follows Jane a "teenage" vampire with a blood allergy. Jane was turned during the depression and has been moving every four years since with her parents and her younger bother. At Jane's new school she has to deal with a mysterious history teacher, an overexcited human history partner and a couple teen vampires all while dealing with her over protective mother and her blood allergy.This book had so much promise. The title and description made it sound like comedy gold. Unfortunately it wasn't written that way. The book while interesting enough to keep my attention had major issues. The most pressing issue is that the main character suffered from what I'd like to call To Stupid To Live Syndrome. In the first scene of the book the girl (who is actually ninety but apparently has learned nothing in those years) who is deathly allergic to blood feeds off of a boy because of peer pressure (that's like a peanut allergic kid eating a PB sandwich because the other kids told him to) then she goes into shock until she gets her medicine and then acts upset when her mother balls her out for being an idiot. Later she takes a bite of a sandwich even though she knows that she can't eat food. She continues throughout the book to whine and act like a very immature teenager (which her mother totally encourages) even though she's apparently done the teenage thing for the last ninety years. I did find some things amusing but in order for a concept like this to work it needs to be clear that it's comedy and this book didn't do that. I did make it all the way through the book fairly quickly however so I can't knock it too hard. If you are obsessed with vampires and really like books about teens in high school you might enjoy it (I could see young middle schoolers enjoying it) I however just couldn't get over the stupidity of the main character.
Appropriateness: Except for a scene at the beginning of the book where the teen vampires are feasting on a drunk teen (so they can get drunk from his blood) the book is clean. There isn't much romance and no real violence. It is a quick and easy read that young teens will finish quickly. I recommend this book for teens aged 12-14.
If you're looking for a funny vampire novel I'd recommend Vampire Crush
by A.M. Robinson instead.Review copy provided by Amazon Vine
