The Last Vampire
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- $249.00
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- $249.00
Descripción editorial
Pride & Prejudice meets Crave when Austen-loving Lorena Navarro attends a new boarding school expecting to find her own Mr. Darcy, but accidentally awakens the world’s last vampire instead!
Pride comes before the fall.
When a boarding school opens in a once-condemned Victorian manor buried in the woods of New Hampshire, Austen-loving Lorena Navarro enrolls in hopes of finding her own Mr. Darcy. Instead, she stumbles across a coffin and accidentally awakens the world’s last vampire.
After hibernating for nearly three centuries, William Pride is desperate to find his family—and clueless about the modern world. Relying on Lorena for more than just blood, he enrolls at the school to catch up on all he’s missed.
Soon, William uncovers a chilling truth: He is the last hope for his kind’s return to power. Torn between protecting the humans around him and fulfilling his fate, William must make a choice that could change everything. Will he sacrifice his species for love . . . or will he embrace his dark destiny at last?
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Elements of Dracula and Buffy the Vampire Slayer play out against a Pride and Prejudice–inspired backdrop in this dark and gritty teen drama by Garber (Castle of the Cursed). Eighteen-year-old Lorena and her best friend Salma—who both read as Latinx—attend Huntington Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire boarding school, as members of its inaugural senior class. Though Salma and many of her classmates felt compelled by an ethereal force to apply ("The school was calling to me"), Lorena actually enrolls to get distance after a viral video of herself imbibing at a party damaged her influencer mother's reputation. Unbeknownst to the students, ancient vampire William Pride, owner of the academy's Victorian manor grounds, awakens from a centuries-long slumber, and he's hungry—not just for blood, but for answers about the events of the last 300 years. Upon encountering Lorena, William recruits her on his quest to learn more about his missing vampire family, the fate of a monster-hunting organization called the Legion, and how to live in a contemporary world. Alongside elements of supernatural romance, introspective, somewhat dense ruminations on friendship, grief, and belonging mark this deftly blended telling of dramatic conflict and classic gothic imagery, making for a delicious entry into the canon. Ages 13–up.
