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Look For Me By Moonlight

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When I was in the eighth grade I accidentally picked up this book out of boredom during a study hall. When I returned to study hall I began reading it and I have never been the same since. It is my favorite book of all time. I've read it at least eight times and hope to read it more. Cynda reminded me so much of myself- unsure, emotional, a child of divorced parents. As the book progressed I felt myself falling in love with Vincent alongside of her. Now on every snowy night I turn off the lights and stare out into the darkness, imagining that he is there, and a shiver goes down my spine. I recommend this book to everyone- it has many important lessons to teach about trust and the naivety of young teenage girls.

This was one of the best books I've ever read. I can relate with Cynda, I under stand how she's feeling. In the begaining of the story her father leaves her family for an 18-year old student in his english class.
Then when she goes to stay with her stepmother and her father she has the time to worry about everything. She becomes frightened that Suson(her stepmother) and Tod(her hafe brother) will not like her. Then she worries that she will not like them. When she gets to the airport she discovers that no one is there to great her.
The waitingroom is completly emty. Soon she begains to worry some more about her father's safty. After almost two hours of waiting he finaly get there.
On the way to the inn thay stop at a small dinner for some coffie and a bite to eat. After they've finished they set off again. When they finaly step out of the truck in front of the old in Cynda is very wormly greated by Suson and Tod.
Early the next day a young boy by the name of Will shows up. Cynda find out that he is quite the artist. With in the hour she has a crush on Will. Later that night a handsome stranger named Vincent M. shows up at the inn looking for a room.
When they envite him in they learn that he is a writer. Cynda quikly falls for the hansome stranger. When Cynda learns the truth about him she trys to fight him off but has no luck.
So she goes to will for help. Together they devise a plan to get rid of Vincent once and for all. Once Vincent is gone they return to the inn to find that her father and stepmother had phoned the cops for fear that THEIR children were kidnapped. Cynda finaly feels at home at the inn. She learned that Suson and her father realy did care for her.
This story goes thore some real life pain, fear, love, and hate. This is the book that I will read to my children and I hope that in the years to come it shall become a tradition in our family.
Becky Blanton

I really loved this book. It was excellent. I couldn't put it down for second. I think Mary Dawning Hahn is a very good writer. I've read a lot of her books, but I think this onewas the best of all of them. the story is about a girl named Cynda that is 14. Her mom and step-father travel around the world, so she has to go live with her dad. While she's there she meets a guy she likes and his name is Vincent. He is way older than she is. One thing I like about this book is when they first meet. One thing I disliked about this book was it started kinda slow.I think people who like vampire romance novels should read this book. If you want to know more about this book this book read it.

First of all, I have to say this is an excellent book. It's about a girl who feels quite left out of her family life, because her parents are divorced and they have both remarried, and her dad has a kid.
She's staying with her dad since her mom and stepdad steve are in Italy for the summer. While there she meets a handsome stranger. (Actually a vampire by the way.)
Things spiral out of control as it gets worse and worse with Vincent (stranger). Eventually, she can confide in a friend, and it has quite literally a killer ending. (hint hint)

Cyndas parents are divorced she lives with her mom and Steve "step-dad" in Maryland. Sense they are goin to move to Italy Cynda is goin to live her dad, Susan "step-mom" and Todd " step-brother" in Maine. They own an inn called Underhill on the coast of Maine they also live in the inn. The maid that cleans the inn told Cynda that long ago there was a girl murdered in the inn she was about 16 the same age as Cynda. The police said that there was a strange man staying at the inn when all this happened but when she disappeared the man did to. They never thought that he could have been the killer but they still haven't found the killer. One snowy night a strange man named Vincent came to the inn to stay. He never showed his face and always dressed in dark clothing. Cynda fell in love with Vincent he did to. Every night Vincent would come to Cyndas window at midnight and take her for a walk on the beach. One night they got separated in the blizzard and Todd saw them together and told Susan. Susan didn't believe Todd. Todd hated Vincent. One night Vincent came to Cyndas room and started to kiss her on the neck but after a while he bit her and started to suck her blood like a vampire would. Vincent told Cynda if she ever told anyone he would kill her. Cynda felt tired, weak and didn't have an appetite for anything. Vincent started to suck her blood every night except when he started to do it to Todd also he would be late then he would do it even longer on Cynda.

Cynda is a good-looking 16-year-old. She just moved in with her dad, stepmom and stepbrother. She loves reading and doing many activities. Cynda has never fallen in love nor have a boyfriend before until Vincent arrived at Underhill. Then everything changed some good but mostly the things couldn't get any worse but it did.

I liked Look for Me by Moonlight because it was like a mystery book so good that I didn't want to put the book down. It made you think of one person to be the killer but then it would tell you a little more information then you would change your mind. You had many choices to choose from. After you finsih the book you still think about it and wonder what else could have happened or it should have happened this way.

I found this story very interesting and creative, the part I enjoyed the best was when everything in Cynda's world was changing, although it was a superb book, I found it quite predictable, with the way Vincent was acting towards Cynda and how she was infatuated with him. A great mysticle story for beginer vampier horror stories. Be warned once you pick it up you won't be able to put it down, trust me, I got detention because I couldn't put it down in class...hehe...english teachers are purly evil.....Well, as always, enjoy the book, very thrilling story!

I first read 'Look For Me By Moonlight' two years ago on recomendation from my school's librarian, and I fell in love with it immediatly! I rarely read stories in the horror or romance genres, but I read this book several times when I borrowed it from the library and now I'm lucky enough to own it. I can't get enough of this book, every time I read it, especially at night, it sends shivers down my spine. Great if you want to get someone hooked on vampire stories, also for veterens of the genre (I made my mom, a horror afficianado, read this, and she loved it, too)

Even if this book by Ms. Hahn is VERY predictable, that does not by all means make it a bad book. It is obvious from begginning that Mr. Morthanos is an evil character, despite his wit and charm. It is obvious that Cynda will be captivated. Though it doesn't have a very strong ending you will find yourself unable to put the book down and will read it over and over again.

This book is definitely pushing the message to young people that bad guys are out there and so you had better beware. I thought the author using a great looking guy as the bad guy and an average girl as the victim was a slip-up in the plot; it kind of shouts If it seems too good to be real then it probabaly is! Which I thought the message could have been done better if the average looking guy who seems great then turns out to be sinister would have sent the message that bad guys can come in all forms.
I love fantasies, both adult and young, and I love romantic gothic tales; you will find neither here. It does have a vampire, it does have a forbidden age romance, and it does have the age old I'm a child of a divorce who just wants my biodad without his extra family; but it is a tale of what usually happens in this case, things go terribly wrong and of course to the young, naive plain-looking girl. Don't worry, the author finally gives us a knight in shining armour, that has absolutely no reason to be one, to save our stupid victim....uh heroine just cannot fit...and then leaves us with the fear most real victims have: will the evil return or is it truely gone for good?

In all, a great read to give younger girls out there, in the hopes the fake plot line will lure them to read it for their own good...haha. I did read it more than once, once when younger I liked it fairly well; then once as an older person who then saw the thinnly veiled Large BEWARE blinking sign throughout the story and still finished the book.

This book was a wonderful vampire romance and I enjoyed it the whole way through until he doubted his feelings for her. The ending was good, but I would have definatly changed Vincent's character. He was mezmerising at the start but when he turns mean you loathe him. The characters were well described and creative and overall I enjoyed this book alot. Thanother one of Mary Downing Hahn's books. This was a wonderful book.