Kendare Blake

The Teen Book Club

Our mission: To read and discuss teen books. We are a very informal group of young people who thoroughly enjoy reading books for young adults. We spend some of our time talking about our pick, and some of our time talking about books in general and what we like about them. Also dessert. We discuss dessert and eat it regularly.

We meet on the last Sunday of every month!

Call or stop in for more details! Next Meeting: Sunday, October 26th @ 2:00pm Discussing: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Description:

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.

So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local lore, destroy the murderous dead, and keep pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

Searching for a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas expects the usual: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.

Yet she spares Cas's life.

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Kendare Blake exploded onto the Young Adult scene with her debut novel, Anna Dressed in Blood in 2011, and its well-received sequel, Girl of Nightmares, in 2012. The books earned starred reviews, landed on recommended reading and awards lists (including feature as a ALA/YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults selection and as an ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers), and Anna Dressed in Blood was named one of NPR’s Top 5 YA Novels of the Year and Kirkus Reviews' Best Teen Books of 2011. (Anna is being developed for film by Stephenie Meyer’s company, Fickle Fish Films) Now, Kendare Blake is back with an exhilarating new series, that began last year with Antigoddess, and continues with this fall’s Mortal Gods (On-sale on October 14, 2014). The Goddess War series has earned rave reviews thus far. Publishers Weekly called Antigoddess “a gory, thrilling vision of the twilight of the gods,” in its starred review, and Kirkus Reviews says that “this new series from one of the best up-and-coming horror/suspense writers around updates Greek mythology but offers far more than a Percy Jackson retread.” We’ll have a giveaway drawing for a bag of upcoming young adult releases as well, so make sure you save the date!

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The Quantum League #1 by Matthew J. Kirby
Also Known As by Robin Benway
Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
The Compound by S. A. Bodeen
Pulse by Patrick Carman
The Warrior Heir (Heir Series #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
Matched (Matched Trilogy Series #1) By Ally Condie
Gossip From the Girls' Room by Rose Cooper
The Living by Matt de la Pena
The Lost Code (Atlanteans Series #1) by Kevin Emerson
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Mangaman by Barry Lyga, Colleen Doran (Illustrator)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Series #1) by Marissa Meyer
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang

Author Event, Bookfair Robin Benway, Josh Berk, Kendare Blake, Stephanie Bodeen, Patrick Carman, Cinda Williams Chima, Ally Condie, Rose Cooper, Matt de la Pena, Kevin Emerson, Matthew Kirby, Robin LaFevers, Barry Lyga, Marissa Meyer, Andrew Smith & Kat Zhang will be here (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

YA Event: Kendare Blake, Anna Carey, Michelle Gagnon, and Stacey Jay

Friday, September 20, 7:00 p.m.

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

The Goddess War begins in Antigoddess, the first installment of the new series by acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood.

Rise: An Eve Novel by Anna Carey

How far will you go when you have nothing left to lose? In Rise, Eve must choose who to leave behind, who to save, and who to fight as Anna Carey's epic tale of romance and sacrifice in the chilling dystopia of The New America comes to a stunning conclusion.

Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

In the second installment of the Don't Turn Around series, Noa Torsen is on the run. Having outsmarted Project Persephone, Noa and Zeke move stealthily across the country, protecting runaways before they become test subjects for the Project’s horrific experiments.

Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds

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Kendare Blake

Gretchen McNeil

Jonathan Maberry (Fire & Ash, Extinction Machine) calls Kendare Blake’s Antigoddess “... a riveting and chilling horror thriller that deftly blends ancient legends with modern horrors. Highly recommended.” Maryelizabeth agrees and you can find her review of Antigoddess on the bottom of this page. For former opera singer Gretchen McNeil, writing seems to be a natural career change. After all, opera is a form of telling tragic and dramatic stories through music. Gretchen, who also sings with the Los Angeles based circus troupe Cirque Berzerk, and is a founding member of YARebels, switches genres for her latest YA novel, 3:59, moving from horror to science fiction.

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Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
Flyaway by Helen Landalf
Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis
Velveteen by Daniel Marks
Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic
Dreaming Awake by Gwen Hayes
The Year We Were Famous by Carole Estby Dagg
Anna dressed in blood by Kendare Blake

Author Signing Be sure to stop in and enjoy a meet-and-greet session with these great teen authors! (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Teen Event: Girl's Nightmare Out: Marta Acosta, Kendare Blake, and Lisa Desrochers

Friday, August 24, 7:00 p.m.

AT KEPLER'S

Dark Companion by Marta Acosta

Written as an homage to Jane Eyre, Dark Companion is a lush romantic tale about an orphaned teenager who is chosen to attend an exclusive private school where things are not exactly as they seem.

Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake

Kendare Blake exploded onto the Young Adult scene with her debut novel, Anna dressed in blood. Enthralling New York Times bestselling authors, reviewers, fans, and bloggers alike, Blake adeptly weaves the familiar and the unexpected into a genre-bending, refreshing new take on paranormal romance. Now, she's back with her eagerly anticipated sequel.

Last Rite by Lisa Desrochers

Last Rite is the conclusion to the thrilling, edgy Personal Demons series. If Frannie wants to keep her family and friends safe, she knows she has no choice but to go on the run. Their best defense is the power Frannie has been struggling to master, but her attempts to hone her skill go horribly awry. If Frannie doesn't learn fast, the consequences could be devastating--even apocalyptic. What happens when you can't outrun Hell...or trust the ones you love?

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