Starred review from Larbalestier (Liar) and Brennan (the Demon’s Lexicon trilogy) affectionately poke fun at vampire tropes and, in the process, create a memorable story about love, prejudice, and the lengths to which people will go in service of both.
Young vampire lovers will be thoroughly entertained. She uses varying cadences and succeeds with both British and French accents as needed. As Mel fights to keep her friend Cathy from becoming a vampire, tries to ferret out her principal's dark secret, and struggles with feelings for a boy, Whelan keeps each character distinct. Mel has lived in a town founded by vampires her whole life, but it's not until teen vampire Francis begins to attend her high school that Mel realizes how uncomfortable she is with living amongst the undead. Narrator Julia Whelan draws out the most interesting facets of each character in this vampire story.
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