During one difficult week in her junior year, Val's world falls apart as she learns some truths about her origins, her father's business, and her relationship with her best friend.
Susan Beth Pfeffer was an American author best known for young adult and science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled "The Life as We Knew It Series", but often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.
I was thrilled when the editor of this novel let me read it in manuscript form when I was working at BDD. Of course, if this had been a book, she would have given me a job in editorial (and I would have eventually discovered JK Rowling), instead of forgetting my name the next time she saw me...
MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD was going to be a one star review up until the last 20%. It’s very dated and stereotypes Italians as mobsters, but the ending made me add a star.