norwich36

I am looking for suggestions for fantasy novels to get my 17-year-old niece for Christmas. (I actually already got her a couple things, but no books, and since I always have given her books in the past it feels wrong not to this year). I've been giving her the Claudia Gray vampire novels the last few years, which she really liked, but I'm pretty sure I've exhausted those. I know she hates Twilight, and while she's pretty into anime (Naruto, Hetalia, Death Note, Inuyasha, and Fruits Basket) I don't want to buy her manga because I have no idea what she does and doesn't own.

I was thinking she might like some halfway decent vampire novels since she liked the other ones, but I don't know what's good--are the Vampire Diaries (the books) any good? Other suggestions? I could just go with some of my favorites, which I may very well do (it's always good to get other people hooked on your favorite authors), so that might be something by Robin McKinley or Tanya Huff or Diane Duane, but I'd be interested in hearing other people's suggestions.