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Nesta história deliciosamente perversa, o limite entre beleza e crime não passa de um tênue detalhe. Em uma frenética caçada a um sádico psicopata, uma jovem modelo formada em Psicologia Forense tenta capturar o assassino de sua melhor amiga. Mas sua ousadia vai longe demais e, sem perceber, ela pode estar correndo diretamente para as garras do serial killer. A única pessoa em que ela confia, e por quem se apaixona, o sedutor detetive Andy Flynn, parece esconder segredos perigosos. Como saber em quem acreditar quando as aparências determinam quem vive e quem pode estar condenado a uma cruel sentença de morte? ... Read more

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Pandora English is no ordinary small town orphan. When she's invited to live with her mysterious great aunt Celia in New York City, she seizes the opportunity to escape her stifling hometown, break from her tragic past and make it as a writer. Things, however, are not what she is expecting. For starters, her great aunt's gothic mansion is in a mist-wreathed Manhattan suburb that doesn't appear on maps. And then there's Celia herselfa former designer to the stars of Hollywood's Golden Agewho is elegant, unnaturally young and always wearing a veil. Pandora lands a job at a fashion magazine and her first assignment is covering the A-list launch of the latest miracle cream, BloodofYouth. But something is not right about the product, nor Athanasia, the drop-dead beautiful face of the brand. It seems there may be a secret ingredient in BloodofYouth, a secret worth killing for... ... Read more

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Delightfully trashy & entertaining
If the title rings a bell, you probably already know the antagonist and their motives. Therefore, there'll be no mystery for you here. But if you're looking for an entertaining read, stick around.

A lower-class teenage orphan from the sticks moves in with a wealthy long-lost relative in a big city. The mansion is a dusty old apartment building with spooky sounds, in a misty suburb that no other New Yorker seems to know. Thanks to her great-aunt's sophisticated outfits and suspect job connections, Pandora English is now an assistant at Pandora magazine (yes, they have the same name), where she's investigating the dubious new anti-ageing cream, BloodofYouth. It clearly has a secret ingredient, and model Athanasia is decidedly creepy...

Throw in a lopsided love triangle (a contemporary men's magazine player versus a Civil War lieutenant ghost), and THE BLOOD COUNTESS has all the ingredients for a YA paranormal that will no doubt sell its pants off here in Australia. Whether it'll succeed overseas is less certain. Though set in New York, this novel remarkably does not feel American. The Gothic tone and language seem more suited to an upper-class English accent, which is how my brain read it.

References to the Addams Family, Count von Count, Anne Rice, and some other unnamed novels (which no doubt readers will be able to identify) may be included as homages, but they really make their similarities with THE BLOOD COUNTESS more obvious. I wish they'd been deleted. Reading this books feels rather familiar, which is kind of comforting in a way, but less fresh in others.

Gothic elements, paranormalcy, and high fashion combine for a delightfully trashy, entertaining read. Great-Aunt Celia's wardrobe is to die for, the mansion in Spektor is suitably creepy, and there're more than just a few secrets in the family's skeleton closet. THE BLOOD COUNTESS is jolly good fun, and best recommended for young adults. ... Read more

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One year of reporting in Post-Katrina New Orleans from the publishers of Nolafugees.com, edited by Jarret Lofstead and Joe Longo. Includes articles by Lofstead and Longo, Cookie, and a dozen other contributors to Nolafugees. ... Read more