I started out in trashy romances in 6th grade with the mid-70s original bodice rippers such as Kathleen Woodiwiss's "The Flame and the Flower." I then downgraded to Harlequin romances and Barbara Cartlands because that's what my aunt loaned me (she thought they were more appropriate for my age, and also that's what she was reading; I returned the favor some 15 years later when I started bringing her bags of my Silhouette Blaze and Intimate Moments books after I finished them).
Kathy, considering Law&Order still continually dips in that well, you've got decent taste in mayhem.
Well, they were local boys. Leopold's duration in Stateville was before my grandpa was a janitor or my uncle did his semi-annual dentist visits there (uncle did work on Speck's teeth, though).
Speaking of Dahl and Goth: The Witches.
All of Dahl has a bit of the goth mindset in it, I'd say, though it's certainly most overt in Witches.
I would throw some Gaiman into the mix (You can't get started too young). I would think Graveyard Book would qualify.
I would throw some Gaiman into the mix (You can't get started too young). I would think Graveyard Book would qualify.
!!! How did I forget to include The Graveyard Book?! Oh, I am a doofus.
Doesn't urban fantasy a la Charles de Lint count as goth? His characters the Crow Girls especially.
I can't remember the author, but there's a YA book called
Thirst
that was quite good. And with a male protag, so not Twilight.
Oh, also
Sweet Blood,
which is about a girl who believes she's becoming a vampire. Really good.
(Hey, has anyone here read them? If so, please tell me how prevalent the giant psychic spider is in them.)
I asked a friend. She said, "Fairly."
I can't remember the author, but there's a YA book called Thirst that was quite good. And with a male protag, so not Twilight.
Are you thinking of Thirsty by M.T. Anderson? Because
Thirst
is also the title of the reissues of Christopher Pike's
awesome
The Last Vampire
series, which has a female protagonist.
