{"id":4321,"date":"2020-11-23T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T17:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2020-11-22T19:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T00:57:16","slug":"episode-162-the-awakening-vampire-diaries-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-162-the-awakening-vampire-diaries-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 162 – The Awakening (Vampire Diaries #1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Like a newborn vampire, we’re always thirsty for more supernatural teen drama around here. We turned to a finely-aged vintage, The Awakening<\/em> (Vampire Diaries #1) by L. J. Smith<\/a>, and we were thrilled to be joined by Lily Sparks<\/a> (@lilyroro<\/a>), author of non-vampire, but still high stakes, YA novel Teen Killers Club<\/em>.<\/a> Join us as we extoll all the ways L. J. Smith’s teen vampires are cooler than Stephenie Meyer’s teen vampires, including the best take on a love triangle we’ve ever seen in our storied history.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong>Carmilla (YouTube series)<\/a><\/p>\n

“Italy’s annual calcio storico tournament — part football, part MMA — is a brutal sight to behold” by Paolo Bandini<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy pairing:<\/strong> Kait says Hershey’s Special Dark Kisses<\/a>, Lily says a vanished spicy-sour candy of her youth, Renata says mini Milky Way Midnights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>Go Ask Alice<\/em> by Anonymous.<\/a><\/p>\n

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