Demon in My View (Den of Shadows) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Author) "THE BLACK OBLIVION OF SLEEP was shattered by the caterwauling of some singer on Jessica's clock radio..." (more)
Key Phrases: vampire hunters, New Mayhem, Ash Night, Las Noches (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
The teen queen of horror fiction Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is on the prowl again! Continuing in much the same vampire vein that established her reputation, the young writer's sophomore novel also includes a touch of autobiography. Jessica Allodola is a high school senior who pens vampire tales under the pseudonym Ash Night. (Hmmm, sound familiar?) Because of her funereal clothing and cynical demeanor, Jessica is shunned by her sunnier classmates. No matter, she prefers the company of the undead she creates on her laptop, anyway. But Jessica is shaken when a creature from her novel, the suave vampire Aubrey (who fans will remember from In the Forests of the Night) shows up as a new student at her school. Not knowing whether he plans to seduce or harm her, Jessica plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Aubrey as she tries to discover the secret of his existence. As she delves deeper into the midnight world of her own novels, she encounters other supernatural beings, like Fala, an evil Egyptian vampire, and Caryn Smoke, a teenaged good witch. When she finally unearths the shocking truth that explains the tangibility of her imaginary world, Jessica must decide if she loves that dark world enough to leave the light forever.

Atwater-Rhode's writing, while still showing strong traces of Anne Rice and Stephen King, is maturing nicely as she cleverly constructs this story within a story. Her vampires, while thousands of years old, have adolescent mood swings and tempers, which will sit well with the under-16 crowd. Demon in My View will undoubtedly find its way into many backpacks and Trapper Keepers. (Ages 12 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly
Jessica, who put in a cameo appearance for In the Forests of the Night, writes a book about vampires; what she doesn't know is that they actually exist. "Atwater-Rhodes exercises impressive control over the complex lineages she has imagined, and she comes up with creative solutions to advance her story," wrote PW. Ages 12-up.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf; Reprint edition (September 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440228840
• ISBN-13: 978-0440228844
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (279 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,931 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellant horror story., May 9, 2000

By	Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Demon in My View (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed this book, even more than the author's first, which was itself excellant. Jessica, the main character, seems a pretty average, unpopular teen at first glance. But she's actually published a vampire novel under a pen name. When a new boy enrolls at her school, he reminds her a great deal of Aubrey, the vampire villian from her novel. It turns out that he really is Aubrey, come to kill her. However, things become complicated when the two fall in love. Both of these characters appeared in In the Forests of the Night, and I was glad Miss Atwater-Rhodes chose to write more about them. Jessica was only briefly mentioned in the first book, but I thought right away that she would be a neat character. And I never liked Aubrey much in the first book (although he was definitley a cool villian!), but meeting Jessica certainly improved his personality. I highly reccomend this wonderful novel to fans of horror and vampire novels. The author is extremely talented, and I think it is wonderful that she has become a published author while she is still a teenager. I hope she continues to write more wonderful books like this one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aubrey/Alex The Best, May 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Demon in My View (Hardcover)

When my reading class decided to read a vampire book i was so excited, but when I read this book i fell in love with them. Amelia describes almost word for word the emotions and feeling of her characters rather than their appearances. Alot of her characters are described in every way. My favorite is Aubrey. In Amelia's first book she described him as rude, and mean, and just Aubrey. But in this book she descibes how he cares for a human and falls in love with her. All the girls in my reading class are in love with him. We all agreed that Amelia needs to start a series of books on him starting from his birth to the end of his vampiric life. However all this info. of his life should not be contained in one tiny book, they definitely need a series and alot of them. I look forward to reading more of Atwaters books, and hearing alot more about Aubrey.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Over publicized with below average writing skill...., November 27, 2002

By	"hyper0003" (otherworld) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demon in My View (Hardcover)

After hearing all the great reviews upon this novel I decided to give it a try. I admit I was disappointed from the moment I picked the novel up, it seemed to be kind of thin, meaning: TOO SHORT. But looking over that I decided the book must be really that good looking past the length.

Well, it took me less then two hours to read and by the end I was wondering if I picked the wrong book up. This couldn't be the book written by the praised teen. Overall, it was below average, mainly: D.

It had no depth at all. Who is Jessica and Aubrey, you know very little about them, even after reading In the Forest of the Night this morning I still had no idea who Aubrey was. Though I admired the creative and poetic style the book seemed like she rushed and didn't edit that often. There were tons of plot holes and there wasn't a conclusion except for Jessica's transformation into a night creature.

Why don't they just kill Fala? If I were Aubrey I would had snapped her neck at instant.

Amelia has a lot of work to do, being three stars is average I ive her two. One for effort and two for style, other then that it lacked everythin a novel is made of.

Would I recommend it? If you're an inspirational writer, yes, so you can analyze the mistakes a teen writer would make with much inexperience. It helps not to make the same mistake twice.

It's like addictive pop music, anyone who likes quick action with sarcasm that matches an annoying teen drama will devour this novel. I hate pop music and I hate sarcasm to the point it irritates you, so I wouldn't read this novel again. But the writer truly has potential.

The skill of writing can be learned, therefore she needs to practice more before she tries any other stuff. I am sad that she allows herself to be publicized like that, as the next Anne Rice. If I were her I wouldn't had given out my age, instead wait and see if I could succeed under alias.

Anyway 2 stars, maybe more if her writing does improve.