Things got kicked up a notch and now I'm practically leaping for the next book in the series. I'm half tempted to go out right now it's currently 1am and get the next one to read at this very moment.
This might be my favorite book so far in the series! Sep 08, Ricky rated it it was amazing Shelves: action-adventures , fantasy , young-adult , freaky-supernatural-adventures , read-this-if-it-kills-you , thrillers , science-fiction , why-isn-t-this-a-bloody-movie-yet.
Appropriately adorned with Pravus purple in its series title, series number, author name, and iconic fanged smiley, Tenth Grade Bleeds , the midpoint of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod , proves to be one of the series' darkest, most emotionally damaging entries.
Damaging not only for poor Vlad, but for we the readers as well, especially when we get firsthand glimpses of Vlad's tortured psyche. It gets to the point where he even commits self-harm as all his life stresses - Otis not being there for h Appropriately adorned with Pravus purple in its series title, series number, author name, and iconic fanged smiley, Tenth Grade Bleeds , the midpoint of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod , proves to be one of the series' darkest, most emotionally damaging entries.
It gets to the point where he even commits self-harm as all his life stresses - Otis not being there for him, his friendship with Henry on the rocks due to the inherent inequality of their vamp-drudge power balance, missing Joss despite his betrayal, balancing his burgeoning romance with Meredith and his budding friendships with the goths, Eddie Poe being, well, Eddie Poe, and D'Ablo lurking around and sending another adversary after Vlad Why my library puts this book in the middle-grade section instead of YA, I couldn't tell you.
Z Brewer here, once again, gives us a work of surprising genius. The novel is a collection of small moments, and some big action set pieces too, but all strung along on a connection worthy of the webs woven by a certain wall-crawler played by the likes of Maguire, Holland, and Garfield.
Seriously, if you don't pick this series up and give it a shot Sep 28, B. This was a 3. Meredith is written so bad. Her characterization is pink, bubbly, feminine and that's it. She has no other personality. I wish she was included in the humor. He just breaks up with her and she falls to the ground with tears in her eyes. Snow had more development than This was a 3. Snow had more development than Meredith, and she was in two scenes.
Also, view spoiler [ Vlad had no issues when he thought he killed D'ablo in the first book. Why the hesitation now? Mar 19, Jennifer Wardrip rated it really liked it Shelves: read-by-other-reviewers , trt-posted-reviews. Vlad is different than most vampires. He was born a vampire instead of created. Since the death of his parents - vampire father and human mother - he's been living with his aunt. There have been some bumpy times, but with the help of his vampire uncle and his best friend and drudge, Henry, he's survived his first year in high Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.
There have been some bumpy times, but with the help of his vampire uncle and his best friend and drudge, Henry, he's survived his first year in high school and is about to begin his second. The previous years have held some challenges for Vlad, but his tenth grade year is threatening to reveal some of the more potentially serious vampire issues.
Uncle Otis headed off on his own adventures; however, Vlad wasn't really worried about his absence since the two have a mental connection that allows them to easily communicate. Otis isn't gone very long when Vlad discovers that the comforting communication seems to be missing. Now he doesn't have a clue where Otis is or how to get in touch with him. Another new challenge is Henry. Their best friend relationship seems a bit strained. Henry finally admits his desire to be released as Vlad's drudge.
First of all, is it possible? Secondly, can Vlad survive without the support and protection offered by a vampire's drudge? The scariest change in book three is the fact that Vlad is beginning to have urges more typical of vampires. His blood supply has always come courtesy of his aunt's access to the blood bank at the hospital where she works, but he now is finding that the sweet scent of live human blood may be a temptation he might be unable to resist.
Combine these immediate concerns with continued problems from distant vampire councils, and Vlad may have more than he can handle. As evidence mounts that he might, in fact, be Pravus, life as a one-of-a-kind vampire is quickly turning dangerous. Apr 17, Karen Keyte rated it really liked it Shelves: teen-boys-adventure-mystery , teen-paranormal. It's not something he really wanted to face. It was bad enough when other vampires wanted to kill him when they only THOUGHT he might be the one fated to lead all vampires and enslave all humans.
