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1	[[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8480480.jpg]]
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3	''The Gardella Vampire Chronicles'' by Colleen Gleason are, roughly speaking, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''...[-[[RecycledINSPACE IN]] [[RegencyEngland REGENCY ENGLAND]]!-]
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5	Victoria Gardella Grantworth is from the [[TheClan Gardella clan]] of [[VampireHunter Venators]], [[SuperpowerfulGenetics vampire slayers]]. She and her aunt Eustacia, current head of the family, are the last direct descendants of the original Gardella vampire slayer. She has to balance having a normal life as a society lady and running around slaying vampires, as well as finding someone to sire the next Gardella heir. The series is well known for its LoveTriangle.
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7	[[AC: The five books in the (completed for now) series are:]]
8	* ''The Rest Falls Away''
9	* ''Rises the Night''
10	* ''The Bleeding Dusk''
11	* ''When Twilight Burns''
12	* ''As Shadows Fade''
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14	!!Examples of:
15	* BadassNormal: Max [[BroughtDownToNormal at times]]. At any rate, he wasn't a born Venator and TookALevelInBadass to become one.
16	%%* ClingyMacGuffin ([[RingOfPower Rings of Jubal]])
17	%%* CombatHaircomb
18	%%* ConflictingLoyalty: Sebastian
19	%%* DeathSeeker: Max
20	%%* DemonSlaying
21	%%* DismantledMacGuffin (Rings of Jubal)
22	%%* TheDitz: Lady Melly and her friends.
23	%%* EvilMinions: the Tutela
24	%%* FaceHeelTurn and HeelFaceTurn: Max and Sebastian do this frequently.
25	%%* FantasyContraception: a potion Victoria takes
26	%%* GoodIsNotNice: Max in a nutshell.
27	%%* GorgeousPeriodDress
28	* HiddenWeapons: Victoria hides her WoodenStake in her hair when she goes to fancy events.
29	%%* HostageForMacGuffin (done often)
30	%%* LadykillerInLove: Sebastian
31	%%* LoveTriangle
32	%%* MacGuffin. Most of the plots revolve around them, including:
33	%%* MementoMacGuffin (vis bullae)
34	%%* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: offed by her favorite student, no less. On her orders.]]
35	%%* NoBodyLeftBehind
36	%%* OldMaster: Eustacia
37	* OurVampiresAreDifferent. They're pretty much AlwaysChaoticEvil. Also, OurDemonsAreDifferent and [[spoiler: OurAngelsAreDifferent]].
38	%%* [[spoiler: GrandparentalBetrayal]]
39	%%* PassingTheTorch:
40	* RedPillBluePill: This is what's offered (in the form of a hypnotic amulet) to any Gardella who doesn't want to be a slayer. It also works as RetCon.
41	%%* RivalsTeamUp
42	%%* SacrificialLion [[spoiler: Phillip]]
43	%%* StakingTheLovedOne: most of the characters at one point or another.
44	%%* SupernaturalMartialArts
45	%%* SurvivorGuilt
46	* SweetPollyOliver: Victoria dresses as a man frequently when she's off slaying.
47	%%* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Phillip.
48	%%* RingOfPower: which give SuperStrength.
49	%%* WrongGuyFirst, twice.

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