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The Dead Girls' Dance

Rachel Caine (2007)

SubgenreUrban Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesThe Morganville Vampires #2
Setting
CSM age14
Goodreads4.03

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

ViolenceBlood

Hero archetypes

Vampire Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose.

Is The Dead Girls' Dance appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 14 and up.

This YA urban fantasy features vampire violence and peril typical of the genre, with blood and action but not graphic gore. Romance is clean with mild content (kissing level), and language is mild.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include violence and blood.

Who'll love this

Teens will love the smart heroine navigating college life in a town secretly run by vampires, with danger, mystery, and romance.

Tags

Paranormal RomanceCollege SettingSmall Town Horror