Tantalize
Language: English
Austin (Tex.) Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12) Cooking & Food Family Fantasy Fiction General Horror Horror & Ghost Stories Juvenile Fiction Magic Orphans Orphans & Foster Homes People & Places Restaurants Science Fiction Supernatural Travel United States Vampires Werewolves
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: Feb 13, 2007
Description:
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her hybrid-werewolf boyfriend is threatening to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. Then as she and her uncle are about to unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform their newly hired chef into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Can he wow the crowd in his fake fangs, cheap cape, and red contact lenses - or is there more to this earnest face than meets the eye? As human and preternatural forces clash, a deadly love triangle forms, and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything? *Tantalize* marks Cynthia Leitich Smith's delicious debut as a preeminent author of dark fantasy.