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Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives, Volume I (Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives) | 
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| Author: Ellen Schreiber
Creator: Rem
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 17103
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0061340812
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780061340819
ASIN: 0061340812
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
The absolute last thing goth-girl Raven and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, need is another hitch in their nighttime-only romance—but dark trouble hovers on the horizon when Raven and Alexander discover four freshly dug graves filled with empty coffins. When a crew of sketchy vampires takes up residence in Dullsville's lonely graveyard, Alexander finds this motley bunch led by his very own blood-sucking cousin, Claude Sterling. Shocking! Claude and his creepy crew can only spell out more problems for the pair, especially when Raven finds them in daylight in the very last place she could ever imagine. What could Claude and his invaders be doing—or searching for—in Dullsville?
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 I liked it so much I actually spent money on it September 27, 2008
I really liked it. I read it at a public library, having never read any of the novels, not being very interested in vampires, not caring about goth fashion ... and I liked it. So much so that I bought it later on, despite having already read it.
Over all:
-> I understand the plot with no back knowledge.
-> It was sort of cliche, but Raven is very lovable.
-> I totally loved Rem's art.
-> I am buying volume 2.
 A Cliche in a Cliched-Land August 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cliche: 1. a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel.
2. most vampire-induced romance novels
Don't get me wrong, I love dark fantasy as much as the next person but vampire romance novels like Twilight and now Vampire Kisses often make me question why I enjoyed the genre in the first place. It seems now that every starting author feels the need to create a story that involves the stock characters of one sexy male vampire and one slightly emo girl and you got yourself hundreds of squealing fangirls who will buy your book and tell you "OMG! I LURVES THESE CHARA!" over and over again.
But let's move on to the actual book. Vampire Kisses is a manga version of a book in the same vein of dark fantasy wher girl meets hot creature of the night and stuff happens of that nature. The story is overdone and I think the timing for it is fairly bad considering how popular the Twilight series is right now and how every fan of that series is going to say this is a direct copy or love is to death.
On the plus side the art is actually very nice but you have to ignore the fact that you are reading the same vampire induced haze over and over again when you could be reading Twilight instead and quit beating around the bush already. Or read one of the many fancomics OF Twilight floating in the ether on deviantART or Photobucket or some other image based website.
I think my biggest problem with a cliche is that its not that hard to write a unique vampire story. Example: how about the vampire accidentically sucks on the blood of another vampire and is now changing into a horrible monster and only the human girl can help him? OR, the human girl needs to break a curse on her from a witch or something and the vampire helps and they fall in love. There. I just wrote an entire series with marketing capabilities.
But maybe I'm being too harsh. Maybe I should just open up myself to Vampire Kisses and embrace it. But when I do this, I just realize what I've known before - its not horrible. But its NOT GOOD. It brings nothing to the table. It takes nothing. Its boring but if you fear change thats just fine. I say skip it and go read something worthwhile. Like Biezenghast or Serenity Rose if you want to feel perky and goth.
In short: C- Try to not look at it too hard. You may go blind.
OMG great book July 23, 2008
I have the series from books 1-4 in paperback. The story is great and this book is just a side stories, but its nice to see the characters instead of picturing them in my imagination.
An entertaing addition to the Vampire Kisses series. July 2, 2008
First in the Vampire Kisses manga books.
Readers familiar with Raven and Alexander from the Vampire Kisses series will most likely enjoy the manga version as well.
Goth-girl Raven and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, find four fresh graves in Dullsville's local cemetery. Raven discovers that the gang is lead by Alexander's half-vampire cousin, Claude Sterling. Claude holds a grudge against Alexander and he's come to town to get his revenge.
A brand new adventure and some new characters mean that you don't have to read the main series first. I'm not a huge fan of manga, but this story translates well to the medium. The story is entertaining and the art is gorgeous.
 Not for non-readers of the series May 8, 2008
I picked this book up at my local bookstore thinking it'd be a cute read. While I've never read the series, I'm roughly familiar with the plot & characters. The artwork looked great, so I figured that it'd be decent enough for a read.
I've picked this book up twice now & tried to read it, but no matter how many times I've tried, I can't get into it. The characters just don't really seem that appealing to me. At times they seem like they are more like goth stereotypes than anything else & I begin to long for other series such as Twilight, the Rachel Morgan series, or the Morganville Vampires. Maybe it's just b/c I haven't read the books, but even so... I get the impression that this manga is mostly for show. There's nothing wrong with that, mind you (I buy lots of stuff just b/c it's pretty), but for some reason I couldn't even get through it by just looking at the art.
Would I recommend this to a friend? Only if they're fans of the series. That's who this book is meant for. If you aren't familiar with the books, then this one isn't a place to start. Personally, I think I'll stick to my regular series.
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