult book, but some young adult books have greater depth than adult books. For me, this doesn't happen to be one of them.
HOWEVER, if you do fantasize about having adventures with young, good looking vampires, I think you would like this very much (I'm NOT trying to offend anyone, I'm just saying that people have different tastes). I'll stick to my Mckillip fantasies full of mages, mystery, and dreamlike poetry.
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Summary: Ethan-is he hot or what?!
Review: This book is a great horror, if you like hot vampires (like Ethan) then i urge you to read this amazing horror, both main characters have strong personalities, and there is great mystery. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Great book
Review: This was a really good book, it's trippy and a lot of the parts are messed up and the end kinda gets you upset cuz a lot of ppl would have done the opposite...youll know what i mean if u read it.
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Summary: Pretty Good!
Review: I had first started to read this book a long time ago, but wasn't really into it, so I put it down. Then, the other day, I had nothing else to read, so I gave it a shot. It really surprised me. It was great! I couldn't put it down. However, I was disappointed at the end. I wish something more would have happened! But I don't want to give the end away, so I'll just leave it at that. But the plot was great, it kept me wanting to read more the whole time. Good Job!
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Summary: One of the Best Vampire Based Books I've Read
Review: Well, the best for young readers. I read this a few years ago and couldn't put it down. Although Velde leaves descriptions up to her audience's imagination, the depth of character development between Kerry and Ethan is outstanding, shaping these imaginary characters into reality. After the book is over, one even starts to wonder what will happen to them in the future... the true test of a "good" book. The reader continues to be involved with the book once its pages are closed. A strong recommendation for this book! However, this may leave some avid readers of vampire based lit disgrunted with the lack of vampire details, which Velde delibrately hides. This book would be better suited for those who seek a coming-of-age romance story with lots of suspense from beginning to end.
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