This book is about this girl called Rose who is training to look after the Moroi – the good vampires - and protect them from harm against the Strigoi – the bad ones. However, at school, she falls in love with her instructor who is only seven years ... more

No, "loss of innocence" does not mean a loss of virginity when used in the literary sense. In literature, loss of innocence denotes a loss of qualities associated with childhood such as naivete, and the exposure of someone who was "innocent" to ... more

Nokosee: Rise of the New Seminole by Micco Mann. It has the defiant voice of a 17 year old girl who manages to overcome everything thrown at her in the course of the novel which is a lot-- and she does it in a way that would make all girls proud-- ... more

Well as many said Anne Rice has a good series, read one or two but couldn't get into the rest of them. Now Laurell K. Hamilton has a series called Anita Blake Vampire Hunter, books 1 - 9 are awesome the rest aren't so good (theres 13 I think). ... more

With her sixth novel, award-winning author Sarah Dessen offers up another generous helping of finely crafted storytelling about real teens dealing with real life. In The Truth About Forever, when asked how she is coping with her father's death, ... more

Fresh off the success of his Edgarˆ Award-winning, New York Times bestseller Down River , John Hart returns with his most powerful and intricately-plotted novel yet. Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: happy parents and a twin ... more

These are some of my favorite series. Keep in mind that some of them are adult and will contain adult content, I will put a warning star next to any adult books. no, I am not trying to corrupt todays youth, but some people are more mature than ... more

It depends on what tone you're going for. Even third person has various levels of intimacy with the characters. If the POV is third person, but leans heavily toward Lana, I would probably refer to the character as Dad. That's how Lana thinks of him, ... more

For older books, published before 1923, start with: http://www.gutenberg.org http://manybooks.net http://www.fullbooks.com http://www.munseys.com http://www.feedbooks.com http://www.webliterature.net Then do a search for "free e-books" and you will ... more

Well, I must say that I'm rather impressed. There were moments of real quality in there. Just so you can judge for yourself how reliable my comments and thoughts actually are (for I might not know the first thing about writing!), I'll quickly let ... more