Demon in My View (Den of Shadows, 2) - Hardcover

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038532720X ISBN 13: 9780385327206

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2000

Synopsis

Jessica isn't your average teenager. Though nobody at her high school knows it, she's a published author. Her vampire novel Tiger, Tiger has just come out under the pen name Ash Night. Jessica often wishes 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 with overly friendly Caryn, but she's instantly drawn to handsome Alex, a cocky, mysterious boy who seems surprisingly familiar. If she didn't know better, she'd think Aubrey, the alluring villain from Tiger, Tiger had just sprung to life. That's impossible, of course; Aubrey is a figment of her imagination. Or is he?

Nail-bitingly suspenseful, here is the deliciously eerie follow-up to In the Forests of the Night, by the remarkable fifteen-year-old novelist Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.

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Review:

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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Praise for In the Forests of the Night:

"An impressive debut."
--San Diego Union Tribune

"First-novelist Atwater-Rhodes writes astonishingly well...she's skillful at building atmosphere, insightful in creating characters and imaginative in varying and expanding on vampire lore."
--Publishers Weekly

"This first novel by an author with great ability and promise is sure to be popular."
--School Library Journal

"Amelia Atwater-Rhodes shows sophistication beyond her years in the intellectual and moral questions she raises. The lush, gothic romanticism and eerie atmosphere will capture the imagination of teenage readers, as will the immediacy of the action, the physical reality of the vampire experience, and the strong inner voice of the main character, Risika."
--Annette Curtis Klause, author of The Silver Kiss

"A gifted writer in the making."
--Voice of Youth Advocates

"An easy-to-read page-turner that makes the dark and shadowy world of her 300-year-old vampires as realistic and current as a lonely walk down a city street at midnight."
--Houston Chronicles

"The book's subject and the age of the author may encourage other young writers to pursue the craft."
--Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 038532720X
• ISBN 13: 9780385327206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192