Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber – 253 pages
Raven, the lone goth girl in the small town of Dullsville,
longs to meet her dark soul mate. As if
in answer to her yearning, a mysterious family with a pale, handsome teenage
son moves into the long boarded-up mansion on the top of the hill. The rumors soon begin flying: are they
vampires? Raven wants to date Alexander
and receive a vampire kiss, but the school bully Trevor, with a crush of his
own, is doing everything to get in her way.
Despite some clunky dialogue here and there, and not much
characterization beyond type, this is a light and funny take on the vampire
romance, and the pages fly by. Alexander
wants to be accepted for who he is, regardless if he is alive or undead, and
Raven realizes imagining he is a vampire is, in a way, just as shallow a view
as her fellow townsfolks’ reaction to the sight of walking B-movie clichés. The ending definitely left me wanting more,
and I’ll pick up the next book in the series, Kissing Coffins, to see what
happens next and see if the series is worth continuing.
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