In which Sophia meets Nicholas at the zoo for their date, and finds his intentions for her are not what she had expected.

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In which Sophia reconciles with her parents, and acknowledges that she didn't need to seek love in the world as she already had the perfect love of Christ in her life.

Chapter 27

In which Sophia tells everyone about her date with Nicholas, then with just her closest friends makes a definitive declaration of her dedication to remaining single and asks for their prayer and support.

Chapter 26

In which Sophia describes to her friends the details of how Nicholas asked her out, and they discuss the impending date in the context of her Christian walk and her earlier decision to stop dating.

Chapter 24

In which Sophia and her friends discuss her date with Balthazar, and Sophia decides to try to stop looking for love in every new guy she meets.

Chapter 23

In which Balthazar gives Sophia a tour of his home, which is a little like a palace but more like a museum, and she begins to realize she's been looking at him the way Barry had looked at her.

Chapter 22

In which Sophia is nearly overwhelmed getting ready for her date with Balthazar, though the results are amazing, then is underwhelmed by the opera itself.

Chapter 21

In which Sophia is set up on a date with Balthazar, who arranges to have a world-famous designer create an evening gown for Sophia to wear to the opera.

Chapter 20

In which Sophia attends a new church for the first time, then later finds herself very grateful to have a couple of good, new friends she can talk to about what she's been going through since moving out.

Chapter 19

In which Barry accompanies Sophia home and their date takes a turn Sophia realizes she isn't comfortable with.

Chapter 18

In which Barry takes Sophia shopping on their second date, buying her new shoes and clothes and gifts.

Chapter 17

In which Sophia attends her first college classes in person, and finds she already has friends from among some of the online classes she'd already taken.

Chapter 16

In which Sophia has a reasonably pleasant first date with Barry.

Chapter 15

In which Sophia consents to additional donations which leave her little more than a head and a heart, and after a long and painful recovery returns home to find an intriguing invitation waiting for her.

Chapter 14

In which Sophia's dramatic failure of a first date leaves her shaken, and she agrees to a radical and extensive organ donation to save another little girl from having to face eternal life in the body of a child.

Chapter 13

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.

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