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The Vampire's Promise Trilogy: Deadly Offer, Evil Returns, and Fatal Bargain

di Caroline B. Cooney

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A special three-in-one edition of Caroline B. Cooney's riveting Vampire's Promise TrilogyIn Deadly Offer, Althea hates high school. In middle school, she had a group of friends to hang out with. She was on the softball team, took gymnastics, and won ribbons for horseback riding. But high school is horrible for Althea. She doesn't make the cheerleading squad. Her group of friends splits apart to form new cliques, and Althea is left to sit alone at lunch. That is, until she discovers a vampire living in the attic tower of her family home. A vampire who can make her dreams come true: a spot on the cheerleading squad; popularity; a boyfriend. All the vampire wants in return is a small sacrifice, and Althea is in too deep to back out now.In Evil Returns, Devnee hopes her new room in an attic tower will make her romantic??beautiful, popular, and even happy. But the tower feels inexplicably creepy, especially because its windows are tightly shuttered. On Devnee's very first night in her new room, weird things start to happen. A disembodied hand appears outside her window. Devnee's shadow detaches from her body and starts wandering the edges of her new room by itself. On her first day at her new high school, Devnee finds herself intensely wishing her life were different. And when someone??something??arrives in her tower room to make that wish come true, Devnee's best intentions at starting a new life take a dark turn.In Fatal Bargain, there is a creepy, shuttered attic tower in the town's run-down, old, abandoned mansion, and it's the perfect place to have a spooky party. At least, that's what Randy thinks when he invites his five friends for a night of scary fun. But the night gets more terrifying than anyone anticipated when Roxanne feels a long sharp fingernail brushing her bare neck, with no one near enough to touch her. Then Randy sees a shadow gathering??a cape without a person inside. Lacey immediately senses the presence of a vampire in the tower. She doesn't understand how, but she knows it in her bones, in her soul, as if from another life in an ancient time: V… (altro)

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Deadly Offer 3 stars

I didn’t like this as much as Cooney’s other books. I didn’t really like Althea. I don’t need to like the main characters in books, but they need to be interesting at least and Althea was boring even after she got popular.

I liked the vampire and how he was described. I look forward to finishing the trilogy and hopefully getting some more info about him.

Evil Returns 2 stars

This was a slog to get through. It basically rehashes the first book, but with a different main character. She’s still boring and has no personality. I’ll read the last book in the trilogy, but I don’t have high hopes for it.

Fatal Bargain 4 stars

Wow, so the last in the trilogy is by and far the best. I would go so far as to say to skip the first two books, and just read this one. There's nothing that happens in the first two that matters for the plot of this one.

This book was engaging. It has kickass female characters. The end actually makes sense!!! The vampire was creepy and I enjoyed how the various kids tried to outsmart him.

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The only book worth reading is the third one in this series. The first one is alright, the second is rehashed trash, and the third is amazing. ( )
  LynnMPK | Jun 29, 2023 |
The Vampire's Promise is a collection of three stories that were originally each published as individual YA novels, and is an entertaining enough, though forgettable, read. Although the teenage heroines and victims differ, the titular vampire in each novella is the same, and may come as an unpleasant surprise to teen readers who've become accustomed to brooding, handsome, sparkly vampire boys who inspire crushes-- this vampire has skin "like mushrooms,” stinks of moss and rot, and is frequently disembodied.
In each of the first two stories, an unpopular, plain girl moves into an old mansion and is offered a bargain by the vampire in residence. If she turns over victims to him, she'll be given what she most wishes for (popularity, beauty, intelligence) in exchange. The third story takes a more traditional horror approach, with six teenagers trapped in the house with the vampire, trying to find a way out.
Although the writing is competent and the heroines are fairly fleshed out, most of the characters are one-dimensional and unmemorable. With each story coming in at just over 150 pages, teens should be able to breeze through this book. If you have some money to spare or a particularly vampire-hungry patron base, this is a reasonable addition to your Young Adult collection, but by no means a must-have. Ages 12 and up. ( )
  alexanan | Oct 22, 2011 |
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A special three-in-one edition of Caroline B. Cooney's riveting Vampire's Promise TrilogyIn Deadly Offer, Althea hates high school. In middle school, she had a group of friends to hang out with. She was on the softball team, took gymnastics, and won ribbons for horseback riding. But high school is horrible for Althea. She doesn't make the cheerleading squad. Her group of friends splits apart to form new cliques, and Althea is left to sit alone at lunch. That is, until she discovers a vampire living in the attic tower of her family home. A vampire who can make her dreams come true: a spot on the cheerleading squad; popularity; a boyfriend. All the vampire wants in return is a small sacrifice, and Althea is in too deep to back out now.In Evil Returns, Devnee hopes her new room in an attic tower will make her romantic??beautiful, popular, and even happy. But the tower feels inexplicably creepy, especially because its windows are tightly shuttered. On Devnee's very first night in her new room, weird things start to happen. A disembodied hand appears outside her window. Devnee's shadow detaches from her body and starts wandering the edges of her new room by itself. On her first day at her new high school, Devnee finds herself intensely wishing her life were different. And when someone??something??arrives in her tower room to make that wish come true, Devnee's best intentions at starting a new life take a dark turn.In Fatal Bargain, there is a creepy, shuttered attic tower in the town's run-down, old, abandoned mansion, and it's the perfect place to have a spooky party. At least, that's what Randy thinks when he invites his five friends for a night of scary fun. But the night gets more terrifying than anyone anticipated when Roxanne feels a long sharp fingernail brushing her bare neck, with no one near enough to touch her. Then Randy sees a shadow gathering??a cape without a person inside. Lacey immediately senses the presence of a vampire in the tower. She doesn't understand how, but she knows it in her bones, in her soul, as if from another life in an ancient time: V

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