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Annette Curtis Klause Libros
23 de junio de 1953
Annette Curtis Klause es una autora pionera en la literatura juvenil, conocida por su habilidad única para entrelazar temas oscuros y cautivadores con una profunda profundidad emocional. Sus historias se sumergen en las complejidades de la adolescencia y la naturaleza humana, a menudo combinando suspenso, romance y mensajes resonantes. La voz distintiva y el estilo narrativo de Klause crean experiencias inmersivas que perduran en los lectores mucho después de la última página. Explora magistralmente el intrincado paisaje del crecimiento, haciendo que su obra sea tanto reflexiva como intensamente atractiva.
Blood and Chocolate
- 264 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is normal for a werewolf?Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. Aiden is kind and gentle, a welcome relief from the squabbling pack. He’s fascinated by magic, and Vivian longs to reveal herself to him. Surely he would understand her and delight in the wonder of her dual nature, not fear her as an ordinary human would.Vivian’s divided loyalties are strained further when a brutal murder threatens to expose the pack. Moving between two worlds, she does not seem to belong in either. What is she really—human or beast? Which tastes sweeter—blood or chocolate?
Zoe is wary when, in the dead of night, the beautiful yet frightening Simon comes to her house. Simon seems to understand the pain of loneliness and death and Zoe's brooding thoughts of her dying mother. Simon is one of the undead, a vampire, seeking revenge for the gruesome death of his mother three hundred years before. Does Simon dare ask Zoe to help free him from this lifeless chase and its insufferable loneliness?
