Demon in My View (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Jessica isn't your average teenager. Though nobody at her high school knows it, her vampire novel has just come out under a pen name. Jessica often wishes that she felt as comfortable with her classmates as she does among the vampires and witches of her fiction. She has always been treated as an outsider at Ramsa High.
But two new students have just arrived in Ramsa, and both want Jessica's attention. She has no patience for overly friendly Caryn, but she's instantly drawn to Alex, a handsome boy who seems surprisingly familiar. If she didn't know better, she'd think that Aubrey, the alluring villain from her novel, had just sprung to life. That's impossible, of course; Aubrey is a figment of her imagination. Or is he?
The teen queen of horror fiction Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is on the prowl again! Continuing in much the same vampire vein that established her reputation, the young writer's sophomore novel also includes a touch of autobiography. Jessica Allodola is a high school senior who pens vampire tales under the pseudonym Ash Night. (Hmmm, sound familiar?) Because of her funereal clothing and cynical demeanor, Jessica is shunned by her sunnier classmates. No matter, she prefers the company of the undead she creates on her laptop, anyway. But Jessica is shaken when a creature from her novel, the suave vampire Aubrey (who fans will remember from In the Forests of the Night) shows up as a new student at her school. Not knowing whether he plans to seduce or harm her, Jessica plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Aubrey as she tries to discover the secret of his existence. As she delves deeper into the midnight world of her own novels, she encounters other supernatural beings, like Fala, an evil Egyptian vampire, and Caryn Smoke, a teenaged good witch. When she finally unearths the shocking truth that explains the tangibility of her imaginary world, Jessica must decide if she loves that dark world enough to leave the light forever.
Atwater-Rhode's writing, while still showing strong traces of Anne Rice and Stephen King, is maturing nicely as she cleverly constructs this story within a story. Her vampires, while thousands of years old, have adolescent mood swings and tempers, which will sit well with the under-16 crowd. Demon in My View will undoubtedly find its way into many backpacks and Trapper Keepers. (Ages 12 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert
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272 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 15, 2008 Type: User Review |
Good but not perfect
Amelia Atwater Rhodes was 13 when she wrote her first book in the forests of the night a vampire story about Riska an underdog vampire with a lust for revenge.
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
A decent sophomore effort
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's In the Forests of the Night was written when she was only 13 years old. In it, she chronicled the unlife of Risika and her tangles with Aubrey, a fellow vampire whom she believes killed her human brother. In Demon in My...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
great book
Im very well into vampires, and witches, werewolves and things of that nature. I'm always looking for new and interesting stories to red, and movies to watch where they re all over scene and completely throughout the book, or movie. I really loved...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Almost better than the first...
Once again, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes delivers in "Demon in My View". With every new book, her characters grow and evolve into people we could relate to. Though still young, she has potential to create amazing works like "Shattered Mirror" and the...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 11, 2007 Type: User Review |
Don't waste your money
Don't let the summary fool you. It sounds interesting, but it's horrible. The plot is pointless, the characterizations are unrealistic, and the main character is definitely not likeable. The entire time I was reading the book, I kept waiting for...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Honestly, it just didn't do it for me.
I had been wanting to read this book for a long time. Word reached my ears that it was amazing.
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
Impressed
I am once again impressed by Amelia's writing. While it does lack a certain depth, it captures your attention from page one and is filled with action throughout. Both this book and her first, In The Forests Of The Night are worth reading.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 18, 2006 Type: User Review |
Very good.
This is ,yet again, a very interesting book by Amelie Atwater Rhodes. It has an exetremely good veiw on vampires and the charactors have some very thrilling and surprising qualitys. It had a little bit of everything and you should read it!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 31, 2006 Type: User Review |
Wonderful story
she comes up with such creative story lines and creative unique titles that make you want to pick it up and give it more thought, since this book i have read all of her other books! and i love them all!!!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 25, 2006 Type: User Review |
Demon in my view
Jessica's story ideas come to her in dreams. She dreams of vampires: how they're changed, their fights, their love, even their secret hide out. She doesn't really believe in vampires. She doesn't know that her dreams are all real. But the vampires...
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