Read November 2, 2010The book I just read, Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean, by Justin Somper, is a great adventure story about pirates and good old-fashioned vampires. The main characters are recently orphaned, teenage twins named Connor and Grace Tempest. After their father dies, the two teens decide they must flee their home in Crescent Moon Bay because they are misfits without a clear future. They take their father’s sailboat and head out to sea, with no set course. Soon they encounter a “tempest” and are tossed into the frothing sea when their boat capsizes. When they wake up, they are aboard different pirates ships. Connor ends up aboard the Diablo, where the crew welcomes him. Grace ends up aboard the dreaded Vampirate ship, long believed to be only a myth from a sea shanty, sung to them by their father. They each fear that the other is dead, but refuse to believe it. Throughout the course of this book, the twins try to find each other, and neither doubt, vampires, nor pirates can stop them.
This is a really good book, and it mends vampires’ reputation. I recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and pirates’ swashbuckling ways, with a twist. I look forward to the next book in the series: The Tide of Terror.
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