Now that it looks like th "It would be easier to be your drudge if you didn't order me around. Now that it looks like the prophesy contains more fact than fiction, Vlad is sure he is in for a world of trouble. Since Joss revealed himself as a slayer, Vlad is down one friend - and he didn't have all that many to start with. Now his best friend Henry has decided he doesn't want to be Vlad's drudge anymore and Vlad can't help but think that Henry is tired of being his friend as well.
Vlad still has his amazing girlfriend Meredith, but with his blood hunger growing stronger every day he fears she might not really be safe with him. The evil vampire D'Ablo is still hunting for a way to steal Vlad's Pravus powers and Vlad's Uncle Otis never seems to be around when Vlad needs him most. The icing on the cupcake of Vlad's life is that nerdy Eddie Poe has figured out that Vlad is a vampire and he's convinced that exposing Vlad's secret will pull him up and out of loserdom. Vlad just wants to get through sophomore year unscathed, he really doesn't need all this 'kill you, steal your powers' drama.
Too bad no one cares what he needs. There is plenty of action and, even though the emotions portrayed are vividly real, the stories don't get bogged down in angst and pathos. This third book of five is a pivotal one for the series and hints of things to come are carefully woven into the details.
Add in a kicker of an ending and you'll be clamoring for Eleventh Grade Burns as soon as you finish this one. Jan 15, vespie rated it liked it Shelves: read-in , male-protag , paranormal. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I was hooked from beginning to end and only put it down to sleep and run errands. It was so difficult to actually do so because I just wanted to know what happened. However, while I absolutely adored this, I couldn't ignore all the problems I saw.
As always, the cons definitely outweighed the pros for this one. Tenth Grade Bleeds picks up with Vlad training with his uncle Otis, picking up new skills as a vampire, going through the trials an Tenth Grade Bleeds picks up with Vlad training with his uncle Otis, picking up new skills as a vampire, going through the trials and tribulation of dating and friendship, and dealing with the hellish reality that he's a vampire and has a thirst for blood.
Can we just talk about Otis for a moment? He's my absolute favorite character in this series and when he wasn't responding to Vlad's thoughts, I figured D'Ablo had him but I didn't want to admit it because wow, the thought of him dying absolutely terrifies me and I don't want anything to happen to him.
I don't think I've had these kinds of feelings for a character in a while and, oh boy, they are intense. Anyway, if he dies in future books, I'll literally fling myself off a building. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. Along with characters, Henry's development in this was top-notch. The first half of the book I was annoyed as all hell with him and desperately hoped he and Vlad would stop being friends because of his treatment of Vlad. The end of the book was really nice because of the change he went through and I'm actually really happy that he and Vlad's friendship emerged stronger than before.
Brewer's writing was even more emotional than the previous books. While the writing is sometimes too simple and I just don't always like his writing style, BUT there was so much more emotional. For example, the moment where Otis is about to leave and Vlad starts crying and then Otis scoops him up into a hug and tells him he loves him just- be still, my heart.
I know this is partly because of the fact that I'm so attached to Otis at this point it isn't even funny, but I like to think the other part of it is the fact that Brewer truly is growing as a writer. Seeing Vlad grow as a vampire and learn more about himself was really nice to see and I'm wondering how much more he grows in the last two books.
I'm wondering where he goes from fully realizing he's the Pravus and how he handles it. As with all my reviews, let's get into the cons: -The Plot Holes: Two big ones come to mind and these are the ones I wrote down. The first being the moment where Ignatius is following October for a little snack and Kristoff emerges from the shadows and demands to know why October invited Vlad to the club.
From the way I read it, he asked like it had JUST happened when, in reality, it had happened months ago. I feel like Brewer could've come up with something, anything else that they could've talked about. If it was making Kristoff's feelings on Vlad known then those feelings could've easily been brought up at the club.
It just didn't make much sense. The other might just be my astounding stupidity, but Okay, so D'Ablo takes Vlad's essence or, rather, his invincibility. Cool, nice. That's fine and all. Vlad can die now and it makes his life so much more interesting. HOWEVER, when he and D'Ablo are knocked outside and the latter starts literally frying in the sun but Vlad is like, 'mm nice and warm', it just- didn't make sense to me????
