"charming, beguiling and totally entertaining fantasy"
Colby Blanched is the typical sixteen year old, interested
in boys, clothing and staying head cheerleader. Her
normal life comes to a screeching halt when she is
attacked by a man and left in a ravine. When she wakes
up, she returns home to learn she has been missing for
forty-eight hours. When she smells blood on her mother's
hand, she starts drinking it until she is full. Tests by
her aunt prove she is a vampire as she has no pulse or
heartbeat. The Vampire Tribunal comes over to serve her with a
summons because she is not a vampire but a half-breed
Undead because she is too many generations removed to be a
full Vampire. Undead have different abilities then
vampires and the tribunal looks at them as abominations
that must be destroyed. She has to appear before them and
make a case that she should not be destroyed but she
doesn't have a clue how she is going to manage it. Aimed at the young adult market BRACED 2 BITE will also be
thoroughly enjoyed by adults who like chick lit serio-
comic vampire novels. Since her incisors were removed
when Colby wore braces her father makes her a mechanical
contraption to take their place and some of the funniest
bites in the book take place around them. The heroine is
strong willed and willing to fight against the injustice
of the Vampire Council in their deadly dealings with the
undead. Readers will be happy to know that this is just
the beginning of a charming, beguiling and totally
entertaining new series. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted November 15, 2006
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Meet Colby Blanchard—cheerleader, fashionista, Daddy’s little princess, bloodthirsty vampire… I had it all. I was the popular cheerleader with the looks, the grades, the hunky boyfriend Aidan Reynolds. He was destined to be my date to the homecoming, and I had the crown in the bag. Now wait, before you start hating me… Things are going bad, real bad. Like, I’m-turning-into-a-vampire bad. Yellow eyes and pasty skin are not the hot look right now. And let’s just say it’s a good thing my dad happens to be an orthodontist, since he’s had to fit me with special headgear to feed: my canines were taken out long ago so I could have this perfect smile. It makes it even harder to fit in with my new partners in blood sucking , especially because I’m only half-vampire… Can things get worse? In two words: Uh, yeah! Now I have to defend my eternal life in front of a vampire council who don’t see the point in a half-vampire roaming the earth. Not to mention snag a date for homecoming, get a college scholarship, and not fall fangs-over-heels for Thomas, the hottie vampire investigator who’s trying to track down my attacker. I just can’t give my heart to someone who secretly wants to run a stake through it. I have to protect myself from mortals and vampires. It’s not just my life at stake here—it’s my reputation…
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