Gallery Review: Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad's former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad's blood. And Vlad's arch enemy, D-Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all. With death threatening from every angle, Vlad will have to use every ounce of his skill and training to survive, but nothing can prepare him for what awaits him in the end.

What SL teens are saying about the book...

"Brewer does a great job of showing the angst and conflicts of a teenage vampire, as well as the inner and external battles he has to deal with." -- Jenny L.

"It has the best ending possible! The best Vladimir Tod book yet!" -- Martin G.

Gallery Review: The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard

Colt and Julia were secretly together for an entire year, and no one - not even Julia's boyfriend - knew. They had nothing in common, with Julia in her country club world on Black Mountain and Colt from down on the flats, but it never mattered. Until Julia dies in a car accident, and Colt learns the price of secrecy. He can't mourn Julia openly, and he's tormented that he might have played a part in her death. When Julia's journal ends up in his hands, Colt relives their year together at the same time that he's desperately trying to forget her. But how do you get over someone who was never yours in the first place?

What SL teens are saying about the book...

"The plot moves along nicely and I liked each characters involvement making the story united." -- Joanna Q.

"The book is written from a teenage boy's perspective, and the voice is similar to that of a real teen. It was great!" -- Lucia Z.