I don't even know if it's addressed if it is, I completely missed it but is it Vlad's human blood or what? He even said that it solidified that he was, in fact, the Pravus. But how when his invincibility was taken away?? Someone please explain this to me.
I must have missed something. I actually like Vlad as a character, don't get me wrong, but his choices piss me off to no end. I understand he's young and young people tend to make dumb decisions but, wow. Shut up, my dude. I get you have friends and a girlfriend, but you're literally putting them in more danger by being around them something that's been proven over and over again.
Nah, my dude, he can't do that!!! You damn fool. I had to set the book down for a few minutes to get over it because it made me so mad and that alone knocked a star off the rating. The fact that Vlad and Henry are so ready to take a peek into hot girls' minds bothers me so much, and then when Henry tried to get Vlad to look into his crush's mind it Not only that, but it seems like most, if not all, of the romantic interests in this are literally just 'hot'.
You don't get to know much else about them and I hate that. Okay, I get it, she likes pink, is popular, has an over-protective father, yada yada yada. But we don't really know anything more about her. I really feel like Snow and Vlad are going to end up together. Also, can we talk about the breakup between Vlad and Meredith? It was literally so out of the blue that I ended up laughing. I mean, the scene literally went, 'here, Meredith, i just won you this nice pink poodle because u love pink and i love u!
However, the series keeps getting better the more I read, so I'm hoping the last two books are fantastic. Maybe the rating will actually break four stars and the pros will far outweigh the cons.
Mar 25, Kim Baccellia rated it it was amazing. Minions unite! Vlad is back and now in the tenth grade. Fans of this series won't be disappointed. Vlad should be happy. The girl of his dreams, Meredith, is his girlfriend. Henry is his best friend. And Snelgrove, his middle school principal, is no longer in his life. Well, apparently some things do change when you get older. One thing is his uncle Otis has been gone for a long time.
Vlad is having terrible nightmares and Henry is acting funny by not wanting to hang with him like he used to. Plus Minions unite! Plus along with his hormones, another, scarier urge is taking over. One he refuses to succumb to. Vlad is now in the tenth grade where normal teens are struggling with things like grades, girls, fitting in, and hormones. And Vlad, well, he's not the normal teen. Brewer does a great job of showing the angst and conflict of a teen vampire who just wants to be normal.
The tension builds to an action packed meeting at Stokerton, where Vlad learns some startling secrets about himself and those around him. Fans of vampire tales will love this series told in Apr 04, Darien rated it liked it.
Its not easy dealing with teenage angst, young love, and a failing friendship, especially when your half-vampire! Ever since Tod's "uncle" Otis showed up a year and a half ago Vlad, as he likes to be called, has had to deal with the potential reality that he may be the legendary Pravus, an immortal vampire descended to rule all vampires and enslave the human race. No pressure for Vlad, right? He's only got to deal with a vampire named D'Ablo trying to rip his heart out literally!
Highschool couldn't get much worse, or could it? Not only is this the third book in the series, but its also the most violent by far! I'm not particularly fond of vampire novels and this book is a lot more violent than the Twilight series. Not for anyone with a weak stomach for blood and gore. For those that do have the gumption: Cheers! His father was a vampire and his mom was human. So some consider Vlad special while others detest his existence. Nelly, a nightshift nurse, keeps Vlad stocked in packets of blood from the hospital.
She only takes the ones that will be destroyed because the packets are about to expire. Vlad has never killed anyone to feed. Craig, a favorite middle school teacher, is missing. As a vampire, Vlad has many supernatural abilities, some of which are heightened by his status as the Pravus. Subconscious Control - Vlad has the ability to subconsciously communicate and control the minds of others, namely his caretaker, Nelly. Vlad is likely based on a dhampir or a dunpeal, a half vampire-half human with an insatiable appetite.
In middle school, Vlad was part of a debate team, and was allegedly good at it, as the team made it to regionals. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Vladimir Tod. Edit source History Talk 0. Categories Characters Vampires Humans Add category. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki.
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