Although many horror tales can be pretty graphic and gruesome, they are by no means a no-go area for young adults. As books like that the Twilight series have shown, there is an appetite for good young adult horror novels. Here are two worth checking out.
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older
In a futuristic New York city, the living and the dead mingle and it is up to the New York Council of the Dead to regulate it all. Carlos Delacruz is one of the council’s agents, but he is the living embodiment of the very entities he is pursuing. Carlos himself is a half-dead inbetweener with a sketchy memory about how he came to walk that fine line. He doesn’t remember suffering or how he came to have a foot in both camps. That all changes, though, when he meets another inbetweener, although one with sinister motives.
This half-dead sorcerer wants to throw open the gateway between the living dead and has already assembled an army of undead which he plans to overrun the city with. Carlos’s job is to stop him, but in trying to, he discovers something about himself.
Minion by LA Banks
Damali Richards is one of the prize artists for Warriors of Light Records. She is Spoken Word star, but hides a dark, nocturnal secret. When she’s not wowing audiences or recording new tracks, Damali is out hunting vampires and other creatures of the underworld. However, her worlds start to collide when a series of killings seemingly carried out by vampires targets other Warriors of the Light artists. Soon, she realises she is not dealing with any ordinary vampire here and Damali quickly learns that she too is on their hitlist. Can she battle these dark forces and save her own soul before it’s too late?
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