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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