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The Year of Disappearances
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Ethical Vampire: Book 2

The Year of Disappearances (edit title/settings)

by Susan Hubbard (Author) (edit contributors)

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It was the year of disappearances. The honeybees were the first to go. Ariella Montero is no stranger to the dark side of life. Half human, half vampire, she spent her first thirteen years in exile from both societies. When her best friend was murdered, Ari ran away to begin a new life in... read more

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Author Susan Hubbard has taken that hackneyed world of vampires and given it an original, intriguing twist. Introduced in The Society of S, Ariella now lives with her mother in Homosassa Springs. Ariella does just fine in the hot Florida sun as long as she remembers to apply a heavy coat of... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Author Susan Hubbard has taken that hackneyed world of vampires and given it an original, intriguing twist. Introduced in The Society of S, Ariella now lives with her mother in Homosassa Springs. Ariella does just fine in the hot Florida sun as long as she remembers to apply a heavy coat of sunscreen. She doesn't drink human blood, not that the thought isn't appealing. As long as she takes regular doses of Sangfroid, basically freeze-dried flakes of blood, and drinks a special blood-derived tonic, she can eliminate the need for (fresh) human blood.

Ariella, who discovered her vampire heritage only the year before, is dealing with an absent father, a new mother, her growing sexuality (a problem in the surprisingly celibate and prudish vampire culture) and being a murder suspect. Despite this she is about the sweetest, most erudite and considerate vampire in literature.

With a delicate touch, the talented Hubbard manages to merge environmental concerns with a murder mystery, a coming of age tale with a literary vampire twist. In Ariella's world not all vampires are as nonviolent as she and her parents are. Different sects believe that humans are destroying the Earth and must be made extinct before every other living thing is. Underlying the menacing plot of missing young women and sinister demons is the urgent need for environmental activism. Hubbard, a professor of English at the University of Central Florida, weaves the desperate state of the environment into the plot, ending with a barely disguised plea for action.

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  • Ariella "Ari" Montero: Ariella is the main character. She is curios. She has more thoughts in her head than any scientist could ever have. And she is half vampire, half human. She has long black hair that's past her waist, she's 15, and she can manipulate people's minds.
  • Mae: Ariella's surrogate mother
  • Autumn Springer: Friends of similar age as Ari who she met at the post office.
  • Dashay: Mae's friend originally from Jamaica.
  • Logan: Bartender at Flo's Place
  • Leon: A member of the framing crew currently repairing Mae's home after the hurricane.
  • Mary Ellis Root: Ari's father's research assistant
  • Jerry Springer: Autumn's brother who was driving the boat that capsized Ari's kayak.
  • Bennett: Dashay's boyfriend
  • Mysty: Autumn's friend
  • Cecil Burton: FBI agent
  • Bernadette: Ari's college dorm room mate.
  • Richard: Student and President of Hillside's Social Ecologists Club
  • Walker: Student, who like Ari, is a member of Hillside's recycling team. Ari finds herself attracted to him.
  • Professor Evans: Ari's physics professor.
  • Professor Riley and Professonr Hoffman: Ari's Environmental Studies professors.
  • Raphael: Ari's father
  • Dr. Cho: Vampire physician that treats both vampires and humans. She is described by the author as "a tiny woman with long black hair...and a serene, oval face.
  • Malcolm Lynch: The vampire Ari believes to have been the one who made her parents vampires. Malcolm told Ari that he has saved her life several times. He killed her best friend who was about to expose Ari's family as vampires.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Someone wrote once that the best moments in life occur just before you arrive.”
    Ariella Montero
  • “Remember that what you learn carries weight. With knowledge comes the obligation to use it justly.”
    Ari's father

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Florida!! Susan Hubbard makes it seem so magical.
  • Homosassa Springs, Florida: "A sleepy place on the Gulf Coast of Florida" next to the town of Homosassa referred to by locals as simply Sassa.
  • Hillhouse: A fictional college in Georgia where Mae and Ari attended college.
  • Okefenokee Swamp: The largest swamp in the US visited by the Environmental Studies class.
  • Waycross, Ga.: Site of the entrance to the Okefenokee Swamp.
  • Savannah: Ari, Dashay and Mae travel to Savannah to visit Ari's father.
  • Tybee Island, Ga.: Savannah Beach where Ari, Dashay and Mae stay while visiting Ari's father.

First Sentence edit see section history

Someone is standing in my bedroom doorway, watching me sleep, then watching my eyes open.

Glossary edit see section history

  • Sasa: Spiritual power
  • Sanguinists: Vampires who were formerly priests who abstain from sex and subsist on artificial blood.
  • Colonists: Vampires who subsist on human blood and favor their extinction through cultivating and harvesting.
  • Nebulists: Vampires who advocate for vampire rights and subsist on human and artificial blood.
  • Scrying: Also known as crystal gazing or seeing the future in a reflective surface.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 3 in Ethical Vampire. (standard series)

Preceded by The Society of S, and followed by The Season of Risks.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Susan Hubbard (Author)

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Page Count: 304

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