Balthazar - (Evernight) by Claudia Gray (Paperback)

About the Book

Vampire Balthazar More emerges from his centuries-long isolation to help SkyeTierney, a psychic girl who once attended Evernight Academy, when she catchesthe attention of the cruel master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazarand his family four centuries earlier.

From the Back Cover

For hundreds of years, the vampire Balthazar has been alone--without allies, without love.

When Balthazar agrees to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who attended Evernight Academy, he has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye has caught the attention of Redgrave, the cruel, seductive master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries ago, and Balthazar will do whatever it takes to stop Redgrave and exact his long-awaited revenge against his killer. As Skye and Balthazar stand together to fight him, they grow closer--first unwillingly, then undeniably. Balthazar realizes his lonely world could finally be changed by her. . . .

Review Quotes

A steamy romance in which love bites aren't just a euphemism. - Praise for HOURGLASS, ALA Booklist
Fans of the EVERNIGHT books will welcome this new addition. Readers new to the series will be able to enter into this story without having read the other novels. Romance, vampires, revenge, and blood and gore provide a winning combination - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) on Balthazar
Once I picked EVERNIGHT up, I couldn't put it down! I can't wait for Claudia Gray's next book!" - L.J. Smith, New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Diaries on EVERNIGHT
Gray's writing hooks readers from the first page and reels them in with surprising plot twists and turns, and the open ending will keep them guessing and waiting on the edge of their seats for the next book in the series. A must-have for fans of vampire stories by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Stephenie Meyer, and the like. - Praise for EVERNIGHT, School Library Journal
If you like Twilight, this book has even more drama - Praise for STARGAZER, Seventeen Magazine
Gray's writing hooks readers from the first page and reels them in with surprising plot twists and turns. - Praise for HOURGLASS, School Library Journal