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Restrained, elegant vampire commentary on old graves, cold light, reputation, power, and myths that refuse to stay buried.
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New England never had to manufacture gothic atmosphere. The region already had stone walls, old graves, cold light, and a talent for remembering what polite people tried to bury.
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Vampire romance is ridiculous on paper and strangely effective in practice because it turns danger, devotion, beauty, and restraint into one impossible fantasy.
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