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Everdead
Band 11 der Reihe CEMETERY DANCE GERMANY, signiert von Rio Youers und Illustrator Daniele Serra. Mit neu geschriebener Backstory DIE ERSTEN - exklusiv für die deutsche Ausgabe des Buches.
Du denkst, du kennst Vampirromane?
Triff Luca: einen jungen Vampir, der seine Opfer in den heißesten Clubs Europas verführt.
San Antonia, Ibiza. Ein endloser Karneval für die Jugend, wo Hemmungslosigkeit regiert und Regeln gebrochen werden. Doch diesen Sommer hat sich etwas zur Party gesellt, dessen Appetit auf Sünde allein es durch die Nacht treibt.
Toby Matthews ist nach San Antonio gekommen, um sein gebrochenes Herz zu kurieren, und es scheint, dass die schöne Cass Tait das Heilmittel sein könnte. Doch als ihre Beziehung zu erblühen beginnt, geraten sie ins Visier von etwas Teuflischem. Sie blicken ihm ins Auge, sehen sein wahres Herz und begreifen, dass nur sie es aufhalten können.
Noch bevor die Sonne untergeht, müssen sie sich entscheiden, ob sie fliehen oder kämpfen wollen.
Dies ist San Antonio. Das Jagdgebiet. Der stromführende Draht. Wo die Herzen härter schlagen müssen, und der Sound von allem zu einem einzigen, langen und berauschenden Schrei verschmilzt.
Du denkst, du kennst Vampirromane?
Triff Luca: einen jungen Vampir, der seine Opfer in den heißesten Clubs Europas verführt.
San Antonia, Ibiza. Ein endloser Karneval für die Jugend, wo Hemmungslosigkeit regiert und Regeln gebrochen werden. Doch diesen Sommer hat sich etwas zur Party gesellt, dessen Appetit auf Sünde allein es durch die Nacht treibt.
Toby Matthews ist nach San Antonio gekommen, um sein gebrochenes Herz zu kurieren, und es scheint, dass die schöne Cass Tait das Heilmittel sein könnte. Doch als ihre Beziehung zu erblühen beginnt, geraten sie ins Visier von etwas Teuflischem. Sie blicken ihm ins Auge, sehen sein wahres Herz und begreifen, dass nur sie es aufhalten können.
Noch bevor die Sonne untergeht, müssen sie sich entscheiden, ob sie fliehen oder kämpfen wollen.
Dies ist San Antonio. Das Jagdgebiet. Der stromführende Draht. Wo die Herzen härter schlagen müssen, und der Sound von allem zu einem einzigen, langen und berauschenden Schrei verschmilzt.
- GenresHorror
336 pages, Hardcover
First published October 14, 2008
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About the author
Rio Youers
90 books433 followersRio Youers is the British Fantasy and Sunburst Award–nominated author of Lola on Fire and No Second Chances. His 2017 thriller, The Forgotten Girl, was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He is the writer of Refrigerator Full of Heads, a six-issue comic series from DC Comics, and Sleeping Beauties, a graphic novel based on the number-one bestseller by Stephen King and Owen King. Rio’s latest novel, The Bang-Bang Sisters, was published by William Morrow in summer 2024.
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May 5, 2011
Everdead is told from Luca's POV (the vampire), and Toby’s, our young hero. There was also another character which I found intriguing, the city of San Antonio, Ibiza itself. The location is portrayed as a throbbing, living organism with an extra pulse where thrills and freedom are found down one road and danger down another.
Regarding the writing, there is some head jumping that is a little confusing but it didn’t show up a lot. Also, I personally would have cut out some back story, narrative and dialogue. However, the rest of the story more than makes up for this. Just like in Mama Fish, also by Rio Youers, this story contains beautiful details and exquisite, skillful metaphors. While reading Everdead, I often shook my head in disbelief and wondered how the author thought of such rich imagery.
The vampire was of the bad ass variety. He killed and reveled in it. Seeing beauty in death where he once saw only despair. It is interesting, because once you are in a character’s head you often root for them. At first, even though I know Luca is a killer I found myself connecting with him and was interested in how he came into existence and the trials, tribulations and joys he finds being a vampire. I love the details of his nature. The strings of saliva like a wild animal when he was enraged and his poetic words to his victims seducing them to their deaths. Remember kids, not all vampires are romantic and sparkly. Some are just downright psychopaths.
