Bloodline, Bloodline: Reckoning by Kate Cary (For when you need some villain vampires. Might be a good idea to read Dracula, first. Otherwise: They're written in diary, letter, and newspaper clipping format, mostly.)
Warriors by "Erin Hunter" (Excellent books, if a bit odd. Sometimes gory.)
Peeps, The Last Days by Scott Westerfield (For when you want parasites turning people into cannibals that "hate the things they used to love".)
Midnighters by Scott Westerfield (For when you want timey-whimey, monster-killing, and depressing stuff.)
Uglies by Scott Westerfield (For when you want your crazy dystopia fix.)
Frozen Fire, Apocalypse, and the Blade series by Tim Bowler (He's an epic British man and "Frozen Fire" seems to give you a sixth sense while you're reading it--like, seeing stuff no mortal has seen. o.o )
The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint (When you need your urban fantasy fix.)
Jack: Secret Circles, Jack: Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson (When you need your 80s horror/supernatural fix--great characters, too. Jack, Wheezy...)
Two words: STEPHEN KING.
The Blue Sword (Fantastic fantasy.)
Skinned by Robin Wasserman (Skiffy!)
The Warrior Heir (series) by Cinda Chima Williams
The Demon King (series) by Cinda Chima Williams
Interview With The Vampire (Hear it's fawesome.)
Pendragon (series) by D.J. Machale
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...Yeah. That's all I can think of for now. Um. If you have a weak stomach, maybe don't read all of them. I'm a peep with a fondness for horror. I chuckled/snickered while reading "Pet Sematary", if that tells you anything.
Oh, it's just that a lot of his stories follow the same basic pattern:
1) Characters discover and ponder the fact that life does, in fact, suck. 2) A tiny glimmer of hope appears to characters and they chase after it in vain. 3) More often than not, a character or two dies a tragic death after the most horrible life imaginable.
And remember...A portkey can be any sort of harmless object...A football...or a dolphin. ~Snape, AVPM
"You are the egg, you are the chrysalis, you are the progeny. You are the rot that falls from stars." ~Will Henry, on Typhoeus magnificum
Hmmm, well I can see your reasoning there, and I won't argue against it. I don't believe I have read quite enough of his work to make much comment. All I know is that I was ok with Of Mice and Men.
Try out: The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside by Holly Black Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Anything by Stephen King Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pffeir
That's what I've got that I think you might like from my shelf! Hope you enjoy!
...or dear Bellatrix, who likes to play with her food before she eats it? Fear makes the wolf seem bigger. I got attacked by a swan.
