Alyxandra Harvey
Paperback | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 3.97 | 17036 Users | 1248 Reviews
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| Title | : | My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Alyxandra Harvey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2010 by Bloomsbury Publishing (first published December 22nd 2009) |
| Categories | : | Paranormal. Vampires. Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance |
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The Drakes are rather different to your usual neighbors. They are vampires and some of the members of the family date back to the twelfth century. One of the children, Solange, is the only born female vampire known and, as such, she poses a direct threat to the vampire queen. Her best friend Lucy is human, and when Solange is kidnapped, Lucy and Solange's brother, Nicholas, set out to save her. Lucy soon discovers that she would like to be more than just friends with Nicholas. But how does one go about dating a vampire? Meanwhile, Solange finds an unlikely ally in Kieran, a vampire slayer on the hunt for his father's killer.Present Books In Pursuance Of My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles #1)
| Original Title: | Hearts at Stake |
| ISBN: | 1408803402 (ISBN13: 9781408803400) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/my-love-lies-bleeding-9781408803400/ |
| Series: | Drake Chronicles #1 |
| Characters: | Connor Drake, Solange Drake, Nicholas Drake, Kieran Black, Lucy Hamilton, Sebastian Drake, Quinn Drake |
| Literary Awards: | Ontario LIbrary Association White Pine/ Forest of Reading Nominee, FAB Award (2011) |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 17036 Users | 1248 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles #1)
Solange is the only vampire girl in over nine hundred years. Vampires swarm the Drake estate looking to either court her, kill her or if you believe in the prophecy, kidnap her. Solange is tired of being stuck at her house, not being able to go out ever single moment without one of her annoying brothers tagging along.She then meet Kieran. A handsome vampire hunter who is out to kill The Drake Family on the bounty.Kieran is told that is was The Darke Family who killed his father. What he doesn'tMy Love Lies Bleeding (Hearts At Stake in the U.S) was a quick, fun read. Quirky characters, a close friendship, action aplenty, a smattering of romance, original vampire lore, hilarious banter and sarcastic comebacks made for a clean, entertaining YA read.Solange is prophesied to take the throne of the vampire queen (much to her disgust) but first she must go through the bloodchange, the life threatening transition from human to vampire. With seven over-protective brothers, a kick-ass mother
So good! It was action packed, fast paced, and funny. I read this book within 24 hours it was just too good to put down. I liked Alyxandra Harvey's take on vampires. The history was interesting and unique although at the beginning it was a little bit confusing to remember what was what with The Host, Hounds and Hel-Bar.This story is told from both Solange's and Lucy's points of view. I found myself enjoying Lucy's story more. She was funny, brave, outspoken, loyal and I loved her moments with
This book is like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Princess Diaries got married and had a beautiful, beautiful baby!Need more to love?How about: a fresh new vampire mythology, lush writing (I wanted to eat all the food and wear all the clothes), and totally engaging characters. I loved that, instead of being about a hot vampire princess and her stereotypical BFF sidekick (you know the type, slightly less pretty, kinda slutty, a staple of YA lit), it was a dual narrative between two best friends,
There's this thing called the White Pine award. Every year, ten young adult books written by Canadian authors are chosen, and then we can vote through our highschools and the winning author gets the award. Normally the books are pretty good. The only reason that I read Hearts at Stake is because of White Pine; you're supposed to read all of the books in order to vote. First of all, shall we discuss the title. Hearts at Stake... really? Did they think that it was a clever play on words, because
2.5 stars Meh.
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