My Thoughts:
There's conspiracy, there's Mean Girls Action, queer love, bullying, classism, Vampire(racism), secrets, lies, boarding life, high school drama and mystery.
Don't let the cover turn you off. It really is much deeper than it seems. The conflicts are more complex than teen drama and bullying. Thereʻs a little bit of Harry Potter feel to it because the adults are also not as they outwardly seem. The social justice aspect gives it a nice twist.
The main character, Kat, knows she is a vampire, but she has been raised with humans. She is able to kee her secret because unlike vampires of old, humans are suffering from a blood pandemic that can kill vampires so vampires have stopped feeding on humans. However, the Hema, a lab created blood substitute is expensive and Kat and her mom struggle to eat. The alternative is to buy Hema from the black market because she has already lost her dad who was starting and died during the plague from infected human blood.
When Kat gets into the elite vampire school and an anonymous donor pays for everything, she thinks she is finally making a better life for herself and her mom. She is so wrong.
From the Publisher:
Kat Finn and her mother can barely make ends meet living among humans. Like all vampires, they must drink Hema, an expensive synthetic blood substitute, to survive, as nearly all of humanity has been infected by a virus that’s fatal to vampires. Kat isn’t looking forward to an immortal life of barely scraping by, but when she learns she’s been accepted to the Harcote School, a prestigious prep school that’s secretly vampires-only, she knows her fortune is about to change.
Taylor Sanger has grown up in the wealthy vampire world, but she’s tired of its backward, conservative values—especially when it comes to sexuality, since she’s an out-and-proud lesbian. She only has to suffer through a two more years of Harcote before she’s free. But when she discovers her new roommate is Kat Finn, she’s horrified. Because she and Kat used to be best friends, a long time ago, and it didn’t end well.
When Taylor stumbles upon the dead body of a vampire, and Kat makes a shocking discovery in the school’s archives, the two realize that there are deep secrets at Harcote—secrets that link them to the most powerful figures in Vampirdom and to the synthetic blood they all rely on.
Taylor Sanger has grown up in the wealthy vampire world, but she’s tired of its backward, conservative values—especially when it comes to sexuality, since she’s an out-and-proud lesbian. She only has to suffer through a two more years of Harcote before she’s free. But when she discovers her new roommate is Kat Finn, she’s horrified. Because she and Kat used to be best friends, a long time ago, and it didn’t end well.
When Taylor stumbles upon the dead body of a vampire, and Kat makes a shocking discovery in the school’s archives, the two realize that there are deep secrets at Harcote—secrets that link them to the most powerful figures in Vampirdom and to the synthetic blood they all rely on.
Publication Information:
Author: Sasha Laurens
Publisher: Raxorbill (July 19, 2022)
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