ReVamped [Paperback]

Lucienne Diver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2010 | Series: Vamped (Book 2)

Gina's Rules for Vampires on Surviving Super Spy School Training:

1. First, the dirt and sweat are just too horrible to contemplate. 

2. Going goth to infiltrate a high school and see who's messing with supernatural powers means no color palette to speak of. And don't even get me started on the shoes.

3. Making out with your vamp-stud boyfriend while hunting down evil rogue vampires, unless it's part of your cover, is totally grounds for extra push-ups.

4. When going goth, you've totally got to strike words like awesome and phat from your vocab.

5. Who's running this spy school, you ask? I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. 'Course, then you might become one of us—the few, the proud, the fangtabulous.

 

Lucienne Diver interviewed by RT Book Reviews

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Clueless in Diver’s stand-alone sequel to Vamped (2009). Gina Covello, 17-forever vampire and fashion addict, goes undercover as teen goth Geneva Belfry to find out why the teens of quiet little Wappingers Falls on the Hudson River are suddenly erupting in violence, failing tests, and sleepwalking. Though there’s plenty of action, it’s Gina’s snarky, irreverent voice that keeps the pages turning in this quick read. Her disgust for the goth outfits she has to wear is delightful, and her almost-clinical descriptions of the physical difficulties in vampirism are a hoot. Grades 8-12. --Debbie Carton

About the Author

Lucienne Diver is the author of the popular Vamped series for young adults. Her short stories have been published in anthologies by Baen Books, and she contributed an essay to the Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories anthology from HarperTeen. Diver lives near Tampa, Florida, where she works as a literary agent.

 

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Product Details

• Age Range: 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Flux (September 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780738721293
• ISBN-13: 978-0738721293
• ASIN: 0738721298
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,774,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lucienne Diver's young adult series featuring Gina Covello, fashionista of the fanged, began with Vamped and continues with Revamped, Fangtastic and Fangtabulous (January 2013) from Flux Books. Her short stories have been included in the Strip-Mauled and Fangs for the Mammaries anthologies (Baen Books), and her essay "Abuse" is included in Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperTeen). She also writes the Latter-Day Olympians urban fantasy series for Samhain: Bad Blood (digital 2011, print 2012) and Crazy in the Blood (digital August 2012, print 2013). Long and Short Reviews says of the first, "Bad Blood is a delightful urban fantasy, a clever mix of Janet Evanovich and Rick Riordan, and a true Lucienne Diver original."

Further information is available on her website: www.luciennediver.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad sequel October 1, 2012

By Jewelry buff

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I'm enjoying the twists and the buildup. Quite an interesting addition to the vamp tree. Looking forward to the next adventure. Author is improving plot lines and the editing is good. An author to watch for!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Gina Covella returns in a fun YA romp December 14, 2011

By Inanna Arthen

Format:Paperback

I wasn't overly impressed by Lucienne Diver's first YA fantasy novel, VAMPED, but I'm very pleased to say that the sequel, REVAMPED, is a great improvement over its predecessor. The story picks up shortly after the conclusion of Book 1. Teen vampire Gina Covella, the vampire boyfriend who turned her, Bobby, and their vamped high school friends have escaped from the scheming vampire queen Mellisande only to be enlisted by a covert government agency. Now rigorously trained in "secret spy school," Gina, Bobby and former-jock-turned-minion Rick are sent on their first undercover mission: to figure out why kids in Wappingers Falls, New York are acting weird, disappearing and turning up dead. Gina assumes the disguise of an emancipated Goth girl named Geneva Belfry and quickly bonds with a cluster of Goth students in the local high school. It doesn't take long for chaos to ensue.

Protagonist and narrator Gina is far more vivid and likeable in this book. She's more vulnerable, more complex, and more sympathetic, while being far less snarky, shallow and hip. Other characters are drawn more clearly as well. The adult figures, especially the pair of Federal agents who supervise the teen spies, are no longer uniformly incompetent, and the teens respect them more, even if Gina still has a few smart-alecky nicknames for them. The plot keeps you guessing, and has a few twists that I didn't see coming.

REVAMPED is a fun, fluffy read, and despite Gina's fierce fondness for Bobby, it completely avoids the mawkish teen girl moping and yearning that characterize too many paranormal YA books. I hope Lucienne Diver has more stories to tell about Gina, Bobby, Rick and their adventures in the supernatural secret service. She's blossoming as a writer in a most enjoyable way.

3.0 out of 5 stars Gothic Mom's Book Review July 21, 2011

By ANNETTE M GUERRIERO

Format:Paperback

ReVamped is the second installment in Diver's delightfully written Vamped series. Like the first, ReVamped tells the story of high school senior Gina Covello, vampire extraordinaire. With her not so quick wit, but quick sarcastic come backs, and a kick-ass attitude, Gina is the ultimate teen vampire.

There are strange happenings Wappingers Falls. Many teens are becoming more aggressive while others seem to be waking around in a daze. Grades are dropping, even among the geeks. Gina, Bobby, and Rick-the-rat; now working undercover with the spooks, must find out what's going on and stop it.

Though the story line is basically the same as the first book; a master vamp wanting to create an army of teen vampires, it still flows nicely and seems pretty logical. How else would a vampire move up in the ranks unless they have an army of minions?

I love that Diver introduced the infamous Rasputin into the mix. It adds a nice bit of historical lore, and makes the story all the more enjoyable.

I would liked to have seen a little more in regards to the development of Gina and Bobby's relationship however. I didn't feel the closeness of them in this book, and apparently neither did Gina herself, as she seemed to be very attracted to Ulric.

Another great one day read by Diver that left me smiling in the end.

3.5 of 5 stars