Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith Official Book Trailer

With a wink and a nod to Bram Stoker, bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith unites the casts of TANTALIZE and ETERNAL in a delicious dark fantasy her fans will devour.

Quincie Morris, teen restaurateur and neophyte vampire, is in the fight of her life — or undeath.

Even as she adjusts to her new appetites, she must clear her best friend and true love — the hybrid-werewolf Kieren — of murder charges; thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of Bradley Sanguini, the seductive vampire-chef who "blessed" her; and keep her dead parents' restaurant up and running.

She hires a more homespun chef and adds the preternaturally beautiful Zachary to her wait staff. But with hundreds of new vampires on the rise and Bradley off assuming the powers of Dracula Prime, Zachary soon reveals his true nature — and his flaming sword — and they hit the road to staunch the bloodshed before it's too late.

Even if they save the world, will there be time left to salvage Quincie's soul?

About the Author

About BLESSED, Cynthia says, "Who hasn't felt like their life is over? Like they're all alone, facing an infernal storm? That's when a little faith can save you, when you're fighting the hardest to believe in yourself."

Early Reviews "As in the first two novels, the main attractions are the clever and campy blend of the supernatural and the everyday and the thoroughly entertaining characters, human and otherwise. Even in undeath, Quincie has a zest for life that shines through as she balances supernatural duties with schoolwork and running her family restaurant, the vampire-themed Sanguini's. Romance blossoms, too, as she and her beloved werewolf, Kieren, prove their devotion to each other under deadly duress. A hearty meal for the thinking vampire reader." —The Horn Book "Wild and ultimately fascinating"..."..the pages fairly smolder in describing their [Quincie and Kieren] attraction to one another." —Kirkus Reviews

Trailer by Curtis Sponsler for Candlewick Press

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• young adult fiction
• book
• vampire
• werewolf
• angel
• Austin
• Chicago
• Michigan

[CynthiaLeitichSmith]

Thanks for asking!  BLESSED will be released by Candlewick Press on Jan. 25!

Best, Cynthia

[walkerdude5]

Love these three books, please keep making more books. Loved the changed POV in eternal.

[jeza25alexa]

hope they will make a movie of Eternal, Tantalize and Blessed... I so love your books!!!

[jeza25alexa]

I just don't like it, I love it!!!

[jeza25alexa]

gosh!!! i so love the trailer!!! it makes me want to buy it now!!! and read it nonstop!!!! gosh!!! i can't wait for the release here in Philippines!!!

[lp4tiempo]

eewwwwaaa when does it come out? I read both books—they were amazing! Can't wait for BLESSED—being waiting for like a year! :D