The Silver Kiss

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Klause, Annette Curtis. The Silver Kiss. 1990. New York: Delacorte Press, 2009. Print. ISBN: 9780375857829 Paperback. Pages: 256 U.S. $8.99

Awards: Locus Poll Award Best First Novel 1991

Annotation: A love story like no other, The Silver Kiss brings together Zoe, overwhelmed by grief and anger, and Simon, undead and thirsting for human blood, revenge and understanding.

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The Silver Kissby Annette Curtis Klause

Zoe’s mother has been in and out of the hospital and this time it seems like the cancer will be keeping her confined for good. Besides the understandable grief and sorrow, Zoe is struggling with some less recognizable emotions. She’s hurt that her father is shutting her out; she’s angry that her best friend seems more concerned with shopping and boys; and she’s not sure how she feels that her mother won’t talk to her about her impending death. To make matters worse, there is a killer hiding in her small town. When it seems like Zoe has no one to turn to she meets beautiful, mysterious, Simon and he seems to understand her pain and rage. When Simon reveals his supernatural nature Zoe rethinks her decision to trust him. Together, however, Zoe and Simon make peace with their pain, accept death as a natural part of life, and bring justice to the mysterious murderer. Stronger together, with their love to bind them, Zoe and Simon discover the power of, The Silver Kiss.

Also in this version are the short stories The Summer of Love and The Christmas Cat.

"Strangely persuasive...at once a grisly and graphic tale of monstrous death and a sweet and compelling story of love."

--Entertainment Weekly

*"A well-drawn, powerful, and seductive novel." 

--School Library Journal, starred

*"Both sensuous and suspenseful."

--Booklist, starred

"Move over, Anne Rice."

--Publishers Weekly

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