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Night Creatures
It’s 1981, and Bryant thinks his move to New York will be the beginning of a new life. But the men he meets are being threatened by a mysterious illness. Could transforming into a Night Creature save him and his loved ones from certain death? Book Two of The Immortal Testimonies travels back in time to the gay community’s darkest days.
264 pages, Paperback
First published December 10, 2013
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About the author
Jeremy Jordan King
4 books20 followersJeremy Jordan King grew up in New Jersey, somewhere between the Pine Barrens and the ocean. His debut novel and introduction to the Immortal Testimonies series, In Stone, was published by Bold Strokes Books in 2012 and was listed in Advocate’s “Top 10 Books for Young LGBT Folks and Anyone Who Wants to Understand Them” and recommended by the American Library Association’s GLBT Round Table. His sophomore release, Night Creatures, was a finalist for the 2014 Rainbow Award in fantasy. The third installment of the series, Dark Rites, hit shelves in February. In addition to fiction, Jeremy is the librettist for the new musical, Eighty-Sixed, which is currently being developed. He lives in Manhattan.
Learn more at www.jeremyjordanking.com
Learn more at www.jeremyjordanking.com
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November 20, 2013
Since I finished the first book in this series, In Stone, I have been dying to get my hands on the sequel/prequel, especially when I found out the main character was going to be Bryant, my favorite side character in the first book.
In this book, readers meet Bryant before he's been turned into a vampire. The time is the 1980s, right at the start of the AIDs crisis, and Bryant has just moved to New York City. He enjoys his life, but when an encounter with a mysterious man in a bath house leaves him sick, he freaks out. First he thinks it's the flu, and then, when his lover and other friends start dying, he realizes it's much worse.
Except, he's not affected.
In comes Jonathan, the man from the bath house. One of the Immortals. What follows is an adventure as Bryant learns to adjust to his new life as he erases his old identity and tries desperately to stop AIDs from taking more lives.
This book was amazing. I mean, seriously. It really packs a hard punch, especially with the descriptions of the beginning of the AIDs crisis when doctors didn't know what they were dealing with. Told from Bryant, it was so realistic I felt like I was living through it with him. What made it more chilling was the way the author didn't just immediately say what was happening. Because no one did know at the time. We know now, and reading it, knowing what's happening and what's going to happen to everyone who gets sick... well, it was heartbreaking. I think this book is incredibly important for young adults because so many don't understand the AIDs crisis and what it really meant to everyone. It's been so many years that most - if not all - of those first impacted have died, and these young adults are seeing a world where AIDs may not have a cure yet, but has treatments, and being told you have it is not an immediate death sentence like it was in the 80s.
I cannot wait for the next book in the series. You do not need to read In Stone first in order to enjoy this book, but I would anyway.
In this book, readers meet Bryant before he's been turned into a vampire. The time is the 1980s, right at the start of the AIDs crisis, and Bryant has just moved to New York City. He enjoys his life, but when an encounter with a mysterious man in a bath house leaves him sick, he freaks out. First he thinks it's the flu, and then, when his lover and other friends start dying, he realizes it's much worse.
Except, he's not affected.
In comes Jonathan, the man from the bath house. One of the Immortals. What follows is an adventure as Bryant learns to adjust to his new life as he erases his old identity and tries desperately to stop AIDs from taking more lives.
This book was amazing. I mean, seriously. It really packs a hard punch, especially with the descriptions of the beginning of the AIDs crisis when doctors didn't know what they were dealing with. Told from Bryant, it was so realistic I felt like I was living through it with him. What made it more chilling was the way the author didn't just immediately say what was happening. Because no one did know at the time. We know now, and reading it, knowing what's happening and what's going to happen to everyone who gets sick... well, it was heartbreaking. I think this book is incredibly important for young adults because so many don't understand the AIDs crisis and what it really meant to everyone. It's been so many years that most - if not all - of those first impacted have died, and these young adults are seeing a world where AIDs may not have a cure yet, but has treatments, and being told you have it is not an immediate death sentence like it was in the 80s.
I cannot wait for the next book in the series. You do not need to read In Stone first in order to enjoy this book, but I would anyway.
August 20, 2014
King's series is original and creative. You can't help but to feel the emotion and longing of the characters. It's often raw and brutal; but it always comes back to humanity and love. Great series so far!
December 6, 2015
2014 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
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