Stargazer (Evernight)

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He intends to turn Bianca in to Mrs Bethany, until Bianca mentions the appearance of the vampire that escaped. Balthazar is shocked and reveals that the vampire is in fact his younger sister, Charity, who he has not seen for thirty five years after she ran away from the Academy. Balthazar agrees to keep Bianca's secret, but in exchange, she and Lucas will help him track down Charity and persuade her to return to Evernight.

Lucas reluctantly agrees to the plan, believing Charity is part of a dangerous tribe of vampires hunting humans. So that no one becomes suspicious as to why Balthazar and Bianca are spending so much time together, they pretend to be in a relationship, which makes some awkward situations for the pair, especially as Balthazar really does have feelings for Bianca.

Meanwhile, strange and frightening things begin happening around Evernight, such as ice forming on the walls and floors, whispering voices, objects moving by themselves and sightings of ghosts. It becomes clear that Evernight is being haunted, with the wraiths becoming increasingly malevolent.

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Bianca begins to believe that the wraiths are targeting her specifically - they always appear to her immediately after she has consumed blood, and one ghost attempts to communicate with Bianca, writing the word 'OURS' in the frost on her window. Bianca also has dreams about a male wraith , who tells her they want "what was promised". Bianca comes to learn that many of the human students come from 'haunted' houses and comes to the conclusion that Mrs Bethany is deliberately drawing the wraiths to the school, but cannot figure out why.

For her seventeenth birthday, Lucas takes Bianca to an astronomy tower and allows her to drink his blood. Bianca mistakenly believes that Lucas wants her to drain him of blood, which would turn them both into vampires. Bianca likes the idea of this, because they would never have to apart again, but Lucas is disgusted by the idea, telling Bianca that even though he loves her, he could never become a vampire, not even for her, and he'd rather be dead. Things reach a head when Bianca, Lucas and Balthazar track Charity to Boston, where they accidently run into the school bully Courtney , who is secretly visiting her human family.

Courtney threatens to tell Mrs Bethany, but is suddenly attacked and killed by Charity - at this point in the story, it has become clear that Charity is a very sadistic and disturbed individual. Charity refuses to listen to Balthazar's pleas to return to Evernight, stating she hates Mrs Bethany and thinks that vampires should kill humans, because to do otherwise is to deny their natural instincts.

She also reveals that Balthazar was the one who made her into a vampire albeit unwillingly and that she harbors resentment towards him because of it and wants him to suffer. After Charity escapes, Lucas says they should burn Courtney's body, because the ground is too hard to dig.

Bianca, however, is distraught over the night's events and lashes out at Lucas, accusing him of being insensitive and treating vampires like monsters. After a heated argument, Lucas leaves and it appears he and Bianca have broken up. She and Balthazar return to Evernight despondent over the night's events. Bianca finds herself drawn to Balthazar out of loneliness and offers to let him drink her blood.

She and Balthazar very nearly end up having sex, but are interrupted when the wraiths attack Bianca and attempt to kill her. Mrs Bethany manages to save Bianca by hurling an iron dagger through the wraith, explaining afterwards that materials found in human blood, including iron and copper, are harmful to them. After the incident, Bianca confronts her parents about the wraith attacks. Her parents admit what Bianca has suspected all along; she is the one the wraiths are after. Celia and Adrian explain that they lied to Bianca about the manner of her birth - vampires cannot produce life, unless they have the help of a wraith, with the vampires providing the body and the wraiths the spirit.

Celia and Adrian were desperate for a child and sought out the wraiths for help. They performed a ritual that allowed the two vampires to conceive Bianca. Back at Evernight, strange things are happening, and Bianca seems to be at the sight of all these happenings.

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Stargazer was so much better than Evernight. It kept me up all night reading, and anticipating the release of the next book. In Stargazer we learn a little more about some of the other characters, especially Balthazar and Raquel. We also learn the truth about Bianca's miracle birth. Reader reviewed by christie this book is beautiful to the first one. Reader reviewed by Kathleen Year two for Bianca at Evernight Academy, a school where vampires go to learn how to keep up with the times despite being centuries old.

While keeping up with a crazy class schedule, avoiding the snobbish vampire elit, and sneaking out to secretly meet with Lucas, she delves into uncovering the mystery of why the strict headmistress has started allowing human students to attend the school. When wraiths start showing up at the school trying to talk to Bianca, she realizes that she really can't trust anybody.

Stargazer - Claudia Gray - Hardcover

If you haven't read Evernight, the first of this series, then don't read this review, scroll down until you find the Evernight review. This book was extremely slow to start. The first quarter of the book was recapping what happened in the first book. Here's my issue with that; If you're going to write a book, and then right a sequal, don't rewrite the first one into the second one. I know it's assumptive to believe that everybody has read the first book but if they're going to pick up in the middle of the series, that's really their problem.

I don't want to sit and reread something that I've alread read. That said, once the story picked up, it wasn't half bad. This book was a lot more involved with Lucas and Bianca's relationship, forgoing a complex plot to build up the characters themselves. I loved how the relationships between Bianca and Raquel built both of them up as people. Gray picked up on the importance of relationships building the humanity of characters and for that, I'm glad.

Balthazer was getting annoying because he seemed so distant and yet Gray tried to play him off as a Jacob-esk love lost character. Gray's writing style matured with this book. I could see a lot more of the story instead of just reading and knowing what's supposed to be going on.

The plot, however, needed work. I really do appreiciate the character building, but characters need a story to survive. The first half of the book was almost nothing.

There were a few fights, a new character, and some clues alluding to some sort of plot to come, but I didn't get any action until about the last chapter. Vampire books need vampire action and there was very little of that. I also had an issue with the ghosts. I understand her need to try something new in the vampire world, but it wasn't well planned. That said, it does provide an interesting twist to the story.

Reader reviewed by ReaderGirl With the end of summer break comes a new term for the students of Evernight Academy. Bianca Oliver, now a second year student at the school, couldnt be happier to see the new term, especially since it means she might get news from her boyfriend Lucas Ross, who she recently found out was a vampire hunter training with The Black Cross, a pack of vampire hunters that his family belongs to.

But what else is new? Oh, did I mention the icy figures that keep showing up when Bianca least wants to see them, and kind of want to kill her? Stargazer was impossible to put down, and I enjoyed every minute of it, except for when it ended of course! I give it 5 out of 5 stars for wonderful writing and scenes with both Balthazar and Lucas my new heart throbs that took my breath away.

Shes definitely one to watch in the YA or Young Adult Genre, and I for one will read any book put out by this brilliant story-teller. Star ratings in yellow are from our Staff Reviewers.

Star ratings in green are reader reviews. Anyone can post a reader review, so post yours today! We have all sorts of YABC buttons for your website. Grab one here and link to YABC! FAQs Advertise Become a member. The vampire in me was closer to the surface Bianca, born to two vampires, has always been told her destiny is to become one of them.

But Bianca fell in love with Lucas—a vampire hunter sworn to destroy her kind. They were torn apart when his true identity was revealed, forcing him to flee the school. Although they may be separated, Bianca and Lucas will not give each other up. She will risk anything for the chance to see him again, even if it means coming face-to-face with the vampire hunters of Black Cross—or deceiving the powerful vampires of Evernight. Bianca's secrets will force her to live a life of lies.

Yet Bianca isn't the only one keeping secrets.

When Evernight is attacked by an evil force that seems to target her, she discovers the truth she thought she knew is only the beginning User reviews 4 reviews. Already have an account?

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