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Amber Fang: Hunted

by Arthur SLADE
192p. Orca. Apr. 2019. pap. $14.95. ISBN 9781459822696.
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Amber Fang is a young library school student trying to earn her MLS, but her thirst for blood keeps getting in the way. Amber is a vampire, and while her mother instilled in her the importance of choosing her food ethically—meaning feeding only on unrepentant murderers—it makes staying in once place long enough to finish school difficult. Amber's thorough research into her victim's backgrounds, her incredible discipline, and her clean and traceless kills catch the eye of a shadowy organization, which hires her as an assassin. At first it's fun. What could be more ideal for a broke student? But Amber isn't sure this mysterious organization's ethics measure up to hers. Snappy dialogue and the groundwork for an opposites-attract romance will appeal to reluctant readers, and the quick pace makes it easy to get through sections where the plot becomes thin.
VERDICT Fast and funny, this book will entice those who wished Buffy was the vampire.
Reviewed by Beth McIntyre, Madison Public Library, WI , May 01, 2019

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