Vampire Loves
Sfarm, Joann. Vampire Loves. New York: First Second, 2006.
Annotation: Ferdinand is a friendly and likeable character who prefers just a taste instead of killing his victims. The people he loves don't love him and vise versa. It's a crazy world.
Reason for rejection: Although good, not quite award material. The author has created a complex and interesting world of monsters and ghouls. But, unfortunatley the plot is difficult to follow because the world is presented in small snap shot or serials that are supposed explain the story(or lack there of). The art work is generally good, but feals a little lazy sometimes. Ferdinand does do some search for self that should connect to adolescents, but I'm not sure if he actually grows or learns anything new in the story. The escape portion of this fantasy world will also appeal to some readers. The characters are actually pretty complex and that makes the book more interesting. For die hard graphic novel and/or vampire fans this should be a fun book. Unfortanetly it just doesn't scream good story or essential adolecsent literature.
Genre:Vampire, Graphic Novel.
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