In the Forests of the Night is by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. The debut fantasy novel by Atwater-Rhodes, who was thirteen when she wrote this story. Yes, my fellow poetry addicts; the title is taken from William Blake's poem The Tiger. This is the story of Risika, a three-hundred-year-old vampire. She struggles with her past and what she has become, and she carries a major grudge against another vampire, Aubrey. He is even older than Risika and she really hates him. This is a very good, albeit dark, story. Amazing when you consider it was written by a teenager.
Ratings: 7th grade - 9 out of 10.
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