Then I met Toby and his friends who are on Spring Break and Cass and her friends who are there for the same reason. I got to know Toby and of course like him. He is a relatable character, an everyday guy with insecurities who eventually overcomes them because of his connection with Cass. As their world and Luca’s entwine he finds strength within himself. He also gets help from an unlikely source, his stoner friend Johnny, who we realize has more brain cells than at first glance.
I see another theme here as I write this very much akin to Mama Fish; friendship. Cass fights the vampire for her friend who ended up in Luca’s clutches and Toby fights the vampire not only for Cass but for his friends as well. He realizes that he can’t live in a world where Luca exists, where his loved ones might be in danger. These feelings help him find inner strength and he discovers that he is not the second fiddle that he has always considered himself.
The story culminates nicely and utilizes earlier devices that I had in my head, but still took me by surprise. It also didn’t have the fairy tale ending that I thought it might, but it was sweet, even bittersweet without being sappy.
Oh yeah and let’s not forget the horror! Yay! Disturbing, gory, thrilling. Just the thing to get the darkness in my heart pounding. It was prevalent and the blood flowed when needed but it wasn’t gratuitous or unnecessary.
The e-book version is not formatted wonderfully. This is not something that bothers me, but if it bugs you, just be aware of it or pick up the printed version.
I can’t stop thinking about this story or the characters. My thoughts flowed without spending days pondering what I liked or didn’t like and I felt that I didn't struggle to write something that might be useful to anyone interested. Plus, the horror was really good!
Regarding the writing, there is some head jumping that is a little confusing but it didn’t show up a lot. Also, I personally would have cut out some back story, narrative and dialogue. However, the rest of the story more than makes up for this. Just like in Mama Fish, also by Rio Youers, this story contains beautiful details and exquisite, skillful metaphors. While reading Everdead, I often shook my head in disbelief and wondered how the author thought of such rich imagery.
The vampire was of the bad ass variety. He killed and reveled in it. Seeing beauty in death where he once saw only despair. It is interesting, because once you are in a character’s head you often root for them. At first, even though I know Luca is a killer I found myself connecting with him and was interested in how he came into existence and the trials, tribulations and joys he finds being a vampire. I love the details of his nature. The strings of saliva like a wild animal when he was enraged and his poetic words to his victims seducing them to their deaths. Remember kids, not all vampires are romantic and sparkly. Some are just downright psychopaths.
Then I met Toby and his friends who are on Spring Break and Cass and her friends who are there for the same reason. I got to know Toby and of course like him. He is a relatable character, an everyday guy with insecurities who eventually overcomes them because of his connection with Cass. As their world and Luca’s entwine he finds strength within himself. He also gets help from an unlikely source, his stoner friend Johnny, who we realize has more brain cells than at first glance.
I see another theme here as I write this very much akin to Mama Fish; friendship. Cass fights the vampire for her friend who ended up in Luca’s clutches and Toby fights the vampire not only for Cass but for his friends as well. He realizes that he can’t live in a world where Luca exists, where his loved ones might be in danger. These feelings help him find inner strength and he discovers that he is not the second fiddle that he has always considered himself.
The story culminates nicely and utilizes earlier devices that I had in my head, but still took me by surprise. It also didn’t have the fairy tale ending that I thought it might, but it was sweet, even bittersweet without being sappy.
Oh yeah and let’s not forget the horror! Yay! Disturbing, gory, thrilling. Just the thing to get the darkness in my heart pounding. It was prevalent and the blood flowed when needed but it wasn’t gratuitous or unnecessary.
The e-book version is not formatted wonderfully. This is not something that bothers me, but if it bugs you, just be aware of it or pick up the printed version.
I can’t stop thinking about this story or the characters. My thoughts flowed without spending days pondering what I liked or didn’t like and I felt that I didn't struggle to write something that might be useful to anyone interested. Plus, the horror was really good!
February 28, 2017
Exceptionally well-written vampire tale. Evil and nasty as vampires should be, Rio Youers does an excellent job bringing this undead creature to life (ahem). Good fun if you're a horror fan and can handle another tale in this well-worn niche.
December 9, 2010
I didn't think I wanted to read a vampire novel, but Rio got me into it with fascinating characters and gore.
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