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The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause












The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause

Klause uses the horror genre to examine different types of horror such as terminal illness, spiritual horror in the form of vampires, and personal loss. The novel is a coming-of-age drama in which the characters must confront their fear of death and challenge their notions of it. Zoë and Simon come to terms with their own mortality and the loss of their loved ones through their growing relationship and their battle with an evil vampire named Christopher. During the story, Zoë's mother is in hospital dying from cancer. It is set in a suburban area in Seattle, in the early 1990s and explores themes of belonging, death, and loss through the romance between a young woman-Zoë Sutcliff-and Simon, an English vampire who was turned since he was a nineteen-year-old youth. The Silver Kiss was inspired by Klause's poems and her teenage fantasy about romancing with a vampire. The novel was Klause's first it was published on September 1, 1990, and was re-issued in 2009 with two bonus short stories by Klause. The Silver Kiss is a young adult, romance and horror novel written by Annette Curtis Klause it is printed in hardcover and paperback versions.














The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause