Julie C. Dao - So Blooms the Dawn Author Event

An Evening with Julie C. Dao

Freshly vampiric Lucy Westenra thirsts for revenge in the second and final book of this Dracula retelling from critically acclaimed author Julie C. Dao.

Phoenix Books Burlington is thrilled to host award-winning author Julie C. Dao, in conversation with Vermont author Emily Hamilton, in celebration of her new book So Blooms the Dawn!

Julie C. Dao is the award-winning author of many books from Disney, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and more. Her novels have earned starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly, and her "Rise of the Empress" books are being made into a major television series. A proud Vietnamese-American who was born in upstate New York, she now lives in New England.

Emily Hamilton is a science fiction author who writes about women kissing in space.  Her debut novel, The Stars Too Fondly, is available from Harper Voyager (US) and Gollancz (UK).  Formerly an award-winning staff writer at the alt-weekly newspaper Seven Days, she lives in Burlington, Vermont with her wife and their tiny dog Mimi.

About the Book:Lucy Westenra, the flirtatious, wealthy, and beautiful debutante who once dazzled London society, is no more. Manipulated into thinking that Vlad understood her fervent darkness, she has become his bitter, blood-spattered, and lifeless bride.

Now en route to join his other brides in the Carpathians, Lucy writhes in pain each time she attempts to speak Vlad’s name. She dreams of finding solace in the arms of her loved ones: her suitor, Arthur Holmwood, and her best friend, Mina Murray Harker. Instead, she is hunted by her former friends Dr. Van Helsing and Quincey Morris and tormented by the memory of the people she has killed in bloodlust.

But Lucy will not relinquish hope nor give up on escaping Vlad’s violent grip. Much like the monster who once wandered into her dreams and gave her a glimpse of his heart’s desire, she is determined to commune with Mina and Arthur, no matter the outcome. She must know once and for all whether their love for her persists—and if it can withstand her abandonment of her own humanity.

The long journey ahead will take Lucy to places unknown, where both familiar darkness and new light await. But will she step out of the mist and into the sun to embrace the vastness of her new immortal existence?

DATE: Thursday, October 16 at 7PM

LOCATION: Phoenix Books Burlington, 89 Church Street, Burlington VT

ADMISSION: $3. Your ticket comes with a coupon for $3 off one of the featured books. Coupons expire at closing the evening of the event. Tickets can be purchased at the registration link below, or at the door. 

BOOKS: Copies of So Blooms the Dawn will be available at the event for signing and personalization. 

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