Caught unwillingly between the 13-year-old she was when she
crossed over and the life of a young adult she is living,
Ariella Montero longs for the womanhood she may never grow
into. Born a human/vampire hybrid, her circumstances are
close to unique, and no one seems to have the answers she
needs.
When Ariella falls in love with Neil Cameron, a vampire
seeking presidential candidacy, the difficulties of her
situation are thrown into sharp relief, as he is advised to
keep his distance until she is a few years older for the
sake of the campaign. Her desire to mature makes her
vulnerable, and there are vampires of less-noble sects
waiting in the wings to take advantage. Her insular world as
a child is broken open, and she learns what it is to become
a pawn on the larger board of the vampiric war. In her
journey back to herself. she learns more about what it means
to be a woman, and grows closer to the mother she only met a
few years ago.
In book three in the Ethical Vampire Series (following
The Society of S and The Year of
Disappearances), Hubbbard guides us into the mind and
heart of what it means to grow from girl to woman, and
illuminates what it means to rebuild a life devastated by
events beyond our control. Ariella's life forms a delicate
tracery of lace over hidden velvet depths of vampirism.
THE SEASON OF RISKS explores what happens when
innocence is lost, and the journey toward maturity begins.
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