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Vampire Kisses: The Beginning (Vampire Kisses / Kissing Coffins / Vampireville) |  | Author: Ellen Schreiber
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 40500
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 576
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 006177894X
EAN: 9780061778940
ASIN: 006177894X
Publication Date: May 1, 2009
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Product Description
A new guy in town. Rumors of vampires. Dangerous first love. This is where it all begins. . . . The mansion on top of Benson Hill has stood empty for years. But one day it seems to be occupied, and its mysterious, handsome inhabitant Alexander Sterling becomes the source of much talk around town. Raven, a vampire-obsessed Goth-girl who has always considered herself an outsider in "Dullsville," is determined to uncover the truth surrounding the secretive Alexander. As she gets to know him, and their spark intensifies, Raven finds herself in some unanticipated situations. Can Alexander make her lifelong dream come true? But love always has its complications—especially when it can only be awakened at nightfall. The first three books in Ellen Schreiber's bestselling Vampire Kisses series capture the thrill of a most unusual romance.
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 vampire kisses July 2, 2009
Sarah Banks (Madison, MS)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
"Vampire Kisses: The Beginning" contains the first 3 books in the Vampire Kisses series, & let me go ahead & confess that I stopped reading in the middle of the third book, "Vampireville." I just couldn't take it anymore. The writing is far too juvenille, & I have read most of the teen vampire books out there right now. There is absolutely no world building, & we don't even find out where this book is set. Raven says she lives in Dullsville, which adds to the overall idea that this book is a joke. The town isn't even real.
I'm only giving this volume 3 stars because the first book, "Vampire Kisses" was actually pretty good as a stand alone. In this book, we are not even sure that Raven's boyfriend, Alexander, is a vampire. We only get confirmation of this fact in the second book, "Kissing Coffins." I would recommend buying the 5.99 paperback that is only "Vampire Kisses" before investing in this volume.
 Better Than Twilight February 16, 2010
Teshara
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think the reviews about how Raven and events in the book are described in a dramatic, juvenile, over the top way are forgetting this book is written in the first person from the perspective of a fourteen year old. The lists about her clothing remind me of alt.gothic.fashion back in the late 90's :) It's adorable watching little gothlings come out on their own. When she manages to twist an ankle in her first pair of Smeggs we'll know she's finally become a woman.
The only thing that cracks me up about her clothing is that her parents always kind of seem amused or taken back about her appearance. Does she have a closet genie? She has no job, I'm assuming her parents buy her clothing.
The mysterious boy on the hill being a vampire is a fantasy that Raven likes having. She obsesses. She makes plans. She sees them together forever after he changes her. Besides wearing black and the vampire line, she's pretty much like every other fourteen year old that's ever walked the earth.
However, the book deviates from cliche in the most important parts:
She does NOT let the school jock bully her.
She stands up for herself.
She humiliates him in front of the school, not just for herself, but for every other girl he's hurt because he could and doesn't back down when confronted by the principal.
When he gets back at her and things turn into a brawl, Raven can hold her own in a fight. She doesn't feel sorry for herself, she doesn't weep, she doesn't whine. Ka-pow to the kisser! (Even if he is way bigger and if the other guys hadn't stepped in she'd have been flattened, but I digress...)
Billy: I live the fact that he doesn't have a name until halfway through the book. I think it was genius. It really hits home that we're not just seeing the world through another person's eyes, we understand that we're seeing through Raven's eyes. He's a pretty cool kid, in spite of being annoying sometimes.
Raven's Parents: I have no idea how old these people are supposed to be. I know it probably has to do with Raven and the perception of adulthood as one big blob we have as kids, but they could have been in college anytime between the late 60's to the turn of the century. It was kind of disorienting.
The Sterlings: Are way over the top, but it's fun.
Trevor: WTF is up with that boy and why does he want Raven so much? Really, if what happened to Trevor happened to a real person he say he woke up naked in the woods with a hangover and everyone would laugh it off and accuse Raven of being either a sex offender or a clothing thief.
The overall drama with Trevor was a bit too much. The whole part about threatening her friend's farm if she didn't go to the prom with him was just stupid.
Can you see some teenager going to his businessman father and explaining he has to take a loss on an investment because the girl he wants has a friend that refuses to go to prom with him? OMG, please.
At the end of the book, Trevor is having a temper tantrum and he's not only silenced, but COMPLETELY RUN OFF under threat of a PHONE CALL to his father. WTF? What am I missing? How has he gone from benevolent and conspiriatorialy cruel to Layer of the Smackdown?
The Vampire Rumors: because at this point, they are rumors. Through the whole book. OK, it was WEIRD that all the people in this town were totally into this vampire rumor thing. I mean, really. Whispering that Mr. So-and-So is sleeping with his secretary is one thing, whispering about your neighbors being the undead is a bit unbelievable.
There's only one thing that gets me about this, though...
TREVOR'S RIGHT! Through the WHOLE BOOK he's telling the truth and no one believes him. That's a pretty hard lesson of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
But HOW does he know? (And would vampires really label their boxes of soil so meticulously?)
I really hope we find out more about Trevor in the future. The second he gets interesting he's gone off. :(
All in all, I wouldn't call this a great work of literature, but I liked it. It was a good afternoon read and I wanted the second book when I was finished reading. :D
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