text: dangerous girls dangerous girls is the first novel in the dangerous girls series by r. l. stine . first published in 2003 , the novel was followed by a sequel , the taste of night , in 2004 . dangerous girls has won awards , including the ala quick pick for reluctant young adult readers and the new york public library book for the teen age . in the novel , renz , a vampire , bites destiny weller at camp blue moon . afterwards , she and her twin sister livvy return home in dark springs with a craving for blood . destiny 's father cures destiny , but is unable to cure livvy , who , together with ross , changes into a blackbird and flies off into the sky . background at the time of publication , r. l. stine was 59 years old and had already authored over 330 books for children and young adults , including the fear street and goosebumps series of books . published in the 1990s , both his fear street series , which was oriented towards young adults , and his goosebumps series , oriented towards children , were successful , with the goosebumps series selling more than 300 million books . stine had both series on hiatus while writing other novels . living in new york city , stine recalls walking a dog in a park , when the title for the novel flashed into his mind . he says he started thinking of what the ' dangerous girls ' would be , thought of vampires , and " sort of went from there . " stine was excited about the book as it gave him the chance to write for teenagers again . stine did research to follow existing vampire lore but admitted to adding " good vampires " who would restore victims . dangerous girls was first published in 2003 by harpercollins publishers in hardcover . on august 31 , 2010 , it was published together with its sequel in the book bitten . plot during summer break , at camp blue moon , the vampire lorenzo " renz " angelini sinks his fangs into the throat of sixteen - year - old destiny weller . afterwards , she and her twin sister livvy return home in dark springs with a craving for blood ; they feed on a rabbit 's blood and destiny sucks blood from a package of liver . while at the house of a family friend , coach bauer , the sisters meet marjory bauer , another vampire . marjory says she is undead and the restorer can restore their life . at dark springs high school , in renz 's office , destiny talks with him and decides he is the restorer . she asks him if he will help her and her twin . he says that he will come and take care of her at the senior overnight . back at her house , destiny greets her friend johnson , who tells her renz was left out of the camp yearbook and there are no photos of him . from this , destiny determines that renz is actually a vampire and not the restorer . during the senior overnight , destiny meets renz , shoves a wooden tent pole through his body and kills him . her father appears , and tells her that he is the restorer . he cures her , and they go and find livvy and her friend ross starr at the edge of a grassy clearing . livvy tells destiny and her father that she has been immortal since camp , and that she and ross exchanged blood . livvy and ross change into blackbirds , and fly off into the black sky . reception and sequel in 2004 , dangerous girls was selected as a new york public library book for the teen age and listed as an american library association ( ala ) quick pick for reluctant young adult readers . the paperback edition was published in 2004 ( isbn 0 - 06 - - 0 ) and listed as a 2005 ala popular paperback for young adults . rachel brown of green man review stated that there is nothing new or original , poignant , or interesting about the novel and that it is " just lifeless , cranked - out pages by a writer on autopilot . " kimberly l. from the school library journal wrote that the novel had little character development and predictable story lines and that there " are a few surprises , but nothing particularly innovative . " publishers weekly described it as a " fast and breezy vampire tale punctuated with a few nasty shocks " and stated that " stine sends his characters through the details of a plot that is basically all chase . " pittsburgh post - gazette 's karen macpherson stated that dangerous girls " moves along at a fast clip , powered by short chapters with cliffhanger endings and weirdly interesting characters . " sarah from commented that it was a bit slow at times , but it was one of stine 's best books . a sequel of the novel , the taste of night , was first published in august 2004 by harpercollins publishers as the second novel in the dangerous girls series . when asked if there will be a third dangerous girls book , stine stated the series ended with the second one .