This is in some ways the stereotypical teen vampire romance: mysterious brooding vampire enrolls in high school, falls in love with brainy girl, brainy girl wants to spend eternity with him. What's not typical is the narrator of this book, Brainy Girl's best friend, who thinks vampires are stupid, and is determined to keep her BFF on Team Human.
Words cannot express how much I loved this book! Mel, the narrator, is snarky, sarcastic and abrasive, and I totally want her to be my new best friend. She views the relationship between Cathy (the BFF) and Francis (the way-too-old-for-Cathy vampire) with the disdain that most reserve for Twilight. But vampirism is legal in Mel and Cathy's world, so it's only a matter of time before Cathy turns 18 and undergoes the change. Mel spends most of this book trying to pry the two of them apart--and along the way, she meets Kit, a normal human guy who's been raised by vampires, but who seems like a perfectly ordinary person (with a nice smile, and a great laugh...). There's also a mystery element to the book, but I can't say much about it without giving things away. Definitely one of my must-reads for the summer!
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