Otto Bookstore
A Booklover's Paradise in the Heart of Downtown Williamsport
107 W. Fourth St.
Williamsport, PA 17701
570-326-5764, 1-888-762-4526
HOURS:
Monday through Friday, 9 to 8
Saturday, 9 to 6
Sunday 1 to 4
“Jessica Rules the Dark Side,” a new YA Novel written by Montoursville Native, Beth Fantasky A Review by Betsy Rider “Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side” introduced us to two teen age high school students in Lancaster Pennsylvania who had “the hots” for one another. Luke and Jessica were mesmerized by the beauty and goodness they perceived in one another and they eventually marry. But they both had a past that made their love inevitable. They were born into vampire families and Jessica was sent by her birth parents to be raised by adoptive parents who never told her of her origins. Luke was sent to Pennsylvania by his parents to woo Jess and bring her back to Romania to help him rule two warring branches of vampires. In “Jessica Rules the Dark Side,” Luke (now known as Lucius) and Jess (now known as Antanasia) have to face the realities of vampire jealousy and power struggles. They have to learn to be fearless and decisive in their ruling and not to trust anyone except each other. The plot has so many twists and turns, it’s hard not to reveal the action and spoil it for the reader. But the things one learns about vampire life—the effect of that first bite, the daily requirement of a goblet of blood, the centuries a careful vampire can expect to live and the punishment of “destruction” for those who destroy another—I never knew! The contrast of their role in Romania with their Pennsylvania high school life is further intensified by the arrival of Jess’ best friend, Mindy Stankowicz, and Luke’s only trusted friend from his stay in Pennsylvania, an Italian vampire-turned-surfer, Ramiero Lavatnu (known to Mindy as Ronnie). Was the attraction they felt for each other in high school going to blossom into love or hate? Romance, mystery and danger kept me awake and reading long past my usual bedtime! Young adult readers who love reading about the “dark side” will eat this one up! They can meet the author on line at www.bethfantasky.com or in person at Otto Bookstore, 107 West 4th St., Friday, January 6, from 5 to 8 PM.
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