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Dru Anderson might finally be safe. She’s at the largest Schola on the continent, and beginning to learn what it means to be svetocha–half vampire, half human, and all deadly. If she survives her training, she will be able to take her place in the Order, holding back the vampires and... read more

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Love is a battlefield.
The real world is a frightening place. Just ask sixteen year old orphan Dru Anderson, a tough girl who has taken her fair share of bad guys. She's armed, dangerous, and not going down without a fight. So it's gonna take her a while to figure out who she can... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Love is a battlefield.
The real world is a frightening place. Just ask sixteen year old orphan Dru Anderson, a tough girl who has taken her fair share of bad guys. She's armed, dangerous, and not going down without a fight. So it's gonna take her a while to figure out who she can trust.
Just when Dru thought she was safe, everything exploded in her face. Her mum and dad are long gone, her protectors Graves and Christophe kinda want to rip each other's throats out, and four-hundred-year-old nosferat named Sergej won't stop hunting her until his bloodthirsty army of suckers has torn her to shreds.
Dru's finally made it to the Schola Prima - the Real Deal djamphir training facility and home of the Order - and life is about to get even more Real World. There's a brand new svetocha in town - a redheaded vixen named Anna who's got the Order wrapped around her pretty little finger, and who'd rather kill Dru then share the spotlight. Turns out Dru's got something Anna wants. And his name just happens to be Christophe Reynard.
How can Dru trust the Order to protect her, when its leader wants her gone?
Dru Anderson's not afraid of the dark. But she should be.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Dru Anderson: Dru Anderson is a Svetocha, a female djamphir, the third one in many years. Her mother was also a Svetocha.
  • Graves: A Loup-Garou and Dru's best friend.
  • Christophe Reynard: One of the Orders most respected Djamphirs.
  • Anna: known as the Red Queen, she's a Svetocha the head of the Order.
  • Ash: Used to be Sergej's Broken, a servant werewulf.
  • Shanks: Werewulf, he's part of Dru's friends.
  • Dibs: Sub werewulf, he's good with medical care. part of dru's friends.
  • August: A djhampir, part of the order and used to be friend with Dru's dad.
  • Elizabeth Lefevre: Dru's mom real name. Female Svetocha.
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  • “It might have been possible to put little more fuck you into his tone, but some of it might've slopped out the sides.”
    Dru
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  • People hate it when you call them on jackassery. That’s a big fact of human nature: Not a lot of people want to be called on being assholes. They prefer to do their assholishness in the dark and cover it up with fancy words.
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  • “It’s easy to get rid of people, Christophe. All you have to do is rely on them.”
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  • “Well, duh. You’re cuter than she is.” He said it like he might say, Grass is green or, Gravity works.
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  • You can only shove shit under your bed for so long before it starts moving around and wanting to get out. You can only cope for so long before everything breaks.
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  • I couldn’t even say what I was thinking. Except Wow. And more wow, and a side helping of um.
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  • Maybe I should have put it a little more tactfully. But I was running out of all sorts of things, and tact is usually the first to go.
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  • What happened between you and the loup-garou, Dru?” “None of your business.” And I meant it. “What’s going on between you and Anna?” “Touché.”
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  • Since you have taken my Broken, I will break another.
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  • It’s the little things you end up being grateful for, Gran had always said.
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  • “Looks worse than it is. Bring vodka.” His accent—half Brooklyn, half Bronx, all Bugs Bunny—cut every vowel short.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Schola Prima

Organizations edit see section history

  • The Order: A group of djamphir and werwulfen joined to resist the nosferatu and kill them whenever possible.

First Sentence edit see section history

I am lying in a narrow single bed in a room no bigger than a closet, in a tiny apartment.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Thirty-four chapters are in this book

Glossary edit see section history

  • djamphir: Part vampires, usually male.
  • svetocha: The very rare version of female djamphir. Svetocha are part vampires that have very prized and powerful blood, which turns poisonous after blooming (reaching their full potential). Svetocha are often a lot more stronger and better suited for killing nosferats than djamphir.
  • aspect: A phenomenon that occurs in djamphir and svetocha that lengthens their fangs and awakens their bloodlust. In more powerful djamphir and svetocha, aspects can also be represented in animals.
  • werwulfen: Werewolves
  • loup-garou: Part werwulfen as a result of not being imprinted on all of the way. Loup-garou get all of the benefits of being werwulfen without as many drawbacks, like completely morphing into a wulf. Often use their Other for mental dominance over other werwulfen.
  • Other: The part of the mind that werwulfen use to transform into wulfen and loup-garou use to assert their dominance over werwulfen.
  • nosferatu: Also know as nosferats, suckers, and wampyr. Vampires.
  • Broken: Werwulfen that have had their will broken and are forced to obey their master, often a sucker. They are stuck in their wulf form.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 5 in Strange Angels. (standard series)

Preceded by Betrayals, and followed by Defiance.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Lili St. Crow (Author) - files under "Crow", should be under "St. Crow" - aka Lilith Saintcrow

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Razorbill
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: July 2010
ISBN: 978-1595142900
Page Count: 288

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Recommended for age +16. Contains violent scenes.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Vampire Academy
  • Dark Flame
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  • Blue Bloods
  • My Soul to Take
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Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • Strange Angels
  • Betrayals

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