27 episodes

At age 7, Sophia was struck down with a life-threatening disease. Faced with a choice between an unending life in the body of a child and her otherwise certain death, Sophia's parents had her turned into a vampire.

Now, after 10 years of Christian home-schooling and near-total isolation, Sophia secretly plans on moving out the very night she turns 18. All her research, her online classes, and her natural curiosity have prepared Sophia mentally for the world she's about to dive head-first into, but no amount of research could prepare her heart for falling in love with Joshua, the first young man she sees after donating her corneas the next day.

Her faith in God and her desire to heal the sick gives Sophia the strength to persevere through the pain of donation after donation, and her vampirism gives her the ability to grow her organs back again and again, but Sophia finds herself unequipped to face her suddenly-awakened lusts of the flesh and the ache in her heart for a deep, reciprocated love. After a shocking and painful first date with Joshua, it doesn't take Sophia long to learn just how difficult the search for love can be, especially for a teenage vampire with a child's body and a strong desire to avoid falling into sin.

Sophia is one of two books in the duology Never Let the Right One Go, which shows two apparently conflicting views of the same supernatural world by looking through the eyes of two very different teenage girls in their pursuit of love. Don't miss Emily, the other half of the picture, and a completely contrary take on everything you think you know.

Sophia Teel McClanahan

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- 3.9 • 8 Ratings

- OCT 23, 2012
Chapter 1

Chapter 1

In which Sophia goes to church on the 10th anniversary of her "resurrection day" - the day she died and was turned into a vampire, at age 7. Now nearly 18, Sophia looks forward to the chance to move out and get away from the protective environment her parents created and kept her in.
- 16 min
- OCT 23, 2012
Chapter 2

Chapter 2

In which Sophia's concept of her identity as a vampire, and of the integrations with and separations from society experienced by vampires in the modern world, are explored from her limited perspective.
- 13 min
- OCT 23, 2012
Chapter 3

Chapter 3

In which Sophia bakes her own birthday cake and, not long after midnight, has her parents take her to the DMV to get her ID card - surprising her parents with her plan to get a place of her own that very night.
- 16 min
- OCT 23, 2012
Chapter 4

Chapter 4

In which Sophia goes to the Office of Vampire Affairs (OVA) to get her back-pay from a decade of blood donations and meets Franz, her point of contact at the OVA.
- 15 min
- OCT 23, 2012
Chapter 5

Chapter 5

In which Franz gives Sophia a quick tour of the vampire influences on the city, and of the history of human-vampire integration, before helping her find an apartment of her own.
- 14 min
- OCT 23, 2012
Chapter 6

Chapter 6

In which Sophia talks to Franz about the blood hunger she'd never felt before fasting for surgery, then briefly heads to her old home to gather her things and say goodbye to her parents again.
- 13 min