Reviewed by LadyJay for TeensReadToo.com
Charlotte Emerson used to be a teenage girl. She loved writing, clothes, and her brother, Charles. Charles meant everything to her - he was her world, her reason for living. Rheumatic fever took him too early, leaving Charlotte heartbroken and lost.
Enter William, a dashing young man who offers Charlotte a life of immortality; free from worry, disease, and old age.
Charlotte is exquisite as a vampire; her beauty is unparalleled, but she longs for something more - a companion - someone who can replace her Charles. She finds this in Emily - a teenage girl who has endured so many things. Emily wishes to be turned, but Charlotte refuses to damn her for all eternity.
Inevitably, Charlotte loses Emily. She also begins to lose something else...
I have loved Francesca Lia Block ever since the Weetzie Bat books came into being. Block's use of language and expression creates an incredibly beautiful, yet haunting universe for her characters to mingle in. It is like this in all of her novels. The words flow like liquid across the pages.
With PRETTY DEAD, Block has joined the ranks of other great authors by putting her own twist on vampire mythology. Lovers of the undead will devour this novel...make sure to pick it up!
Charlotte Emerson used to be a teenage girl. She loved writing, clothes, and her brother, Charles. Charles meant everything to her - he was her world, her reason for living. Rheumatic fever took him too early, leaving Charlotte heartbroken and lost.
Enter William, a dashing young man who offers Charlotte a life of immortality; free from worry, disease, and old age.
Charlotte is exquisite as a vampire; her beauty is unparalleled, but she longs for something more - a companion - someone who can replace her Charles. She finds this in Emily - a teenage girl who has endured so many things. Emily wishes to be turned, but Charlotte refuses to damn her for all eternity.
Inevitably, Charlotte loses Emily. She also begins to lose something else...
I have loved Francesca Lia Block ever since the Weetzie Bat books came into being. Block's use of language and expression creates an incredibly beautiful, yet haunting universe for her characters to mingle in. It is like this in all of her novels. The words flow like liquid across the pages.
With PRETTY DEAD, Block has joined the ranks of other great authors by putting her own twist on vampire mythology. Lovers of the undead will devour this novel...make sure to pick it up!
This was more like a novella its almost 200 pages long and the font is large. I did enjoy the short escape it was quite a cute little book. This story could have been greatly added upon as there is so much to the back story we don't know. But it was a rather good short story. Its about a girl named Charlotte Emerson who is a Vampire and she just wants to be human. She ran away from her master who has now found her. Everything is sad and depressing only she wakes up one day and everything is different somehow she is starting to turn human how did this happen and will it stay. Also what will happen with her and Jared????
